Manipulating atoms into quantum entangled states is hard enough, but then proving that you have achieved that entanglement is harder still. But that is the goal of an experiment at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna, as explained in this interview with physicist Michael Keller – recorded before the COVID-19
by Trevor Kimball, July 6, 2020 (Netflix) It seems that the Dead to Me TV show isn’t long for this world. Netflix has announced that the show has been renewed for a third but final season. A single-camera comedy series, Dead to Me revolves around a hotheaded realtor and widow, Jen (Christina Applegate), who searches
EXCLUSIVE: The nation’s largest theater chain AMC Entertainment is finalizing a deal with bondholders that would slash debt by up to $600 million, bring in $200 million in fresh cash and give it a lifeline into 2021, Deadline has learned. A $500 million bond sale in April as the coronavirus kicked the nation’s economy into
WASHINGTON — The first satellite for a Chinese company planning a global system of geostationary satellites launched July 9 on a Long March 3B rocket. Apstar-6D, a high-throughput satellite with a total capacity of 50 gigabits per second, launched at 8:11 a.m. Eastern from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan China. China Great Wall
A beta version of Apple’s latest mobile operating system is available to the public, Coinbase may go public and researchers discover a frightening smartwatch vulnerability. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 9, 2020. The big story: Apple releases public beta of iOS 14 Developers are no longer the only ones who can try out the
Joe Biden took to the podium Thursday in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, to unveil his economic platform as a candidate running for president of a country facing simultaneous economic, health and racial crises. The presumptive Democratic nominee’s message was different than the one he laid out previously in the swing state in 2019, when the unemployment rate was around
Exclusive Pop Smoke‘s murder investigation just led to a slew of arrests … TMZ has learned. Our law enforcement sources tell us the LAPD served multiple search warrants around Los Angeles early Thursday morning, and 5 people were arrested on warrants in connection to the rapper’s murder. Sources tell us 3 adults and 2 juveniles
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launches carrying the Es’hail-2 communications satellite for the country of Qatar on November 15, 2018 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images United States space companies are hoping to get more help against foreign competitors through financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a federal
. Style Points is a new weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Traditional fashion shows weren’t working, the designer felt. They were too stuffy and exclusive, not in step with the rhythms of the technology-savvy present. So he decided to do something a little different. This sounds like a scenario that
The upcoming Bond movie No Time to Die was one of the first prolific releases to be delayed due to the ongoing global situation. The movie has now been pushed back several times, with No Time to Die originally due to be released back in April. You might think that, considering all of this extra
Great news from FX today. The presitge network has ordered a fifth season of one of the best comedies on television — Better Things. In conjunction with the renewal, series creator and star, Pamela Adlon, has signed a new overall deal with FX productions. Her partnership with FX productions has already achieved one of the
By Leah Poffenberger Everyday life is full of choices: Coffee or tea? Apples or oranges? iPhone or Android? We also have to tackle more serious questions, like who to vote for in an election. Especially for the important choices in our lives, these decisions don’t happen in a vacuum: We’re usually getting a lot of
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . I don’t remember the precise day I became trans. It wasn’t a great revelation, but a decision that took place over a
Patrick Goguen, right, an Acadian from Moncton, beats on a drum while Noel Milliea, an elder from Elsipogtog First Nation, performs a ceremony on the dead right whale to honor the animal’s spirit before a necropsy is performed on June 7, 2019. Nathan Klima | Boston Globe | Getty Images The North Atlantic right whale
EXCLUSIVE: Odeon Cinemas, the AMC-owned chain which is the UK’s largest cinema operator by number of sites, has decided to slow down its reopening plans amid ongoing coronavirus disruption and a film slate that is seeing major titles continue to shift back. The chain reopened an initial 10 sites on July 4, which was the
Collins Aerospace, Raytheon and TAG have to develop devices that are smaller in size and have low power consumption than the ones currently used by the military. WASHINGTON — Collins Aerospace, Raytheon and Technology Advancement Group were awarded contracts to develop Global Positioning System handheld devices for the U.S. military. The U.S. Space Force’s Space
Flipkart, which competes with Amazon in India, is doubling down on an area where it has established a clear lead: Fashion. On Thursday, the Flipkart Group announced it had invested $35 million in Arvind Fashions for a significant minority stake in one the decades-old Indian firm’s subsidiaries as the Walmart -owned firm looks to tighten
The Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 7-2 to uphold Trump administration rules to allow employers with sincere moral or religious objections to deny employees access to free contraceptive coverage. The rules broadened a carve-out to the contraceptive coverage mandate included in the Affordable Care Act, the health-care overhaul commonly known as Obamacare. According to government estimates,