2025-10-14
21 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer.
And I'm Rosie Bloor.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
As journalists, we analyze data and explain what it means.
But our Africa correspondent has a problem.
In the countries he reports from, it's getting ever harder to count the number of deaths,
and therefore to know what's happening.
And you may have heard that dark chocolate is not only better for you than the milky kind,
but just good for you, full stop.
We look at the evidence, and as so often with science and medicine, it's more complicated than that.
But first...
Back in the day, for many businesses,
the biggest security concern was having the cash register robbed.
But like everyone else, criminals have moved with the times.
In its annual review released today, Britain's National Cyber Security Centre says in the past year,
highly significant attacks have increased 50%.
And it's a worldwide problem.
Good evening.