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South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information inaugurated Hangang, the nation’s sixth national supercomputer, at KISTI’s Daejeon campus. The HPE Cray EX400 system, cooled by direct liquid, delivers a theoretical peak of 614 petaflops—24 times the performance of the previous Nurion machine. Built around Nvidia’s GH200 superchips, Hangang integrates an Arm‑based Grace CPU and a Hopper GPU on a single package with a 900 GB/s bidirectional interconnect, exposing a unified 576 GB [...]

Quantum engineers at the University of Adelaide’s Quantum and Nano Technology Group have demonstrated a “synthetic area spread” technique that eliminates the need for physical loop‑size variation in superconducting quantum interference filter (SQIF) arrays while preserving their intrinsic sensitivity. By reformulating the resistively shunted junction (RSJ) equations to include bare superconducting loops, the team showed that these loops generate an anomalous inductive flux that mimics the effect of incommensurate loop areas, producing a zero‑field anti‑peak without destabilising [...]

Anker unveiled the MagGo Pro 2, a 10,000 mAh power bank that combines active cooling, a 25 W MagSafe wireless charger, up to 45 W USB‑C output, and a multifunction smart display. The cooling system prevents thermal throttling, allowing the unit to charge an iPhone 17 Pro to 50 % in roughly 25 minutes, a speed Anker claims is unmatched among wireless banks. Users can toggle the display to view battery level, charging rate, internal temperature and battery health via a side button. A built‑in [...]

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has created the Quantum Experimentation Group (QEG), slated to begin in Q1 2027, to test quantum computing’s role in financial crime detection. The consortium brings together banks, quantum‑tech firms and national research labs to compare quantum machine‑learning models—such as parameterized quantum circuits and quantum neural networks—with traditional machine‑learning pipelines for fraud and anti‑money‑laundering (AML) pattern recognition. Because data‑privacy rules bar banks from sharing real transaction data, the FCA will provide an artificial synthetic [...]

Binance’s chief financial officer, Kaiser Ng, is exiting the cryptocurrency exchange after more than five years, according to a statement from co‑CEO Yi He. The departure, described as a move to “pursue a new venture,” follows a transition plan that has been in place for six months. Ng will be succeeded by Justin Yek as CFO. The announcement arrives just days after a major security breach in which hackers stole $6.3 billion in crypto from Binance users, prompting a temporary freeze [...]

Outlook.com and Hotmail users have reported that legitimate messages are being rejected since at least Nov. 5, with senders receiving 550 5.7.23 SPF/DKIM/DMARC failures even when their domains have valid records. The issue appears intermittent, affecting a small percentage of inbound mail and varying by Microsoft server routing; some messages arrive after a resend. Reports from Microsoft forums, Reddit and Windows Latest cite dozens of cases across different providers, including Zoho and Microsoft 365, confirming that the problem is not limited [...]

Ubisoft is reportedly developing two new Assassin’s Creed titles, according to YouTuber Xj0nathan, who cites two insiders with access to the company’s backend. The first, codenamed “Mars,” would be set in ancient Rome and is expected to tie into the upcoming Assassin’s Creed TV series, marking the franchise’s return to the city after the Renaissance‑era Brotherhood. The second, codenamed “Pocket,” is a mobile game set in Jerusalem that reportedly blends the Mastery Challenge mode from Assassin’s Creed [...]

Sony announced an indefinite delay for the PlayStation Pulse Elevate wireless speakers just days before their scheduled global launch on November 12. In a November 6 update to its PlayStation.Blog, the company cited a newly identified production issue uncovered during quality testing and said no new release date has been set. The $219.99 speakers, unveiled in September, were to be offered in Midnight Black and White, feature AI‑enhanced noise‑rejection microphones, planar‑magnetic drivers, and support PlayStation 5, PC, Mac and PlayStation [...]