The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland, Lawrence Livermore, Columbia and TogetherAI have developed a training technique that triples LLM inference speed without auxiliary models or infrastructure ...

The next Mega Millions jackpot is an estimated $346 million. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at approximately 11 p.m. ET. No one won the jackpot in the previous drawing on Tuesday, Feb. 3.

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The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, were 3, 8, 31, 60, 65, with a Powerball of 4. No one won the $65 million jackpot, but tickets in Louisiana and Texas each won $1 ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

Over the past year, President Trump’s administration has deported about 230,000 people who were arrested inside the country and another 270,000 at the border, a New York Times analysis of federal data ...

The race includes six Democrats and two Republicans, with the top two Democrats from the primary facing the Republicans in November. Republican candidate Ron Ross is focused on fiscal responsibility, ...

This video breaks down how scientists and economists use very large numbers, with clear examples from astronomy, mathematics, and modern wealth statistics to make scale easier to understand. Healey: I ...

Small-cap stocks have historically outperformed their bigger siblings, and there are three reasons 2026 could see that trend reassert itself. Yet, this 15-year run is an historical anomaly. It's been ...

Nvidia Corporation shattered the apparent growth fatigue narratives with a record Q3 that should extend into Q4 with its forecast of $65B in sales. Despite reports of cooling bottlenecks with the ...

The individual taken into custody by police and initially identified as a person of interest was released on Sunday after questioning Bing Guan / AFP via Getty The man taken into custody on Sunday in ...