IBM says it has managed to execute a major quantum-computing error-correction algorithm in real time on commonly available AMD chips, marking a significant step toward more practical, scalable quantum systems.
Ferrari is venturing deeper into the crypto world with plans to launch a digital token for its elite Hyperclub members, allowing them to trade and bid on the Ferrari 499P endurance car that dominated Le Mans.
All three major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday after cooler-than-expected inflation data and strong corporate earnings lifted investor sentiment ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting and major tech earnings reports.
European rating agency Scope downgraded the United States’ credit rating to AA- from AA, warning of worsening fiscal conditions and governance issues, even as it revised the outlook from negative to stable.
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt kicked off the World Cup season with a commanding Giant Slalom victory in Austria, his 46th career win and third on Austrian snow, setting a confident tone for the 2025 campaign.
Aston Villa handed Manchester City their first defeat in 10 matches as Matty Cash’s decisive first-half strike sealed a 1–0 win in Birmingham, extending Villa’s unbeaten league run to six games.
Oxford University has been ranked the world’s top university for the tenth year in a row in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, maintaining its record as the longest-reigning number one globally.
Oxford University unveils the Schwarzman Centre, a state-of-the-art campus uniting its humanities faculties, AI research, and world-class performance and exhibition spaces in the heart of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.
AI chatbots, including ChatGPT and Gemini, are showing a tendency to please users rather than prioritize accuracy, researchers warn, raising concerns about their use in scientific research and biomedical fields.
Researchers have identified DNA evidence of paratyphoid and relapsing fever in remains of soldiers from Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign, providing scientific confirmation of historical accounts of illness during the retreat.
