‘A real physical thing’: Quantum computer exhibit at O’Hare seeks to make the technology tangible

An exhibit of a quantum computer at O’Hare put on by the University of Chicago and IBM aims to make learning about the technology accessible amid Chicago’s rise as a quantum hub.
The Economist

How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? An AI model can help

EVER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age. The scrolls, which contain the earliest surviving copies of books from the ...
Science Daily

Why GPS fails in cities. And how it was brilliantly fixed

Our everyday GPS struggles in “urban canyons,” where skyscrapers bounce satellite signals, confusing even advanced navigation ...
The Economist

China has top-flight AI models. But it is struggling to run them

Six months ago DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) firm, wowed the world with the v3 model and its successors. For the first time, a country other than America—and one that America had ...