Researchers have created a new chip that turns one of quantum computing’s biggest frailties into a programmable feature. They say this first-of-its-kind experiment could carry implications for developing error-corrected, fault-tolerant quantum computers in the future.Unlike digital bits in a classical computer, which are represented as either “on” or “off,” a quantum bit (qubit) has a much higher failure rate — roughly 1 in 1,000, compared with 1 in 1 billion for digital bits. That’s because quantum computers are susceptible to “noise” — interference that’s often cited as the biggest barrier preventing quantum computers from being more capable than the fastest…
WASHINGTON — A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding Medicare out of $60 million through a kickback scheme involving bogus tests for COVID-19, flu and other viruses. James Shuford Price III copped to filing a false tax return and paying off collectors of sham test specimens after pilfering…
Opportunity knocks again for one Mets infielder. When Marcus Semien hit the 10-day IL with a left hip flexor strain Thursday, Ronny Mauricio was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Mauricio, who went 1-for-5 in the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Cubs in 10 innings at Citi Field, has been up and…
The Bear made a surprising decision in its final season when it directly addressed the demand for a Carmy and Sydney romance. During the penultimate episode of the series, which premiered on Thursday, June 25, Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis) visited the restaurant and was looking at the photos in the…
Michigan lawmakers are investigating a childcare provider that received more than $1.1 million in taxpayer-funded childcare reimbursements despite allegations that it does not appear to operate at its listed address. The investigation centers on 1st Premier Learning Academy & Daycare in Clinton Township and was launched by the Michigan House Oversight…
WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito could barely contain himself Thursday after liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor opted to read her full dissent in an immigration case from the bench, a rare rebuke of her colleagues. Alito began by briefly summing up his majority opinion in Mullin v. Al…
Former Mets pitcher Jenrry Mejia credited “divine intervention” for saving his life when his elevator brought him to the wrong floor inside his Venezuelan hotel moments before the building collapsed during an earthquake that left over 200 people dead. Mejia, 36, had just wrapped up his gym session and was…
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom‘s gender-focused film nonprofit is burning through cash with revenues drying up — a potentially concerning pattern for the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is reportedly the subject of a federal tax investigation. Federal authorities have not publicly disclosed what prompted the probes into the Newsom…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The U.S. national team’s dream World Cup had to hit a snag somewhere. That it happened Thursday night after Mauricio Pochettino rolled out a side with nine of 11 starters rotated in an unconsequential group-stage finale is, at least, hard to get that worked up about. Exactly…
Get a rundown of Us Weekly‘s top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on June 25, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders breakout Faith Ward addressed being confronted by DCC director Kelli Finglass over unflattering teenage photos during season 3 of Netflix’s America’s…
WASHINGTON — House Republican committee chairmen are demanding records from a law firm that formerly worked on behalf of ActBlue but was fired and then allegedly “smeared” by the Democratic fundraising platform for sounding the alarm about potentially foreign donations flowing to campaigns. In a Thursday letter, House GOP chairmen…
Puka Nacua is wasting no time getting familiar with his new quarterback. The Rams superstar hit Thursday’s USA vs. Turkey World Cup game with Ty Simpson, and at one point, the veteran receiver was actually spotted by The California Post giving the rookie some pointers on how to get around…
Luxury home buyers are quietly rewriting the rules on what a house should smell like. Plug-in air fresheners and scented candles are losing ground to HVAC-integrated systems that pipe fragrance through a home’s ductwork, and the price tag is no longer a curiosity. A whole-home scent diffuser can run several…
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin suggested Thursday that it may be time for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step aside for new Democratic leadership. The Democratic Party hasn’t “fully recovered” since being “soundly defeated in 2024,” Slotkin, a Democrat , argued during an appearance…
The Rangers are set to make more than one pick during Day 1 of the NHL draft Friday for the first time since they won the lottery in 2020. With 11 total selections over the next two days, the Blueshirts interviewed upwards of 70 players at the NHL combine earlier…
Julius Randle and Mikel Brown Jr. have gotten all the Nets attention this week. But they traded for a first-round pick with an eye on Joshua Jefferson and landed the skilled forward who says Brooklyn is exactly where he’s supposed to be. “It was really good feedback, from the late…
Reality TV romance sometimes has a notoriously short shelf life, but a handful of Bachelor Nation pairs have defied the odds. From the franchise’s earliest seasons through more recent installments, several couples turned their televised proposals into lasting marriages that have even crossed the decade milestone. Here’s a look at…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the closure Thursday of the controversial swampland migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The facility, built in less than 10 days on the site of an old airport deep in the Florida Everglades, opened last July after DeSantis, a Republican, offered to assist the Trump…
The Timberwolves are not trading one of their top players away. While Minnesota is expected to be very active during the offseason, it will not be dealing guard Donte DiVincenzo, The Athletic reported Thursday. The Athletic also indicated that the T-Wolves will be looking for more shooting and a power…
Taylor Parker became the focus of national attention after Netflix released Maternal Instinct in June 2026, a documentary chronicling her 10-month web of lies that culminated in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory. While Parker spent much of 2020 falsely claiming to be pregnant with boyfriend Wade…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte threw his support behind President Trump’s military campaign against Iran Thursday, praising the operation even as some European leaders have sought to distance themselves from the strikes. “What the US did is crucial,” Rutte told reporters in a roundtable interview. “I commend the president for…
The player empowerment era that has arrived in the NHL represents a test of the hypothesis the Islanders have spent the last year restating in various forms. They have Matthew Schaefer. They have UBS Arena. They have proximity to New York City without the bright lights and media scrutiny of…
White House official Sebastian Gorka revealed in an interview on “Pod Force One” that President Trump has left Vice President JD Vance precise instructions should he ever have to succeed him during the second term. Gorka, who has led the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy, told The Post’s Miranda Devine in…
The patient: A 6-month-old boy in BangkokThe symptoms: The child was brought to a hospital after he’d had a fever and cough for 24 hours.What happened next: Doctors tested the boy for COVID-19, and the test came back positive. They prescribed favipiravir, a broad-spectrum oral antiviral that is frequently used…
The big things — height, weight, speed, production — are fairly obvious, and the Giants see them, of course. The other 31 teams in the NFL see them as well, but do not always come to the same conclusions. Player evaluation does include plenty of subjectivity. So, when the Giants…
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WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned Tuesday after irking President Trump by slow-walking flavored e-cigarette approvals. Trump confirmed that Makary, a former Johns Hopkins cancer surgeon, stepped down as the president left the White House en route to China for a summit with Xi Jinping. “He’s a great…
Artificial intelligence (AI) models can autonomously “replicate” across multiple machines, hacking vulnerable systems, copying their own parameters onto compromised hosts, and launching working replicas capable of continuing the attack, new research shows. However, experts told Live Science the bigger concern is not AI suddenly running wild on its own, but…
The Chinese-born divorcée who is charged with blackmailing Wall Street billionaire and Milwaukee Bucks owner Wesley Edens was bailed out of jail by a Chinese foreign agent — and has extensive ties to the country, bombshell court documents reveal. Changli “Sophia” Luo, 46, who faces four counts over the alleged…
NCIS: Sydney season 3 ended with one case seemingly closing and another up in the air — literally — but it’s the possible romance between Mackey and JD that has fans talking. Warning: Spoilers below from NCIS: Sydney season 3, episodes 19 and 20. During the two-part season 3 finale,…
A growing number of California Democrats are embracing an unusual election strategy ahead of the state’s crowded gubernatorial primary: waiting until the final possible moment to cast their ballots. The tactic is being fueled by anxiety within left-wing circles over the state’s open primary system, where the top two candidates…
Tamron Hall says she turned down a $2 million-a-year offer from NBC after learning she was being pushed aside on the “Today” show to make room for Megyn Kelly. “A text message came from my then-agent and he said, ‘They’re making a big change. You’re no longer in. Here’s what…
BALTIMORE — For most of the early going, Smooth Jazz has been on mute for the Yankees. But Jazz Chisholm Jr. said before Yankees’ 6-2 win over the Orioles Tuesday he is “working my butt off every day to get back” to the player he is capable of being, and…
Nicole Scherzinger has mixed emotions about the Pussycat Dolls being forced to cancel all but one date on the U.S. leg of their PCD Forever Tour. “Nicole is disappointed,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “She was really excited to get back out there with Ashley [Roberts] and Kimberly [Wyatt]…
A former coworker of Xavier Becerra under the Biden administration delivered the latest blow to his bid for California governor by refusing to endorse him Tuesday. Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversaw the Department of Homeland Security while Becerra was secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was mum at…
A popular home insurer in California is hiking rates for homeowners this fall. Farmers Insurance Group, known for its “We are Farmers” jingle with actor JK Simmons, will raise rates by 1.5% at the next renewal date in September. The change will affect the insurers’ nearly 915,000 homeowners, according to…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Talk about a bummer. Oregon Ducks greats Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally are sidelined for the Liberty’s only trip to Portland this season. Ionescu and Sabally didn’t play in the Liberty’s 98-96 loss to the Fire on Tuesday night and will not play in Thursday’s rematch. Ionescu…
Dave Portnoy isn’t impressed with how Alix Earle has been handling her ongoing drama with Alex Cooper. After Earle, 25, avoided answering questions about her feud Cooper, 31, while appearing on the Tuesday, May 12, episode of the Today show, Portnoy, 49, took to social media to blast the influencer…
Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman wildly accused opponent Spencer Pratt of pushing “fascism” as the former reality TV star gains ground in the race. The socialist-linked Raman appeared on a podcast with progressive host Brian Tyler Cohen and compared Pratt to President Donald Trump while offering her take on who the independent…
Ebay’s board firmly rejected GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s $56 billion offer to buy the company on Tuesday, stating that the bombshell proposal is “neither credible nor attractive.” Cohen shocked Wall Street last week with the unsolicited takeover bid, in which GameStop offered to buy eBay for $125 per share in cash…
For a brief moment Tuesday night, smiles and laughter returned to the Dodgers dugout. Mired in a month-long slump and without a home run in his last 13 games, Shohei Ohtani finally rediscovered his swing, belting a solo blast in the bottom of the third inning that –– for both…
Romantasy readers get ready, a Fourth Wing series has been green lit at Amazon. During the Amazon upfronts in May 2026, Michael B. Jordan announced that the best-selling Rebecca Yarros book series will be adapted for Prime Video. The Oscar winner will serve as an executive producer. Fourth Wing follows…
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