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• [New] Modernizing the FAA's network will enable a more data-centric connected ecosystem allowing integration of new capabilities while maintaining the safety of the U.S airspace.
• [New] By 2023, 55% of enterprises will exchange outdated operational fashions with cloud-centric fashions that enable for higher alignment between IT operations and public cloud operations and facilitate organizational collaboration, leading to higher enterprise outcomes.
• [New] By 2023, 55% of enterprises will replace outdated operational models with cloud-centric models that allow for better alignment between IT operations and public cloud operations and facilitate organizational collaboration, resulting in better business outcomes.
• [New] While large-scale 5G deployments are still on the way in many markets, convergence and integration will be the key for the new offerings to gain momentum in 2021.
• [New] The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office will be integral to the federal government's AI efforts for many years to come, serving as a central hub for national AI research and policy for the entire U.S. innovation ecosystem.
• [New] Nuclear power is an integral part of the UK's plans to transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
• [New] Ebang, which raised $100 million in June through a Nasdaq IPO, has been exploring opportunities outside the mining space in an effort to reduce its reliance on sales of bitcoin rigs that are vulnerable to cryptocurrency price fluctuations.
• [New] Adopting an integrated approach for all offshore projects to be delivered from 2025 has the potential to save consumers approximately £6 billion, or 18%, in capital and operating expenditure between now and 2050.
• [New] A quarter of organizations will improve business agility by integrating edge data with applications built on cloud platforms by 2024.
• [New] Delivering an integrated approach for all offshore projects from 2025 is extremely challenging and could put the target of 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030 at risk.
• [New] Most likely course of action: Lukashenko will remain in power, protests continue to lose momentum, and Belarus remains de facto sovereign - despite mounting Russian pressure to surrender to integration - by the end of 2021.
• Q1 2021 will be defined by a stronger year-on-year reliance on storage withdrawals and Russian, Norwegian and Algerian pipeline flows to cover stronger demand and replace LNG shifting toward Asia.
• By leveraging AI, integrated hyper-local personalization is going to be the new focus area for most retailers in India in the coming years.
• Exolaunch has initiated its launch campaign that will integrate 30 small satellites from the U.S. and Europe aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rideshare mission.
• In block KG D6, R-cluster, Satellites cluster and MJ, RIL and BP are developing three deepwater gas projects, which together are expected to meet about 15% of India's gas demand by 2023.
• Good intentions aside, without support from a fully functioning IP system, do not expect America's workers to be in a position to cash in on research and startups or to challenge China's stated goal to dominate in areas of innovation and technology by 2025.
• Despite several years of growth, the foodservice industry is expected to almost 30% by the end of 2020, following nationwide dine - in bans / restrictions, restaurant closures, job losses and lowered consumer confidence.
• China will add 140 million tonnes of refining capacity in the next five years from mega-sized integrated refining complex and shut down at least 70 million tonnes from small refineries in the smog-prone north and east.
• The U.S. would need to grow from about 1.5 gigawatts of energy storage today to more than 188 gigawatts by 2030.

Last updated: 17 January 2021