Month: April 2021
Fujitsu takes on IBM in race for most powerful quantum computer A quantum computer
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has announced a new initiative to build on top of Riken research institute’s ongoing work with advanced superconducting quantum computing technologies to create a 1000 qubits quantum computer within the next few years. The announcement comes after IBM promised to deliver a 1000 qubit quantum computer…
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Trump’s H-1B visa freeze is over
Former President Donald Trump’s ban on guest worker visas has expired, allowing foreign workers to reapply for entry into the United States. The news is a win for tech companies including Apple, Twitter, and Google, each of which vocally opposed the policy. Former President Donald Trump said the ban was…
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Tech in Mexico: A confluence of Latin America, the US and Asia
Kevin Xu Contributor Kevin Xu is an early-stage investor and founder of Interconnected, a bilingual newsletter covering tech, business and U.S.-Asia relations. Mexico has been known as an up-and-coming tech hub and a gateway to the Latin American market. As an investor focused on developer-centered products, open-source startups and infrastructure…
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Atari’s restless ghost has released NFTs
Atari, the corporate entity / brand of Theseus, has just made around $110,000 by selling —you guessed it — NFTs (shout out to Ars Technica for doing the math). The tokens in question are 3D models of the Atari 2600 game cartridge for Centipede — 10 of them black, 100…
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Xbox Live, Microsoft Teams are down: major outage affects online services Xbox Live is down
Update: More Microsoft services are down are the outage continues. We’ll update this page if we get answers, or if the company fixes its software. Xbox Live and Microsoft Teams are down with a major outage across Microsoft services right now, according several of Microsoft’s official status pages – and…
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French police are investigating an international Lego crime ring
It sounds like something out of a children’s movie — after French police arrested three Polish thieves who attempted to steal toys in June 2020, specifically Lego sets. Now authorities are trying to address a growing trend of Lego robberies by warning business owners and parents, The Guardian reports. According…
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