Michael Peel / Financial Times:
After years of false dawns, Big Tech, startups, and governments are betting on commercially useful quantum computers by 2030, as skeptics worry about hype — Companies are betting on big implications f…
After years of false dawns, Big Tech, startups, and governments are betting on commercially useful quantum computers by 2030, as skeptics worry about hype (Michael Peel/Financial Times)
Michael Peel / Financial Times:
After years of false dawns, Big Tech, startups, and governments are betting on commercially useful quantum computers by 2030, as skeptics worry about hype — Companies are betting on big implications f…
The costs and challenges facing the 2026 World Cup
The World Cup officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions.
An interview with Corning CEO Wendell Weeks on risk-sharing provisions that protect the company in multibillion-dollar fiber deals with Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Corning CEO Wendell Weeks on risk-sharing provisions that protect the company in multibillion-dollar fiber deals with Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon — CEO Wendell Weeks remembers t…
Switzerland is voting on whether to cap its population at 10 million. Here’s what to know
Switzerland votes on a population cap that could tighten immigration and put its EU free-movement agreement under pressure.
South Korea’s “semiconductor belt” town Dongtan has become one of the fastest-rising affluent areas, driven by windfall bonuses for Samsung and SK Hynix workers (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times)
Daniel Tudor / Financial Times:
South Korea’s “semiconductor belt” town Dongtan has become one of the fastest-rising affluent areas, driven by windfall bonuses for Samsung and SK Hynix workers — Windfall bonus for worker…
Indus Waters Treaty fallout? Nearly a third of Pakistan reels as Sindh, Balochistan face water crisis
Pakistan grapples with a severe water shortage affecting one-third of its population. Last year, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty after terror attacks. This has intensified water scarcity in Sindh and Balochistan. Irrigation canals face signi…
Public control of water and energy at heart of Burnham agenda, sources say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor ‘serious’ about taking over ‘essentials of life’ if he becomes PM, a move critics say could cost taxpayer billions A decade-long project to bring water and energy into public control will lie at the heart of Andy Bur…
How doing a wash while you watch the World Cup at 2am could cut energy bills
Change in viewing habits offered by match times at 2026 tournament could mean using cheaper off-peak powerWatching late-night or early hours football could provide UK households with a practical opportunity to cut their energy bills, as even just doing…
US says downed multiple Iran drones as both insist deal closer
The United States said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, hours after both sides said a deal to end the Middle East war was closer than ever.