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French startup Zama has raised $73mn to commercialise the “holy grail” of cryptography: fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). Conceptually simple but practically complex, FHE enables computations on encrypted data without having to first decrypt it. As a result, companies can provide services without seeing their customers’ information. The users, meanwhile, won’t notice any difference in the function. To visualise the process, imagine the encrypted data as a locked box and the computations as…

Researchers have made progress against citrus greening disease by developing hybrid citrus trees that produce desirable orange-like fruit and resist the disease. Through genetic analysis, they’ve created tools for early flavor profile screening, marking a significant step in ensuring future hybrids combine disease tolerance with the essential sweet orange flavor.It’s one thing for a hybrid citrus tree to tolerate citrus greening disease (a.k.a. Huanglongbing) and quite another if it also produces orange-like…

Andersen and Lensky of Google disagree. They do not think the experiment demonstrates a topological qubit, because the object cannot reliably manipulate information to achieve practical quantum computing. “It is repeatedly stated explicitly in the manuscript that error correction must be included to achieve topological protection and that this would need to be done in future work,” they write to WIRED.When WIRED spoke with Tony Uttley, the president and COO of Quantinuum, after the company’s own announcement in May, he…

Image Source : FILE 'Holy Grail' 2007 Apple iPhone sells for record-breaking Rs 1.5 crore An extraordinary piece of tech history has recently made headlines as a first-edition, unopened 4GB model of the iPhone was sold for $190,372.80 (more than Rs 1.5 crore) in a US auction. This original iPhone 7 lot, managed by LCG Auctions, attracted a total of 28 bids and managed…

The European Union’s antitrust watchdog fined the company with the maximum allowable amount for wrapping up its acquisition of the cancer-test developer while the agency was still reviewing it. The European Union’s antitrust watchdog fined the company with the maximum allowable amount for wrapping up its acquisition of the cancer-test developer while the agency was still reviewing it. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the…

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEuropean Union regulators on Wednesday fined Illumina a record 432 million euros ($476 million) for closing its acquisition of cancer test developer Grail without first securing regulatory approval. The European Commission's fine amounts to 10% of San Diego-based Illumina's global turnover, the maximum allowed under EU merger rulesThat exceeds the commission's previous largest merger regulation fine of $125 million, or 1% of annual turnover, imposed on telecommunications company…

A break down of all the considerations and specifications of a potential learning system incorporating sophisticated virtual teaching assistants. Explores why we should open-source these educational models, what might be different from the existing educational paradigm and the continuing role of physical schools in the future of education Read All A break down of all the considerations and specifications of a potential learning system incorporating sophisticated virtual teaching assistants. Explores why we should…

Posted in: Comics | Tagged: hasbro, indiana jones, the last crusadeHasbro is back with even more Indiana Jones Adventure Series figures as the quest for the Holy Grail continues and comes to life  Hasbro is diving into Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with their newest wave of Adventure Series figures. Just like previous waves, a nice assortment of figures are included, and this set includes one of the more unique ones. It is time to choose wisely with the Grail Knight and hold the Holy Grail to taste and have a sip of…

The p-value fallacy: why we need to stop treating them as GospelImage by Gerd Altmann on PixabayIn a recent article, I stated that we don’t always need to calculate p-values in Data Science, showing we found a good model to solve an ML problem without calculating them.Now it’s time to write an article that clarifies this statement. I know: this will be a controversial article, and I’d really like to hear your opinions in the comments.If you’re an aspiring Data Scientist, here you’ll find the definition of the p-values and…

Illumina CEO Francis deSouza on Wednesday touted the company's controversial acquisition of Grail after revenue from the cancer test developer doubled in the last year. The Grail deal is the focus of a heated proxy fight between Illumina and activist investor Carl Icahn. Antitrust regulators in the U.S. and Europe have also ordered Illumina to divest the $7.1 billion acquisition Illumina completed in 2021.Grail raked in $20 million in revenue during the three-month period that ended April 2, according to Illumina's…