The Trump administration is negotiating equity-for-funding deals with quantum-computing firms, including IonQ, Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. Quantum Computing Inc. and Atom Computing are weighing similar arrangements. Shares jumped in early Thursday trading: IonQ and D-Wave up 9%, Rigetti 7%, Quantum Computing...
U.S. single-family rents rose 1.4% in August from a year ago, down from July’s 2.3% and the smallest increase in 15 years, Cotality said. Growth cooled across price tiers, with high-end up 1.6% versus 1.1% for low-end. Chicago led at 4.7%, while Dallas fell 0.6% amid a wave of new...
The European Union announced fresh sanctions on Russia, aligning with U.S. measures a day earlier against its oil industry, in a bid to squeeze revenues fueling the invasion of Ukraine. The package targets Russian LNG, bans more 'shadow fleet' tankers, restricts crypto transactions, curbs Russian payment systems, and limits AI...
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will leave Strictly Come Dancing at the end of the current season, announcing on Instagram they always intended to depart together and that "now feels like the right time." The duo, who have fronted the BBC hit since 2013, said they’ll savor the rest of...
On a cloudy morning in southeast Mongolia, paleontologist Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar spotted a gleaming dome on a Cretaceous outcrop—the skull of a new pachycephalosaur. Described in Nature as Zavacephale rinpoche, it is the first definitive early Cretaceous member of the group and 15 million years older than any previously known. Excavation...
BBC Verify found no evidence for Donald Trump’s claim that every "drug boat" targeted off Venezuela or in the eastern Pacific would save 25,000 American lives. The White House offered no data, saying any boat "has the potential" to kill that many. With 73,690 overdose deaths reported between April 2023...
Netflix’s Nobody Wants This returns with new showrunners Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan, but its second season loses much of the first season’s charm. While attempts to soften earlier portrayals of Jewish women sideline Bina and make Esther and Morgan less problematic, Noah and Joanne repeat old insecurities and...
The Treasury Department says Americans have lost more than $16.6 billion to an online scam industry rooted in Southeast Asia, where compounds relying on forced labor flourished during the pandemic. Fraud rings use “pig butchering,” romance ploys, and phone ruses, deploying native speakers trafficked from China and beyond. Many operate...
King Charles III became the first British monarch in 500 years to pray publicly with a pope, joining Pope Leo XIV beneath the Sistine Chapel’s vaulted ceiling, painted by Michelangelo, for an ecumenical service focused on care of creation. The Rome visit — begun to mark the Jubilee year and...
At least 10 people were killed and 19 injured in an explosion at a munitions facility in Russia’s Urals, regional governor Alexei Teksler said. The blast occurred in the Kopeisk district of the Chelyabinsk region, which borders Kazakhstan. Verified footage shows a fireball near the Plastmass plant, which produces and...
