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What Is Quantum Entanglement? – IEEE Spectrum
When pushed to explain why quantum computers can outspeed classical computers, stories about quantum computing often invoke a mysterious property called “entanglement.” Qubits, the reader is assured, can somehow be quantum mechanically…
At least 1,400 rural phone boxes protected from closing
New Ofcom rules will protect boxes in areas of poor mobile coverage or where they are needed for safety.
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Crypto is crashing again. Will it come back?
You’ve seen this movie before. Or at least you know the plot: A new technology starts gathering attention, puzzling doubters but exciting its adherents, who promise that It Will Change Everything. A wave of hype and speculation lifts…
How Safe Are Systems Like Tesla’s Autopilot? No One Knows.
Every three months, Tesla publishes a safety report that provides the number of miles between crashes when drivers use the company’s driver-assistance system, Autopilot, and the number of miles between crashes when they do not.These…
Meet the LGBTQ activists fighting to be themselves online in Malaysia
Many online attacks on LGBTQ Malaysians start with their fellow social media users (although some suspect that political or religious groups may be helping coordinate them). Individual threats can escalate. When a social media post or…
Bicycle Health, a Boston-based provider of virtual opioid addiction treatment, raises a $50M Series…
Arabic Style released : A full RTL interface — In the first blog of our new theme series, we featured all the major upgrades and enhancements to Zoho Mail. In this blog, we are going to delve into the RTL (Right-to-left) UI…
Uber powers emergency food deliveries in Ukraine
Uber has built a "private-label" version of its delivery platform to help the UN deliver food and water.
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Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections
By its very nature, TikTok is harder to moderate than many other social media platforms, according to Cameron Hickey, project director at the Algorithmic Transparency Institute. The brevity of the videos, and the fact that many can…
New EU Rules on USB-C Charging Could Force an iPhone Redesign
Legislators in the European Union have selected one charging port to rule them all. And that charging port is USB-C.On Tuesday, EU officials ruled that any mobile electronic devices sold within the EU must come with a USB-C charging port…
$10 billion fund starts giving US states money for broadband expansions
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The US Treasury Department has started approving broadband grants to states from a $10 billion fund created to expand access to Internet service and other…