Physics breakthrough could lead to new, more efficient quantum computers


A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics recently demonstrated a record-breaking experiment that could turn the quantum computing industry on its head. The quantum slalom One of the biggest challenges facing STEM researchers today is the

Oxford scientist says greedy physicists have overhyped quantum computing


Nikita Gourianov, a physicist at Oxford university, yesterday published a scathing article full of wild, damning claims about the field of quantum computing and the scientists who work in it. According to Gourianov, the quantum computing industry has been led

How an award-winning AI film was brought to life by text-to-video generation


If you’re impressed by the recent spate of text-to-image generators, get ready for the next step in AI artistry: text-to-video. While the huge compute costs and scarcity of text-to-video datasets have stunted the technique’s growth, recent research has brough

Counterpoint: AI is far more dangerous than quantum computing


Vivek Wadhwa and Mauritz Kop recently penned an op-ed urging governments around the world to get ahead of the threat posed by the emerging technology known as quantum computing. They even went so far as to title their article “Why Quantum Computing is Even More Dange

New water map of Mars reveals potential landing spots on the red planet


A new “water map” of Mars could offer fresh clues about the planet’s past — and potential landing spots for the future. Researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) spent a decade developing the map from data collected by two Mars orbiters. They found hundr

What’s causing all the ebike and escooter battery fires?


The City of New York is grappling with a problem — fire. Specifically, escooter and ebike lithium-ion batteries catch fire and sometimes explode. And there’s no sign of it ending anytime soon. Earlier this year, I wrote an introductory article detailing the ra

Used up all your vacation already? Check out these 4 ‘workation’ hotspots


As you probably already know, workcations are pretty straightforward. Basically, you pack up your laptop case, jet off to a far-flung destination, and work remotely for a couple of days, weeks or even months. So, instead of answering your morning emails in a

The hybrid workplace could make tech companies less inclusive — here’s what you can do


We all know the drill. During the pandemic, offices shut-down, employees worked from home… and companies discovered, it wasn’t all bad. Now, with half of workers wanting to continue the work from home life and the other half running back to the office with op

A critical review of the EU’s ‘Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI’


Europe has some of the most progressive, human-centric artificial intelligence governance policies in the world. Compared to the heavy-handed government oversight in China or the Wild West-style anything goes approach in the US, the EU’s strategy is designed to stoke academ

Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash


Gen Xers and boomers will remember the musical powerhouse that was Janet Jackson in the late 1980s. But now her music has been found to have a new power — it can crash laptops.  This week Microsoft chief software engineer Raymond Chen shared the story of what h


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