Researchers at IBM have mathematically proven that there are certain functions restricted classical computers cannot perform but restricted quantum computers can. However, they concede that quantum computers can’t defeat their classical counterparts merely on the basis of a different architecture. Not only is there a need for finding and writing theoretical proofs of the advantages
News Shorter Film Scores Now Eligible for Academy Awards The Best Original Score category used to require that the score make up 60% of the film’s music. Now, that minimum has been reduced to 35%. By Madison Bloom June 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Oscar statue (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Today
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Clear Secure, Inc. (NYSE: YOU), on June 30, 2021, in celebration of its Initial Public Offering. NYSE On a day with more tech IPOs than available bell-ringing slots at U.S. exchanges, investors reaped billions of dollars in gains. But the winners extended far beyond Silicon
A deal to avoid a ban on sausages and other chilled meats moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been agreed at the last minute. The UK and EU have announced an extension to a grace period allowing their transit across the Irish Sea, hours before a ban would have come into force. London
Gap is to close all of its stores in the UK and Ireland, the American fashion retailer has announced. The decision comes after a review of its operations across Europe and will see the company go online-only in the markets affected. The stores will shut in a phased manner from the end of August through
The spectator who caused a massive pile-up at the Tour de France has been arrested, according to a report by Reuters. A 30-year-old French woman is in custody after presenting herself at a police station in Landerneau, Brittany, a source close to the investigation told the news agency. She is accused of involuntarily causing injury
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who served during the Iraq War under George W Bush, has died aged 88. His family said: “History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will
In a shocking reversal of justice, Bill Cosby has been released from prison following the court’s decision to overturn his 2018 conviction for sexual assault. Cosby, who for years reigned as one of America’s most beloved comedians and television actors, saw his star drastically diminished after allegations of rape rose up against him years ago. This
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An international team of researchers has developed a blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with an accuracy level of over 96 percent. The test has been developed from Chinese patient data. To diagnose a person with AD, doctors until now had primarily relied on cognitive tests. Besides this, brain imaging and lumbar puncture
After raising the bar on what a movie can open to during the pandemic with F9‘s $70M weekend, Universal is adding a one-two wide release punch to the weekend with the debut of two titles geared at two different demos: DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby: Family Business which is set to do $15M+ and Blumhouse’s The Forever
Taboola founder and chief executive Adam Singolda Andreas Rentz | Getty Images Digital ad company Taboola is set to begin trading Wednesday following its merger with ION Acquisition Corp. 1, a special acquisition corporation. ION shareholders voted to approve the business combination in a special meeting Monday. The transaction will generate $526 million upon closing,
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has told MPs he expects the removal of school “bubbles” to be announced as part of step four of England’s roadmap for lifting COVID restrictions. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Williamson said he wanted to see restrictions on schools and colleges – including the bubble system – removed “as
The UK economy suffered a slightly worse start to the year than first thought as households squirrelled away cash during latest lockdowns, revised figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 1.6% – compared to an initial estimate of 1.5% – as renewed stay-at-home measures held back business activity and spending, according to the Office
It is unlikely the world “would have been on the verge of World War Three” if Russia had sunk a British warship near Crimea, Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian president claimed HMS Defender, a Type 45 destroyer, illegally entered his country’s territorial waters near Crimea in order to observe in detail how Russian forces
The race to become the next mayor of New York City has been plunged into chaos after election officials admitted they had wrongly counted test votes. The Democratic primary contest to choose the party’s candidate for November’s election was held a week ago. But fresh data released by the city’s Board of Elections on Tuesday