The number of qubits that have been entangled in quantum computers has nearly doubled within the past year – the increase is happening so fast, it seems to be following a “quantum Moore’s law”.
First proposed by Gordon Moore at Intel in 1965, Moore’s...
In the American economy, property rights are so fundamental to commercial activities that we often take them for granted. Without these fundamental tenets of society, development and commerce would be impossible. Try to imagine a farmer or entrepreneur investing in economic activity without clear rights to the very property that underpins their business. However, despite the obvious benefits of property rights to economic...
Audible, one of the world's largest audiobook platforms, is opening the floodgates to AI slop.On Tuesday, the Amazon-owned service announced its new "integrated AI narration technology" that'll allow selected publishers to rapidly churn out audiobooks using a wide range of AI-generated voices. It's Audible's biggest foray into AI yet, and will be a major blow for voice actors, who are fighting tooth and nail...
A norovirus vaccine pill that cuts the risk of infection could be available in a few years, after it showed promise in a trial where people were intentionally exposed to the virus.
The highly contagious virus infects the stomach and intestines, causing vomiting and...
A spacefaring people needs more than rockets and stations. No civilization has ever been built on technical capability alone. It needs people who choose to remain and pursue life beyond Earth’s orbit. It is culture — rooted in beauty, repetition and meaning — that turns infrastructure into home. Without it, space will remain a sterile domain — often visited but never inhabited.Private firms...