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Jul 12, 2021

Who is space really for? Why Richard Branson’s flight changes everything

Posted by in category: space travel

Richard Branson, the founder of spaceflight firm Virgin Galactic, successfully went to space for the first time on Sunday. It is a milestone for space tourism.

Jul 12, 2021

A supercomputer is helping to reduce traffic jams, saving time and money. Here’s how

Posted by in categories: economics, supercomputing

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Jul 12, 2021

Quantum Computing on a Chip: Brace for the Revolution

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

The development is being compared to the desktop computing system revolution of the 1960’s.


For the first time ever, a single SoC features both quantum and Turing-based computing — and includes the world’s first hardware-agnostic quantum OS.

Jul 12, 2021

Which Diet Is Optimal For Health: The Evolutionary Perspective (Part III Featuring Dr. Michael Rose)

Posted by in category: health

Paper referenced in the video:

Diet and Botanical Supplementation: Combination Therapy for Healthspan Improvement?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32924860/

Jul 12, 2021

Star’s Death Will Play a Mean Pinball With Unusual Planetary System Locked in a Perfect Rhythm

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future.

Astronomers have modeled how the change in gravitational forces in the system as a result of the star becoming a white dwarf will cause its planets to fly loose from their orbits and bounce off each other’s gravity, like balls bouncing off a bumper in a game of pinball.

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Jul 12, 2021

Classical approach extends the range of noisy quantum computers

Posted by in categories: computing, information science, mathematics, quantum physics

Quantum computing algorithms can simulate infinitely-large quantum systems thanks to mathematical tools known as tensor networks.

Jul 12, 2021

ChainSwap Exploit Leads to Multi-Million Loss For DeFi Tokens

Posted by in category: cryptocurrencies

Alameda-backed ChainSwap, a platform that bridges Ethereum to Binance Smart Chain, fell victim to another attack last night.

Jul 12, 2021

Johns Hopkins startup aims to shake up AI with a research-first approach

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI

The formula for launching a machine learning company in health care looks something like this: Build a model, test it on historical patient data in a computer lab, and then start selling it to hospitals nationwide.

Suchi Saria, director of the machine learning and health care lab at Johns Hopkins University, is taking a different approach. Her company, Bayesian Health, is coming out of stealth mode on Monday by publishing a prospective study on how one of its lead products — an early warning system for sepsis — impacted the care of current patients in real hospitals.

Jul 12, 2021

Hackers accessed Mint Mobile subscribers’ data and ported some numbers

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

Mint Mobile is an American telecommunications company which sells mobile phone services and operates as an MVNO on T-Mobile’s cellular network in the United States.

BleepingComputer reported that Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers to another carrier.

The data breach notification sent to the impacted subscribers reveals that an unauthorized person gained access to their data between June 8th and June 10th. The company did not reveal how hackers had access to the subscribers’ data.

Jul 12, 2021

Need a Soundtrack for Your YouTube Video? Ask an AI Composer

Posted by in categories: media & arts, robotics/AI

A new music creation plug-in uses machine intelligence to compose songs on the fly that match the visual tone and rhythm of creators’ videos.