On July 8, 2025, physicists from Aalto University in Finland published a transmon qubit coherence dramatically surpassing previous scientifically published records. The millisecond coherence measurement marks a quantum leap in computational technology, with the previous maximum echo coherence measurements approaching 0.6 milliseconds. Longer qubit coherence allows for an extended window of time in which quantum…
Refresh 2025-07-24T16:48:24.330Z Yahoo has basically said the same as AOL on X: “We understand some users are currently experiencing difficulties accessing their accounts. We are actively investigating this issue and will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.” 2025-07-24T16:47:01.556Z AOL took…
Matthias Oberholzer/Unsplash One of the not-funny ironies of the 21st century has been that everything we thought was social media is actually just mass media, except it’s terrible and broken. Luckily, journalists and creators are finally figuring out how to leave the old media models behind and enter the future. The term “mass media” became…
Eyes of Wakanda is set to make its Disney+ debut earlier than expected Marvel’s next animated TV series will be released on August 1 The Black Panther anthology spin-off show was originally due out on August 27 Marvel is reportedly set to release Eyes of Wakanda, the comic titan’s next animated TV show, almost one…
A popular npm maintainer fell prey to a phishing attack, sharing login credentials with cybercriminals The attackers accessed their npm account and pushed malware through a popular package They were removed six hours later, but users should still take caution Experts have warned that ‘is’, an npm package with more than 2.8 million weekly downloads,…
The world of rock lost one of its father figures when Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman for legendary British metal band Black Sabbath, sadly died this week, at the age of 76. Ozzy, as he was affectionately known to his fans, had completed his farewell ‘Back to the Beginning’ concert just three weeks earlier, to rapturous…
Thousands of EE and BT customers have reported they are unable to make or receive calls as the mobile phone network faces an outage. Outages tracker Downdetector, which relies on self-reported user data, showed over 2,500 EE customers experiencing outages at 1400 BST, with many also reporting issues with other networks. However, Vodafone and Three…
Google revenue is up 14%, driven by a 32% growth in Google Cloud revenue The cloud division’s annual revenue run-rate is now $50 billion The Gemini App has 450 million monthly active users Alphabet has exceeded quarterly revenue expectations by a not-so-insignificant $2.43 billion by posting $96.43 billion in its second quarter 2025, marking a…
Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability is proving incredibly attractive to hackers New estimates place the number of organizations affected at 400 The hackers have deployed ransomware against some affected organizations New estimates regarding the recently-exploited Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities now evaluate that as many as 400 organizations may have been targeted. The figure is a sharp increase from…
Grab your podcasting microphones and magnifying glasses, because Only Murders in the Building season 5 is confirmed to return on September 9, 2025, and it looks like we’ll finally find out what happened to poor old Lester. The beloved doorman was binned off at the end of season 4, with Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin…
