Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. Source: Original News
The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it. Source: Original News
Oil prices have fallen sharply this year as global supply remains strong and demand has been slow to grow. Source: Original News
Phil Brest, a veteran of the judicial confirmation wars, will head the American Constitution Society at a time of legal turmoil. Source: Original News
Drivers will be able to converse with an artificial intelligence assistant while cars largely drive themselves in certain situations, the company said. Source: Original News
The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree. Source: Original News
A revived version of a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters shows a record-setting toll in the first half of 2025. Source: Original News
Graham Platner, a Democrat, said he would remove the tattoo. He also sought to distance himself from old Reddit posts that drew criticism. Source: Original News
Scott Wiener, a Democratic state legislator, says he can’t afford to keep deferring to Representative Nancy Pelosi. Source: Original News
