Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s…
Day: December 9, 2024
Realtors’ Nonprofit Is Politically Motivated, Some Say
The National Association of Realtors has created a nonprofit that gives more heavily to one side of the political aisle…
Activists Call on Biden to Clear Death Row Before Trump Takes Office
In a series of open letters, human rights activists, former corrections officials and families of crime victims noted that President…
North Carolina G.O.P. Wants to Disqualify Ballots in One of State’s Tightest Races
One of the closest state elections in North Carolina history now hinges on the latest power struggle between state Republicans…
Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop a new…
Hope and disbelief as thousands released from Syrian prisons
Thousands of regime prisoners are suddenly free in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Merriam-Webster announces ‘polarisation’ as 2024 word of the year
The term has been most frequently used in the US before elections to describe race relations, politics, ideology.
India replaces central bank governor in a surprise move
With India’s economic growth slowing down and inflation rising, the new governor will have challenges to deal with.
Seeing Gaza from Berlin
The past 14 months of genocide in Gaza have brought alienation but also a sense of new belonging.
‘Top priority’: US renews push to find Austin Tice after al-Assad toppled
The US journalist is believed to be among 135,000 people detained or disappeared by Syrian government during war.