Joe Fay Technology Reporter Google Many organisations are developing quantum computers Twenty five years ago computer programmers were racing to fix the millennium bug amidst fears that it would cause banking systems to crash and planes to fall out of the sky. Much to everyone’s relief the impact turned out to be minimal. Today, some […]
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The war on government waste took center stage on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with the first hearing focused on the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Although it began with talk of bipartisanship, the questioning fell along party lines. Republican Chair Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) opened the hearing by calling wasteful spending an “American problem.”
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Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Microsoft Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve “meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades”. It is the latest development in quantum computing – tech which uses principles of particle physics to create a new
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Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Cases of tuberculosis (pictured) have increased in the UK and worldwide as the disease increases its resistance to antibiotics A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Professor José
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Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images More than 80% of Australian children aged eight to 12 use social media or messaging services that are only meant to be for over-13s, according to new research. It comes as Australia plans to implement a total social media ban for under-16s that is expected by the end of
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President Trump’s plan to shrink the size of the federal workforce is underway as he aims to get government spending under control. The administration is ordering multiple agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who generally have less than a year on the job. The move could affect hundreds of thousands of workers. It’s expected
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is telling officials to come up with a plan to redirect 8 percent of the Defense budget for next year – about $50 billion to be refocused on President Trump’s priorities. Hegseth is also reportedly set to remove some top generals and senior officials as well. This comes
America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation — to thrive today and
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One of the most frequent questions I get during the generative AI professional development workshops I facilitate in the U.S. and China is pretty basic: “How do I use gen AI with PBL?” The question makes me happy because it melds two of the great passions of my 32 years in education: Project-based learning and
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By: Rae Lymer and Beth Holland Diving into the Evidence: Virtual and Hybrid Models as High-Quality School Choice Options The White House recently issued an executive order making “school choice” a top education priority for the current administration. Although the order cites declining test scores and parent rights as the rationale driving this decision, it
