Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQCL) has developed a new OS designed to run the quantum computers that will shape our future. The new OS, which is called t|kit>, has been facilitated by CQCL’s own proprietary custom designed high-speed super computer and this allowed the company to accurately mimic how a quantum processor will work. “CQCL is at the forefront of developing an operating system that will allow users to harness the
7 days in phones The inevitable march of time continues apace, each heavy tick and every despairing tock carrying us ever closer to the cold embrace of the grave. With that cheery thought it is time for another 7 days in phones! Maybe this week my witterings will be posted on time and not unceremoniously dumped at a random day. It’s “7 days in phones” after all, not “7ish, maybe
Hiroshi Ishiguro, the director of the Intelligent Robotic Laboratory, has just unveiled his lab’s latest creation. Her name is Yangyang. She’s an android – a robot designed to look and act as human as possible – and by all accounts seems to have been the star of the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing between April 28 and 30 2015. Ishiguro has spent almost his whole life creating and designing
Microsoft Surface fans hold on to your hats as the firm’s latest high-end tablet-PC hybrid is getting for its first outing later on this month. First reported by SlashGear, an anonymous source told the site that the Surface Pro 4 will get its long awaited big reveal at a special Microsoft event that is slated to take place in the middle of May. It goes on to explain that even
Technology is many things, but it’s rarely dull. Take this week, for example. Microsoft may have just shown us the future of the PC, we’ve seen smartphones covered in cows and we’ve discovered how chickens can cause chaos in virtual cities. Not only that, but we’ve seen a whole tech sector die and a watch hurt somebody’s shoulder. It’s another weird and wonderful week in tech! Microsoft: Build and they
Apple and IBM are working together on a piece of software that has the potential to revolutionise the lives of elderly people worldwide. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, the two companies are working with Japan Post to develop Post Office Watch service software for the iPad that will assist in the care of elderly people. Post Office Watch was launched at the end of 2013 and allows Japanese
A few weeks back, Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft ran out of fuel. Since then, the first and only probe we have orbiting Mercury has been on a doomed spiral towards an inevitable crash landing on the surface of the planet closest to the Sun. On April 30, at 7.26pm UTC, Messenger hit the ground at 3.91 kilometres per second – leaving a crater about 16 metres wide. Just beforehand, however, it
Introduction It’s hard to believe that it’s almost been a year since Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3. A tough act to follow, it remains one of the best 2-in-1 devices around and sets the bar high for the Surface 3, the newest member of Microsoft’s Surface family, to follow. If the mood leading up to the launch of the Surface Pro 3 was quietly cautious following several Windows RT-shaped
Shares of LinkedIn Corp, operator of the most popular social network for professionals, fell 20 percent in early trading on Friday, wiping out more than $6 billion of market value, after the company slashed its full-year forecast. LinkedIn reported on Thursday its slowest quarterly revenue growth since it went public four years ago. The surprisingly weak results followed Twitter Inc’s on Tuesday. Twitter’s stock fell by as much as 24
Rocket Internet, a tech investor focused on emerging market ventures, has reduced its stakes in two of its Europe-focused financial services start-ups after facing setbacks there, Germany’s Spiegel magazine said. Lending site Lendico had all but retreated from three of the six countries where it had been operating, while corporate lending site Zencap made fewer than 200 loans to small firms with a total value of 14 million euros ($16
