[[{“value”:” Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip. The news brings it into line with its big cloud rivals Microsoft and Google, which have also unveiled their own quantum chips in recent months, respectively Majorana and Willow. The cloud computing giant has long been investing in the quantum computing space, starting […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
What sedimentary rocks can tell us about the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere
[[{“value”:” What sedimentary rocks can tell us about the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere Published: Rocks have a lot to tell us about the history of our planet. Geologists study rocks to identify the clues they hold and decipher the answers they reveal. Dr Robert Rainbird, a sedimentologist at the Geological Survey of Canada, is examining ancient sedimentary rocks in the…
Where did STEM go?
[[{“value”:” What happened to STEM? I found myself asking this question while listening to a panel discussion at a workforce development conference in October. The speakers — especially those from the manufacturing industry — kept making the point that their firms needed STEM professionals, particularly for engineering and product development roles. “We need people who can do the math,” one…
Unique, a Swiss AI platform for finance, raises $30M
[[{“value”:” A four-year-old Swiss startup has raised a sizable chunk of change to capitalize on the burgeoning “agentic AI” movement. Unique said on Thursday that it has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round that was led by London-based VC firm DN Capital and CommerzVentures, the investment offshoot of Germany’s Commerzbank. “Agentic AI” is […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Lonestar and Phison’s data center infrastructure is headed to the moon
[[{“value”:” Data storage and resilience company Lonestar and semiconductor and storage company Phison launched a data center infrastructure on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday that’s headed to the moon. The companies are sending Phison’s Pascari storage — solid state drives (SSDs) built for data centers —packed with Lonestar’s clients’ data on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket […] © 2024 TechCrunch….