technocrats

plural of technocrat
as in hackers
a scientist or technical expert and especially one with much authority A group of experienced technocrats were tasked with implementing the company's cybersecurity measures.

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Recent Examples of technocrats Hamad bin Jassim ran much of the diplomacy, Sheikha Moza built the education and cultural project, and the gas wager needed technocrats willing to bet on a market that barely existed. Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026 Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion. Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party has opportunistically seized on air-conditioning, portraying it as an urgent quality-of-life issue that moralizing environmentalists and overreaching technocrats have ignored. Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Her likely economic team includes veteran technocrats such as former Economy Minister Luis Carranza. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 Meanwhile, a committee of Palestinian technocrats nominated to govern Gaza’s day-to-day affairs have yet to enter the enclave, said people close to the committee. Matt Bradley, NBC news, 12 May 2026 But the presence in Iran of American missionaries and, later, invited government technocrats, was of an entirely different quality. Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026 Various strands of the opposition—ethnic minorities, leftists, and educated technocrats—appeared determined to block him, even at the price of leaving the regime in place. Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026 Instead, our species’ overreliance on the programs had generated an upper ruling class of technocrats that soon presided over all aspects of society. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
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hackers
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  • For everyone’s peace of mind, robust security measures must be put in place to ensure that only genuine factory software can be installed and that hackers are locked out.
    Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • Ransomware attacks — in which hackers demand a hefty payment to restore hacked systems — also account for a growing share of cyber crimes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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