Computing

We already have quantum computers of a sort, but at the moment they're not practical or reliable or large-scale enough to fully realize the massive potential of the technology.  To get closer to that end goal, scientists are working towards what they say could be the ideal building block for a quantum computer.These building blocks are called qubits. Unlike classical computer bits, which store either 1 or 0 at any one time, these qubits can exist in a simultaneous 0 and 1 state, much like the famous Schrödinger thought…

Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR -21.94% shares fell more than 20% after the company forecast that its sales growth is slowing as its government business drags down growth. The data-mining company on Monday projected sales of $470 million in the current quarter, up 25% from a year earlier. That would be the slowest growth rate since the company made its public market debut in 2020. Analysts had projected sales of $484 million, according…

Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king.Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of dollars into mental-health businesses, including psychology offices, psychiatric facilities, telehealth platforms for online therapy, new drugs, meditation apps and other digital tools. Nine mental-health startups have reached private valuations exceeding $1 billion last year, including Cerebral Inc. and BetterUp Inc. Demand…

Meet the class of 2022. They are the most in-demand college graduates to enter the job market in years. They have the expectations to match.Grads are seeking more money and flexibility and more specifics about likely assignments than previous classes. Some want their employers to take stands on social issues. And after wrapping the last two years of their education under pandemic conditions, they are highly adaptable yet hungry for face-to-face work, training and mentorship. Companies that are struggling to fill open…

Shopify Inc. has agreed to buy U.S. fulfillment specialist Deliverr Inc. for $2.1 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, as the e-commerce platform moves to build out its order-fulfillment operations for online retailers looking to compete with Amazon. com Inc.The Canadian company said Thursday that it plans to merge Deliverr with its existing fulfillment network—anchored by the 6 River Systems business it acquired in 2019 for $450 million—to form a broader logistics…

Metaverse. Metaverse. Metaverse.Say it three times fast, and you’ll still be confused about the promise of this much-hyped digital world where we’ll apparently work, hang out and more.Yet Peggy Johnson, chief executive of Magic Leap, can see it clearly. She doesn’t even have to put on the company’s high-tech headset.…

WASHINGTON— Nvidia Corp. NVDA -0.90% has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a regulatory investigation that found it didn’t adequately reveal the impact of cryptomining on its sales of powerful chips designed for computer gaming. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Nvidia’s sales of its graphics processing units, or GPUs, were materially boosted in its 2018 fiscal year by consumers who bought them to mine new units of…

Visual representation of how quantum computing will improve Hyundai Motor's future mobility systemsNew Delhi: Hyundai Motor Company and IonQ, a quantum computing company have today announced a new project designed to apply quantum machine learning to image classification and 3D object detection for future mobilities.With this collaboration, IonQ and Hyundai will improve computational functionality through more efficient machine learning on quantum computers, as they can process enormous amounts of data faster and more…

The U.S. is looking to accelerate its quantum computing and post-quantum security push as it works to remain resilient in the face of the breakneck speed of research in the field. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed two directives relating to the quantum push - an Executive Order creating the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, as well as a memorandum. Both aim to outline the U.S. priorities' in quantum computing leadership and the hardening of its information systems against quantum-based attacks on its…

Researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence may be performed using small nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain.The new technology, developed by a team led by <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Imperial College London</div><div…