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The most recent email you sent was likely encrypted using a tried-and-true method that relies on the idea that even the fastest computer would be unable to efficiently break a gigantic number into factors. Quantum computers, on the other hand, promise to rapidly crack complex cryptographic systems that a classical computer might never be…
What if we tell you that you can find all Google services in one place on your PC? Yes, Google has launched a new Windows PC app called “Google Essentials” that will offer users several company services such as Google Photos, Google Drive, Google Messages, Google Play Games and more. This new app will…
Zomato, the food delivery service platform is acquiring Paytm’s movie and events ticketing businesses at a whopping ₹2,048 crore. Zomato is a well-known online platform in India which has been expanding its services from food and grocery delivery services to booking live events and concerts. While the entertainment ticketing business is highly dominated by…
Duane Boning ’84, SM ’86, PhD ’91 has been named the next MIT vice provost for international activities (VPIA), effective Sept. 1. Boning, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, succeeds Japan Steel Industry Professor Richard Lester, who has served as VPIA since 2015. The VPIA provides…
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to buy server maker ZT Systems in a cash and stock transaction valued at $4.9 billion, adding data center technology that will bolster its efforts to challenge Nvidia Corp. ZT Systems, based in Secaucus, New Jersey, will become part of AMD’s Data Center Solutions Business Group, according to a…
Watching crowds of people hustle along Massachusetts Avenue from her window seat in MIT’s student center, Dominika Ďurovčíková has just one wish. “What I would really like to do is convince a city to shut down their lights completely, apart from hospitals or whatever else needs them, just for an hour,” she says. “Let…
Google announced its new AI-powered feature Circle to Search feature earlier this year with some advanced capabilities. While the feature is limited to Pixel and some of the high-end smartphones, Samsung has announced the availability of the feature to more users. Now the Circle to Search feature will be available to more Samsung device…
MIT chemists have developed a new way to synthesize complex molecules that were originally isolated from plants and could hold potential as antibiotics, analgesics, or cancer drugs. These compounds, known as oligocyclotryptamines, consist of multiple tricyclic substructures called cyclotryptamine, fused together by carbon–carbon bonds. Only small quantities of these compounds are naturally available, and…
A woman here allegedly lost ₹2 lakh in six hours during which she was held under ‘digital house arrest’ by fraudsters posing as CBI officials, police said on Saturday. The accused coerced her into transferring money by claiming that her husband, who is an employee of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), was arrested…
Nathanael Jenkins had always wanted to study aerospace engineering, he just hadn’t quite found the right place for it. He had explored options close to his home in Hampshire, U.K., but had never considered studying in the United States. That changed when a family vacation brought him to the MIT campus in 2018. “MIT…
