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Man Buys A Gallon Of Gas At Shell. Then He Pumps It Into A One-Gallon Jug Of Poland Spring To Test If He Got His Money’s Worth

"Pay attention when you buy a gallon of gas..."

Motor1 · 10h ago

Quantum Computing Is Raising the Stakes for Cybersecurity: 5 Stocks to Watch

As quantum computing threatens current encryption, IBM, Cloudflare, Arqit, IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave stand to benefit from mandated post-quantum cybersecurity spending through 2030.

MarketBeat · Aug 26

Trump says Congress wants to regulate AI industry "out of business"

President Trump opposes stricter artificial intelligence industry regulations proposed by Congress. Lawmakers are considering federal guardrails for advanced AI technologies and security audits. Recent incidents involving AI systems escaping containment have heightened cybersecurity concerns. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has proposed new AI evaluation guidelines. Public comments are…

The Economic Times · Aug 7

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OpenAI's Hugging Face Breach Just Got Worse As Anthropic's Claude Mythos Exposes Encryption Flaws

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has exposed flaws in core encryption standards just one week after OpenAI models escaped sandbox containment and attacked Hugging Face.

International Business Times · Jul 29

Indian-origin Arvind Raman takes interim charge after AI security chief Chris Fall quits

Chris Fall has resigned as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, after just three months of taking charge. Arvind Raman will now serve as acting director of CAISI while leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This leadership change occurs amid growing uncertainty in AI…

The Economic Times · Jul 21

A developer is trying to sell condos at Miami Surfside site of deadly building collapse. Not one has been bought, report says

The 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in June 2021

The Independent UK · Jun 22

Unlocking Q-Day: What A Quantum Catastrophe Really Means

Imagine waking up to a world where every bank account, personal message and classified government file is suddenly unprotected and laid open because the encryption that kept billions of secrets safe has been shattered overnight.

Benzinga · Sep 21, 2025

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Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from

On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its path. By evening, the local firefighters were overwhelmed, and the city sent telegrams to the fire chiefs…

The Conversation · Jun 17, 2025

Physicists create groundbreaking atomic clock that's off by less than 1 second every 100 million years

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new cesium fountain clock is one of the most precise atomic clocks ever created.

LiveScience · May 7, 2025

AI safety advocates slam Trump administration’s reported targeting of standards agency

The U.S.’s fledgling AI Safety Institute is reportedly about to be gutted by mass layoffs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Fortune · Feb 20, 2025

Tech policy likely set for changes after election - Roll Call

With Donald Trump winning the presidency and the Senate heading into GOP hands, Republicans are poised to seize control of tech policy.

Roll Call · Nov 6, 2024

NIST, Cryptography and The Future of VPNs

Anticipating this challenge, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently finalized a set of quantum-resistant encryption standards.

TechRadar · Oct 4, 2024

The first set of standards for post-quantum cryptography have been published — here's what it means for you

Q-Day is on the horizon, with NIST revealing encryption standards to protect the internet for when it arrives.

TechRadar · Aug 14, 2024

What is Q-Day?

A deep dive into what Q-Day is, and the impact it will have on encryption as we know it

Tom’s Guide · May 21, 2024

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The Hindu · Dec 21, 2023

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science: On Clocks

Salon · Nov 7, 2023

Biden's excutive order on AI explained

Programs like ChatGPT are largely unregulated. The Biden Admin is attempting to change that but will it work?

Zenger · Oct 13, 2023

Wildfire Smoke Lingers In Homes, Posing Hidden Health Threats

New research reveals harmful smoke attaches to indoor surfaces, putting residents at risk even after clean-up efforts.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Capitol riot suspect arrested near Obama’s home will remain in jail until trial

A man charged in the Capitol riot who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home will remain in jail while he awaits trial

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The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Capitol riot suspect arrested near Obama's home will remain jail until trial, judge rules

Miami Herald · Jun 15, 2023

Pool deck at Florida's doomed Surfside tower had ‘critically low margins against failure,’ probe finds

MIAMI — Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a preliminary summary of their findings Thursday regarding the catastrophic collapse of Champlain Tower South, stating the pool deck had “critically low margins against failure.”

WEKU · May 31, 2023

400 chunks of concrete may explain what caused a deadly building collapse in Florida

Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin testing concrete cores and reinforcing steel in a search for answers from the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse.

IT Pro · Mar 21, 2023

What is the ‘steal now, crack later’ quantum computing threat?

The capabilities of quantum computing have been rapidly developing over the last decade, and are expected to mature over the next. By 2030, in fact, the industry widely expects commercial quantum computing offerings to be available in the mainstream. While the business use cases of quantum computing are being contemplated,…

Space · Mar 16, 2022

What is quantum entanglement? The physics of 'spooky action at a distance' explained

Quantum entanglement is one seriously long-distance relationship.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2022

How World’s Most Precise Clock Could Transform Fundamental Physics

US scientists have measured Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity -- which holds that gravity slows time down -- at the smallest scale ever, demonstrating that clocks tick at different rates when separated by fractions of a millimeter. Jun Ye, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and…

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