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Google Quantum AI COO CharinaChou, needs for government investment in quantum computing Google Quantum AI COO, Charina Chou, has argued for government investment in the quantum computing market, claiming that technology cannot be successful on its own. “Transtors… were funded by the US government’s basic research investment in science,” Chou explained while speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Wednesday. “That’s what’s produced even the many advances we have in quantum computing today. It’s all based on basic science… No one is going to do this yourself. You can’t do it yourself. You have to have an entire community…
Jackie Less got off to an early start in the life of an entrepreneur.In what she describes as “a rather rough childhood” in Atlantic City, she and her siblings ran a carnival game on the boardwalk.”What really drove me was my own desire to make sure I was successful and had the security I could create for myself, so I felt that my independence and my entrepreneurial background really drove me.”RES was named to the first CNBC Changemaker list of 2024.From the success of the first, quick, easy to set up “all cash” game, Rest ran a custom t-shirt and…
Niantic has agreed to sell gaming businesses that include hits like Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now. This move is Monopoly Go! It has shown a major change as Scopely known for titles like this, and takes over the development and management of these popular AR games. Released in 2016, Pokémon Go has become a cultural phenomenon by blending augmented reality and location-based gameplay. The game continues to maintain a strong global player base, and the acquisition has become a prominent development in the gaming industry. The deal includes Niantic’s entire gaming division and companion apps such as…
Events.com (“The Company”), an event management and discovery platform, has announced the acquisition of Citifyd, the premier technology provider specializing in urban and event parking solutions. This integration adds advanced parking management to Events.com, helping event creators save time, earn revenue, and gain a unified view of their events by syncing parking and ticketing data. It also improves the parking experience for participants and improves overall satisfaction. This technology allows events.com to simplify fragmented parking systems, allowing event fans to pre-purchase parking via a user-friendly mobile app, and provides real-time analytics to event creators and venue operators for optimized traffic…
Applied Intuition, a lesser-known player in self-driving vehicle testing, is reportedly discussing with investors to raise capital at a $15 billion valuation. This information was cited from sources that shared this update and knew the talk firsthand. Existing investor Kleiner Perkins is said to be leading the round. Potential funding follows a strong year for California-based Mountain View. By the end of last year, Applied Intuition had hit around $400 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling that figure from the previous year, according to another source and potential investors. “Applied Intuition is an eight-year-old developer of simulation software for…
Google has launched the latest open source AI model, Gemma 3, with the aim of making AI development more efficient and accessible. The model comes in four sizes, 1 billion, 4 billion, 12 billion, and 27 billion parameters, and is designed to run on a single GPU or TPU. This makes it practical on a wide range of devices, from laptops to powerful workstations. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the launch on X, saying, “The Gemma 3 is here! Our new open model is extremely efficient. The largest 27B model runs on one H100 GPU. To get similar performance from…
As climate change accelerates, the often overlooked threat to food safety is gaining mycotoxins. These toxic compounds produced by fungi contaminate staple crops at more increasing rates due to weather patterns of temperature rise and shift. Mycotoxins found in grains, grains, and other foods pose serious risks to human health, leading to organ damage, immunosuppression, and even cancer. Surprisingly, these toxins are resistant to common food preparation methods and are difficult to detect and remove. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has expressed concern about the growing prevalence of mycotoxin contamination and highlighted the urgent need for coordinated action. As the…
The UK Government’s Warm Housing Plan is set to create up to 170,000 energy-efficient homes, which will help more families lower the energy bill and improve their homes. £1.8 billion with government support will be allocated to local governments and social housing providers with a new boost to deliver warmer, more energy-efficient homes in local English communities. The funds are aimed at low-income households and tenants living in social housing, with thousands of families receiving energy performance and clean heating upgrades in the form of insulation, solar panels and heat pumps. How an energy-efficient home can reduce bill costs At…
March 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananCyberspy/Vulnerability Tracked as UNC3886, China and Nexus Cyberspy Group has been observed targeting Juniper network’s end-of-life MX routers as part of a campaign designed to deploy custom backdoors, highlighting its ability to focus on internal network infrastructure. “Backdoor has a variety of custom features, including active and passive backdoor functions, and an embedded script that disables logging mechanisms on target devices,” Google-owned Mandiant said in a report shared with Hacker News. Threat intelligence companies described development as an enemy commercial evolution. This historically exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Ivanti, and VMware devices to compromise networks of interest…
Tel Aviv, Israel, March 12, 2025, CyberNewswire Cyrebro, an AI-Native managed detection and response (MDR) solution, today announced that it has won silver in the Security Operations Center (SOC) Solutions category at the annual 2025 Globee Awards. The program aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity issues and to honor those who have made significant contributions to protecting organizations and individuals from cyber threats. The award comes shortly after Cyrebro’s important advancements and cements her position as a future cybersecurity leader. The company recently launched its own security data lake, enabling unparalleled threat analysis and faster, more accurate detection. Coupled with…