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For decades, physicists have promised that quantum computing would one day outrun classical machines. That day may have arrived. On Oct. 22, Google’s Willow quantum processor completed a task that supercomputers would need 150 years to finish by compressing centuries of calculation into two hours. Industry experts say the result, verified by Nature, isn’t only […]
Secretlab is one of the biggest names in premium gaming office hardware, and now the company is back with a new iteration of its popular sit-stand desk, the Magnus. If you’re at all familiar with Secretlab’s product lineup, you might recall that back in the day, it had the fantastic 2020 Omega gaming chair and […]
from the these-things-never-end-well dept Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better than he does. Trump just stripped SpaceX of a government contract and handed it to […]
For MAVENS and MOGULS by The Accumulator on October 21, 2025 Many Monevator readers tell us they’re feeling nervous about the markets. Me too. The perils on my personal Venn diagram of risks seem to overlap like unattended coffee rings. Notable brow-furrowers include: This article can be read by selected Monevator members. Please see our […]
Key Takeaways Citadel’s Ken Griffin beneficially owns 1,315,654 shares, representing 4.5% of the outstanding common stock of DeFi Development Corp. DeFi Dev Corp’s business model centers around acquiring and staking Solana tokens, boosting shareholder value through onchain yield and exposure. Share this article Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, disclosed a 4.5% beneficial ownership […]
An Amazon Web Services disruption on Oct. 20 knocked out MetaMask and other ETH wallets displays and slowed Base network operations, exposing how cloud infrastructure dependencies ripple through decentralized systems when a single provider fails. AWS reported a fault in its US-EAST-1 region starting at 03:11 ET, with DNS and EC2 load-balancer health monitoring failures […]
Last week, I got to spend some time with Samsung’s newest device, a mixed reality headset called the Galaxy XR. This is the “Project Moohan” product Samsung has been working on for ages to take on the Apple Vision Pro. It’s an important launch for the company, and it’s even priced to compete — well, […]
As part of its Galaxy XR headset presentation, Samsung also briefly teased another wearable product. It’s working in collaboration with two eyewear companies, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, on AI-powered smart glasses to go up against Meta’s Ray-Ban models, Samsung’s head of customer experience Jay Kim announced at the end of the livestream. “We’re also […]
Three visuals that caught my eye in the last week or so: $50,000 new car prices. Check out this chart from Sherwood News: The average cost of a new automobile is now $50k! The Washington Post notes that more than 60 models now have average prices of more than $75,000. Crazy right? Part of this is due […]
Like almost any MIT student, Mason Estrada wants to take what he learned on campus and apply it to the working world. Unlike any other current MIT student, Estrada’s primary workplace is a pitcher’s mound. Estrada, the star pitcher for MIT’s baseball team, has signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who selected him in the […]
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