The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to take part.
The move comes after images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday.
Two thousand…

The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to take part.
The move comes after images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday.
Two thousand…

Ana de Armas shared new details about her friendship with Keanu Reeves and the surprising way she entered action films.
During a talk at the Red Sea…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
Another 13…


Microsoft and Alphabet have resources that quantum computing pure-plays could only dream about.
Nvidia has launched a device that allows for a hybrid quantum computing approach.
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Quantum computing has gone through two boom-and-bust hype cycles in under a year, but that doesn’t mean the technology is irrelevant. Instead, I think investors are focused on the wrong quantum computing stocks. While many have invested in quantum computing pure plays like Rigetti Computing and IonQ, some of the safer bets are in companies like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).
All three of these larger companies have established cash flows that don’t make quantum computing supremacy as dire as it is for the pure-play companies. As a result, they can take more measured approaches to this innovative technology, and I think it makes them much better buys overall.
The pure-play companies must disclose nearly every breakthrough or business win they achieve to attract investors. This makes them prone to hype cycles, which can eventually cause the stocks to crash once the market’s appetite for risk decreases.
Alphabet and Microsoft aren’t subject to the same hype risk, as they only announce massive milestone achievements for their quantum computing technology. Alphabet’s most recent announcement regarding quantum computing was more than a month ago, when it announced running the first verifiable algorithm on its quantum computer. This is a big deal, as it shows that Alphabet can prove that its quantum computer is providing an advantage over traditional computing.
Microsoft has also been relatively quiet on the quantum computing front, with its last major announcement being in February when it promoted its Majorana 1 custom quantum computing chip. Microsoft claims to have created a unique state of matter for controlling the particles in this quantum computing chip, and believes that this technology will allow Microsoft to easily scale and solve enterprise-level problems without the need to iterate on architecture. That could be a huge advantage, but it’s impossible to know where Microsoft stands with this technology, as it doesn’t update investors on every breakthrough.
With the level of funding Alphabet’s and Microsoft’s quantum computing businesses have, they are both no-brainer picks in the industry. The pure-play companies will have a tough time competing against the sheer size and resources of these two, and I think that makes them top quantum computing stocks to buy right now.

Newly crowned Dubai champions New Zealand and finalists Australia both missed out on the semi-finals in Cape Town, as the new-look HSBC SVNS format took a hard toll on the teams.
Defending Cape Town champions South Africa,…

You kind of have to sympathize with some of these so-called AI agents. They’re apologetic screw-ups that can’t get anything right, while…

As of 2026, IAVI has decided to cease its publication due to budget constraints that it and many other global public health non-profit organizations are now facing.
It is sad to see this publication, with its rich history…
