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Project Eleven, a post‑quantum cybersecurity venture, has signed a development partnership with Bermuda‑based specialty insurer Relm Insurance to embed post‑quantum cryptographic controls into digital‑asset underwriting and pricing. The collaboration focuses on Project Eleven’s Strongpoint custody platform, which blends classical and post‑quantum digital signatures while separating governance workflows—such as multi‑party approvals and audit logs—from the signing layer, allowing algorithm rotation without redesigning compliance processes. Relm will supply underwriting criteria that map to Strongpoint’s roadmap, defining the security logs [...]

Doug Cockle, the voice behind Geralt of Rivia, recorded every line for the original 2007 Witcher RPG in just eight days, working five consecutive days of six‑to‑seven‑hour sessions. He landed the role after a single audition, despite not having access to Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels, which were still untranslated into English. Cockle described the process as vocally demanding, often ending recordings with a hoarse voice and relying on peppermint or ginger tea to recover. The performance defined Geralt’s husky tone [...]

San Diego‑based Monarch Quantum announced it will supply integrated photonics hardware for Infleqtion’s Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder (QGGPf) mission, a NASA‑led effort to launch the first space‑based quantum gravity‑gradient sensor by 2030. The program, managed by JPL, builds on the GRACE satellite‑to‑satellite tracking legacy and will use ultracold rubidium atom interferometry to map minute changes in Earth’s gravity, enabling measurement of groundwater loss, ice‑sheet melt and subsurface shifts. Monarch’s photonics subsystems combine lasers, micro‑optics, fiber routing and [...]

A24 and director Alex Garland are allocating nearly $200 million to produce an adaptation of FromSoftware’s hit RPG Elden Ring, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The figure excludes marketing costs and doubles the studio’s previously reported $100 million budget for the project. If confirmed, the spend would make Elden Ring A24’s most expensive film, surpassing last year’s Marty Supreme ($70 million) and Garland’s Civil War ($50 million). The movie, starring Kit Connor and Cailee Spaeny, completed principal photography in the summer [...]

Arqit Quantum Inc. announced a strategic investment in Sirius Computer, Inc., expanding a partnership that will embed Arqit’s Sovereign Key Platform and NetworkSecure adaptors into Sirius’s Crux software‑defined networking suite. The combined solution delivers symmetric, quantum‑safe encryption for COTS devices, tactical radios and UAVs without hardware changes, addressing the vulnerability of decentralized military communications over congested or untrusted radio links. The move follows Arqit’s selection as part of a NATO‑winning consortium to provide secure networking services. Sirius’s [...]

Indie studio Devolver Digital confirmed that the long‑awaited Katana Zero downloadable content has expanded to the scale of a full sequel. Lead developer Justin Stander announced on social media that the DLC now includes a soundtrack of more than 30 new tracks and gameplay content approaching the size of the original 2019 title. The expansion, first hinted at in 2020 when it grew to three times its initial scope, has continued to balloon, with Stander noting it [...]

Canada announced a three‑year freeze on its vehicle‑emissions standards, keeping the fleet‑average limit at 172 g CO₂ per mile (107 g/km) through 2029 before a gradual reduction to 74 g per mile (46 g/km). The government reiterated its target of 75 % electric new‑car sales by 2035 and pledged $2.5 billion in auto‑industry support. Ontario’s premier and the prime minister said the pause gives manufacturers flexibility amid trade pressures and allows generation of future greenhouse‑gas credits. Critics, including Clean Energy Canada and the Pembina [...]

NowSecure’s latest benchmark examined 136,711 distinct iOS and Android apps over a 90‑day period ending 5 October 2026 and found that 96.9 % of them contain no detectable post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) code or libraries. The study highlights a “mobile gap” in enterprise cryptographic inventories, as most security teams focus on servers while mobile endpoints—used for logins, payments and encrypted traffic—remain reliant on classical RSA and ECC algorithms vulnerable to future quantum attacks. The report also uncovered more than 3,100 apps [...]