Text for items 31 to 40.

It has been a long while since we heard about the digital revolution. But, in reality, it is still in its initial developing phase. The IT sector is one of the impressive growing parts of this revolution. In fact, institutes of information technology and management are getting remarkable traction globally. Due to the progressive IT sector, socio-economic development is also thriving. Presently many businesses are already leveraging the benefits of the IT industry. But, some haven’t yet begun to participate. It is because IT management may bring multiple challenges for businesses wanting to integrate it.

Its prime role in business revolves around computer and telecommunication equipment applications. It operates to store, transmit and handle data. Hence, for a data-driven business, IT is increasingly important.

It provides an efficient way to exchange information. It’s also a source of ways to operate and transact in a continuously shifting technical world. Thus, it comes out as the best solution to boost competitiveness and support the growth of businesses. Additionally, it also provides similar growth opportunities to the institutional and economic sectors.

Companies wanting to embed IT in their system need to be prepared for certain challenges. The digitization of any sector requires constant upgrades and integration management. Some businesses can integrate new technologies with their legacy systems. In contrast, some might completely replace existing systems with new infrastructure. The process is expensive and very time-consuming. And there’s also the risk of not getting the desired outcome. For example, API not being able to interact between systems properly. Moreover, software and equipment upgrades can typically exceed your budget and take longer to establish. Thus, having an effective IT management plan in place is a must. It can remove risks related to upgrades and integrations for modern businesses. Ensuring diverse technologies are in sync with one another is a typical IT implementation challenge. However, if done successfully, it can bring a bunch of advantages.

The presence of strong and secured internal networks is important for businesses. These networks need to be both scalable and resilient, which poses a challenge for businesses. Current solutions should satisfy existing business necessities. But, they should also be able to deal with potential future technological advancements. This will minimize the disruption within an organization that is adopting new technologies. However, presently not many businesses maintain such strong networks. Thus, advanced IT applications lose compatibility with businesses’ existing systems.

Furthermore, IT leaders remain under constant pressure to cut down the overall processing costs of organizations. In addition to this, they need to keep up with productive and innovative deliveries. Moreover, competitive organizations are always in the race to deliver similar productivity at a lower expense. With the IT advancement, the need to deliver more at less expense will continue. Organizations will be actively seeking and creating new ways to meet this expectation. From a competitive perspective, it is good. But, staying ahead of the curve might become a constant challenge for organizations.

Emerging techs will bring new challenges for organizations of all sizes. Some might be easier to overcome than others. Businesses need to connect with future technologies. For this, they need to stay updated with the latest technological trends. The IT sector has been a part of organizations’ development for a long time. Staying in touch with what next it has to offer would be best for businesses. Also, proper knowledge in place will be helpful in overcoming challenges.

According to the text, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

It has been a long while since we heard about the digital revolution. But, in reality, it is still in its initial developing phase. The IT sector is one of the impressive growing parts of this revolution. In fact, institutes of information technology and management are getting remarkable traction globally. Due to the progressive IT sector, socio-economic development is also thriving. Presently many businesses are already leveraging the benefits of the IT industry. But, some haven’t yet begun to participate. It is because IT management may bring multiple challenges for businesses wanting to integrate it.

Its prime role in business revolves around computer and telecommunication equipment applications. It operates to store, transmit and handle data. Hence, for a data-driven business, IT is increasingly important.

It provides an efficient way to exchange information. It’s also a source of ways to operate and transact in a continuously shifting technical world. Thus, it comes out as the best solution to boost competitiveness and support the growth of businesses. Additionally, it also provides similar growth opportunities to the institutional and economic sectors.

Companies wanting to embed IT in their system need to be prepared for certain challenges. The digitization of any sector requires constant upgrades and integration management. Some businesses can integrate new technologies with their legacy systems. In contrast, some might completely replace existing systems with new infrastructure. The process is expensive and very time-consuming. And there’s also the risk of not getting the desired outcome. For example, API not being able to interact between systems properly. Moreover, software and equipment upgrades can typically exceed your budget and take longer to establish. Thus, having an effective IT management plan in place is a must. It can remove risks related to upgrades and integrations for modern businesses. Ensuring diverse technologies are in sync with one another is a typical IT implementation challenge. However, if done successfully, it can bring a bunch of advantages.

The presence of strong and secured internal networks is important for businesses. These networks need to be both scalable and resilient, which poses a challenge for businesses. Current solutions should satisfy existing business necessities. But, they should also be able to deal with potential future technological advancements. This will minimize the disruption within an organization that is adopting new technologies. However, presently not many businesses maintain such strong networks. Thus, advanced IT applications lose compatibility with businesses’ existing systems.

Furthermore, IT leaders remain under constant pressure to cut down the overall processing costs of organizations. In addition to this, they need to keep up with productive and innovative deliveries. Moreover, competitive organizations are always in the race to deliver similar productivity at a lower expense. With the IT advancement, the need to deliver more at less expense will continue. Organizations will be actively seeking and creating new ways to meet this expectation. From a competitive perspective, it is good. But, staying ahead of the curve might become a constant challenge for organizations.

Emerging techs will bring new challenges for organizations of all sizes. Some might be easier to overcome than others. Businesses need to connect with future technologies. For this, they need to stay updated with the latest technological trends. The IT sector has been a part of organizations’ development for a long time. Staying in touch with what next it has to offer would be best for businesses. Also, proper knowledge in place will be helpful in overcoming challenges.

According to the text, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

It has been a long while since we heard about the digital revolution. But, in reality, it is still in its initial developing phase. The IT sector is one of the impressive growing parts of this revolution. In fact, institutes of information technology and management are getting remarkable traction globally. Due to the progressive IT sector, socio-economic development is also thriving. Presently many businesses are already leveraging the benefits of the IT industry. But, some haven’t yet begun to participate. It is because IT management may bring multiple challenges for businesses wanting to integrate it.

Its prime role in business revolves around computer and telecommunication equipment applications. It operates to store, transmit and handle data. Hence, for a data-driven business, IT is increasingly important.

It provides an efficient way to exchange information. It’s also a source of ways to operate and transact in a continuously shifting technical world. Thus, it comes out as the best solution to boost competitiveness and support the growth of businesses. Additionally, it also provides similar growth opportunities to the institutional and economic sectors.

Companies wanting to embed IT in their system need to be prepared for certain challenges. The digitization of any sector requires constant upgrades and integration management. Some businesses can integrate new technologies with their legacy systems. In contrast, some might completely replace existing systems with new infrastructure. The process is expensive and very time-consuming. And there’s also the risk of not getting the desired outcome. For example, API not being able to interact between systems properly. Moreover, software and equipment upgrades can typically exceed your budget and take longer to establish. Thus, having an effective IT management plan in place is a must. It can remove risks related to upgrades and integrations for modern businesses. Ensuring diverse technologies are in sync with one another is a typical IT implementation challenge. However, if done successfully, it can bring a bunch of advantages.

The presence of strong and secured internal networks is important for businesses. These networks need to be both scalable and resilient, which poses a challenge for businesses. Current solutions should satisfy existing business necessities. But, they should also be able to deal with potential future technological advancements. This will minimize the disruption within an organization that is adopting new technologies. However, presently not many businesses maintain such strong networks. Thus, advanced IT applications lose compatibility with businesses’ existing systems.

Furthermore, IT leaders remain under constant pressure to cut down the overall processing costs of organizations. In addition to this, they need to keep up with productive and innovative deliveries. Moreover, competitive organizations are always in the race to deliver similar productivity at a lower expense. With the IT advancement, the need to deliver more at less expense will continue. Organizations will be actively seeking and creating new ways to meet this expectation. From a competitive perspective, it is good. But, staying ahead of the curve might become a constant challenge for organizations.

Emerging techs will bring new challenges for organizations of all sizes. Some might be easier to overcome than others. Businesses need to connect with future technologies. For this, they need to stay updated with the latest technological trends. The IT sector has been a part of organizations’ development for a long time. Staying in touch with what next it has to offer would be best for businesses. Also, proper knowledge in place will be helpful in overcoming challenges.

According to the text, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

It has been a long while since we heard about the digital revolution. But, in reality, it is still in its initial developing phase. The IT sector is one of the impressive growing parts of this revolution. In fact, institutes of information technology and management are getting remarkable traction globally. Due to the progressive IT sector, socio-economic development is also thriving. Presently many businesses are already leveraging the benefits of the IT industry. But, some haven’t yet begun to participate. It is because IT management may bring multiple challenges for businesses wanting to integrate it.

Its prime role in business revolves around computer and telecommunication equipment applications. It operates to store, transmit and handle data. Hence, for a data-driven business, IT is increasingly important.

It provides an efficient way to exchange information. It’s also a source of ways to operate and transact in a continuously shifting technical world. Thus, it comes out as the best solution to boost competitiveness and support the growth of businesses. Additionally, it also provides similar growth opportunities to the institutional and economic sectors.

Companies wanting to embed IT in their system need to be prepared for certain challenges. The digitization of any sector requires constant upgrades and integration management. Some businesses can integrate new technologies with their legacy systems. In contrast, some might completely replace existing systems with new infrastructure. The process is expensive and very time-consuming. And there’s also the risk of not getting the desired outcome. For example, API not being able to interact between systems properly. Moreover, software and equipment upgrades can typically exceed your budget and take longer to establish. Thus, having an effective IT management plan in place is a must. It can remove risks related to upgrades and integrations for modern businesses. Ensuring diverse technologies are in sync with one another is a typical IT implementation challenge. However, if done successfully, it can bring a bunch of advantages.

The presence of strong and secured internal networks is important for businesses. These networks need to be both scalable and resilient, which poses a challenge for businesses. Current solutions should satisfy existing business necessities. But, they should also be able to deal with potential future technological advancements. This will minimize the disruption within an organization that is adopting new technologies. However, presently not many businesses maintain such strong networks. Thus, advanced IT applications lose compatibility with businesses’ existing systems.

Furthermore, IT leaders remain under constant pressure to cut down the overall processing costs of organizations. In addition to this, they need to keep up with productive and innovative deliveries. Moreover, competitive organizations are always in the race to deliver similar productivity at a lower expense. With the IT advancement, the need to deliver more at less expense will continue. Organizations will be actively seeking and creating new ways to meet this expectation. From a competitive perspective, it is good. But, staying ahead of the curve might become a constant challenge for organizations.

Emerging techs will bring new challenges for organizations of all sizes. Some might be easier to overcome than others. Businesses need to connect with future technologies. For this, they need to stay updated with the latest technological trends. The IT sector has been a part of organizations’ development for a long time. Staying in touch with what next it has to offer would be best for businesses. Also, proper knowledge in place will be helpful in overcoming challenges.

According to the text, judge the following items.

Text for items 31 to 40.

It has been a long while since we heard about the digital revolution. But, in reality, it is still in its initial developing phase. The IT sector is one of the impressive growing parts of this revolution. In fact, institutes of information technology and management are getting remarkable traction globally. Due to the progressive IT sector, socio-economic development is also thriving. Presently many businesses are already leveraging the benefits of the IT industry. But, some haven’t yet begun to participate. It is because IT management may bring multiple challenges for businesses wanting to integrate it.

Its prime role in business revolves around computer and telecommunication equipment applications. It operates to store, transmit and handle data. Hence, for a data-driven business, IT is increasingly important.

It provides an efficient way to exchange information. It’s also a source of ways to operate and transact in a continuously shifting technical world. Thus, it comes out as the best solution to boost competitiveness and support the growth of businesses. Additionally, it also provides similar growth opportunities to the institutional and economic sectors.

Companies wanting to embed IT in their system need to be prepared for certain challenges. The digitization of any sector requires constant upgrades and integration management. Some businesses can integrate new technologies with their legacy systems. In contrast, some might completely replace existing systems with new infrastructure. The process is expensive and very time-consuming. And there’s also the risk of not getting the desired outcome. For example, API not being able to interact between systems properly. Moreover, software and equipment upgrades can typically exceed your budget and take longer to establish. Thus, having an effective IT management plan in place is a must. It can remove risks related to upgrades and integrations for modern businesses. Ensuring diverse technologies are in sync with one another is a typical IT implementation challenge. However, if done successfully, it can bring a bunch of advantages.

The presence of strong and secured internal networks is important for businesses. These networks need to be both scalable and resilient, which poses a challenge for businesses. Current solutions should satisfy existing business necessities. But, they should also be able to deal with potential future technological advancements. This will minimize the disruption within an organization that is adopting new technologies. However, presently not many businesses maintain such strong networks. Thus, advanced IT applications lose compatibility with businesses’ existing systems.

Furthermore, IT leaders remain under constant pressure to cut down the overall processing costs of organizations. In addition to this, they need to keep up with productive and innovative deliveries. Moreover, competitive organizations are always in the race to deliver similar productivity at a lower expense. With the IT advancement, the need to deliver more at less expense will continue. Organizations will be actively seeking and creating new ways to meet this expectation. From a competitive perspective, it is good. But, staying ahead of the curve might become a constant challenge for organizations.

Emerging techs will bring new challenges for organizations of all sizes. Some might be easier to overcome than others. Businesses need to connect with future technologies. For this, they need to stay updated with the latest technological trends. The IT sector has been a part of organizations’ development for a long time. Staying in touch with what next it has to offer would be best for businesses. Also, proper knowledge in place will be helpful in overcoming challenges.

According to the text, judge the following items.

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How to write, according to the bestselling novelist of all time

Everyone has a book inside them, or so the saying goes. In this day and age, those who want help coaxing the story out can receive instruction online from some of the world’s most popular authors. Lee Child and Harlan Coben, who have sold hundreds of millions of books between them, teach thriller writing; Jojo Moyes offers tips on romance yarns. And now Agatha Christie, the world’s bestselling writer of fiction, with more than 2 bn copies sold, is instructing viewers in the art of the whodunnit—even though she died in 1976.

Christie’s course is the result not of recently unearthed archival footage, but artificial intelligence. BBC Maestro, an online education platform, brought the idea to the Christie family, which still controls 36% of Agatha Christie Ltd (AMC Networks, an entertainment giant, owns the rest). They consented to bring the “Queen of Crime” back to life, to teach the mysterious flair of her style.

A team of almost 100—including Christie scholars as well as AI specialists—worked on the project. Vivien Keene, an actor, provided a stand-in for the author; Christie’s face was mapped on top. Crucially, Ms Keene’s eerily credible performance employs only Christie’s words: a tapestry of extracts from her own writings, notebooks and interviews.

In this way, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple shares handy writing tips, such as the neatest ways to dispatch fictional victims. Firearms bring ballistic complications. Be wary of poisons, as each works in a unique way. Novice authors can “always rely on a dull blow to the head”.

Many of Christie’s writing rules concern playing fair. She practiced misdirection and laid “false clues” alongside true ones, but insisted that her plots do not cheat or hide key evidence: “I never deceive my readers.” In sections devoted to plot and setting, she explains how to plant key clues “in plain sight” and plan events with detailed “maps and diagrams”. She advises viewers to watch and listen to strangers on buses or in shops and to spice up motives for murder with a love triangle.

Some of the most engaging sections come from “An Autobiography”, published posthumously in 1977: Poirot’s origins among the Belgian refugees who reached Devon during the First World War, or fond memories of her charismatic, feckless brother Monty, who had “broken the laws of a lot of countries” and provided the inspiration for many of Christie’s “wayward young male figures”.

By relying on Christie’s own words, BBC Maestro hopes to avoid charges of creepy pedagogical deepfakery. At the same time, it is that focus on quotation which limits the course’s value as a creative-writing toolbox. The woman born Agatha Miller in 1890 speaks from her own time and place. She tells wannabe writers to use snowstorms to isolate murder scenes (as they bring down telephone wires) and cites the clue-generating value of railway timetables, ink stains and cut-up newspapers. These charming details are irrelevant to modern scribblers.

Yet anachronism is not the course’s biggest flaw: it is that it lacks vitality. Christie enjoyed a richer life than learners will glean from this prim phantom: she was a wartime nurse (hence her deep knowledge of toxins), thwarted opera singer, keen surfer and archaeological expert who joined her second husband on digs in Iraq.Furthermore, her juiciest mysteries smash crime-writing rules. The narrator does it; the detective does it; all the suspects do it. Sometimes there’s no detective: in “The Hollow” (1946) Christie regretted that Poirot appeared at all. With its working-class antihero and gothic darkness, “Endless Night” (1967) shatters every Christie cliché. This high-tech, retrofitted version of the author feels smaller and flatter than the ingenious original.

The Economist, May, 8th, 2025

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How to write, according to the bestselling novelist of all time

Everyone has a book inside them, or so the saying goes. In this day and age, those who want help coaxing the story out can receive instruction online from some of the world’s most popular authors. Lee Child and Harlan Coben, who have sold hundreds of millions of books between them, teach thriller writing; Jojo Moyes offers tips on romance yarns. And now Agatha Christie, the world’s bestselling writer of fiction, with more than 2 bn copies sold, is instructing viewers in the art of the whodunnit—even though she died in 1976.

Christie’s course is the result not of recently unearthed archival footage, but artificial intelligence. BBC Maestro, an online education platform, brought the idea to the Christie family, which still controls 36% of Agatha Christie Ltd (AMC Networks, an entertainment giant, owns the rest). They consented to bring the “Queen of Crime” back to life, to teach the mysterious flair of her style.

A team of almost 100—including Christie scholars as well as AI specialists—worked on the project. Vivien Keene, an actor, provided a stand-in for the author; Christie’s face was mapped on top. Crucially, Ms Keene’s eerily credible performance employs only Christie’s words: a tapestry of extracts from her own writings, notebooks and interviews.

In this way, the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple shares handy writing tips, such as the neatest ways to dispatch fictional victims. Firearms bring ballistic complications. Be wary of poisons, as each works in a unique way. Novice authors can “always rely on a dull blow to the head”.

Many of Christie’s writing rules concern playing fair. She practiced misdirection and laid “false clues” alongside true ones, but insisted that her plots do not cheat or hide key evidence: “I never deceive my readers.” In sections devoted to plot and setting, she explains how to plant key clues “in plain sight” and plan events with detailed “maps and diagrams”. She advises viewers to watch and listen to strangers on buses or in shops and to spice up motives for murder with a love triangle.

Some of the most engaging sections come from “An Autobiography”, published posthumously in 1977: Poirot’s origins among the Belgian refugees who reached Devon during the First World War, or fond memories of her charismatic, feckless brother Monty, who had “broken the laws of a lot of countries” and provided the inspiration for many of Christie’s “wayward young male figures”.

By relying on Christie’s own words, BBC Maestro hopes to avoid charges of creepy pedagogical deepfakery. At the same time, it is that focus on quotation which limits the course’s value as a creative-writing toolbox. The woman born Agatha Miller in 1890 speaks from her own time and place. She tells wannabe writers to use snowstorms to isolate murder scenes (as they bring down telephone wires) and cites the clue-generating value of railway timetables, ink stains and cut-up newspapers. These charming details are irrelevant to modern scribblers.

Yet anachronism is not the course’s biggest flaw: it is that it lacks vitality. Christie enjoyed a richer life than learners will glean from this prim phantom: she was a wartime nurse (hence her deep knowledge of toxins), thwarted opera singer, keen surfer and archaeological expert who joined her second husband on digs in Iraq.Furthermore, her juiciest mysteries smash crime-writing rules. The narrator does it; the detective does it; all the suspects do it. Sometimes there’s no detective: in “The Hollow” (1946) Christie regretted that Poirot appeared at all. With its working-class antihero and gothic darkness, “Endless Night” (1967) shatters every Christie cliché. This high-tech, retrofitted version of the author feels smaller and flatter than the ingenious original.

The Economist, May, 8th, 2025