Quantum satellite sets globe-spanning distance record

A satellite-carrying rocket blasts off from a commercial aerospace zone in China VCG/Getty Images A small quantum satellite created a secure link between ground stations in China and South Africa, sharing quantum-encrypted data over a record distance of 12,900 kilometres. Similar microsatellites could become part of a future quantum internet. The record-breaking feat, which occurred…

Read More

AI Reveals Milky Way’s Black Hole Spins Near Top Speed

An international team of astronomers has trained a neural network with millions of synthetic simulations and artificial intelligence (AI) to tease out new cosmic curiosities about black holes, revealing the one at the center of our Milky Way is spinning at nearly top speed. These large ensembles of simulations were generated by throughput computing capabilities…

Read More

Dodgers commit $1M to aid families affected by ICE raids

Jun 20, 2025, 08:15 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families affected by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California. The defending World Series champion Dodgers also said Friday that they intend to form partnerships with the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor…

Read More

Can anyone besides Nvidia make big bucks from chips?

ADAM SMITH would be baffled by microelectronics. When the great economist died in 1790 James Watt’s two-cylinder steam engine passed for the height of technological sophistication. If he recognised the prefix “nano”—a fair bet for a precocious classicist proficient in dead languages by 14—it would be as a derivation of the Greek word for “dwarf”,…

Read More

Mobile banking users beware – “Godfather” malware is now hijacking official bank apps

Zimperium spots new version of Godfather among Turkish Android users New version creates virtualized versions of legitimate banking apps in a sandbox It can exfiltrate login credentials, PIN codes, and unlock patterns The notorious Godfather malware for Android phones is back with a vengeance, experts have warned, targeting victims with an upgraded build which makes…

Read More