French research institutions CEA and C12 Quantum Electronics have announced a novel quantum computer design. One that can only describe as a waferscale engine… for quantum. In an approach to CMOS manufacturing techniques and backed by the CEA’s $5 billion annual funding, the companies aim to manufacture carbon nanotube-based qubits at scale – a 200…
ZEV manufacturer, Nikola Corporation, shared plans to ask its shareholders for approval to dilute their current holdings in order to add 200 million new shares, which would raise about $1.5 billion based off its closing price on Friday. The startup plans to use the funds to scale production of its Tre BEV trucks and finish…
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Cloud storage and data backup company Backblaze published a blog post today outlining its search for the answer to a relatively simple question: Would it make sense for the company to farm the Chia cryptocurrency using the HDDs it keeps as a buffer to allow its cloud storage platform to scale quickly?…