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Quantum hardware startup Rigetti Computing to go public in $1.5B SPAC deal with ex-Zillow CEO

GeekWire

The Bay Area-based makers of quantum computers and processors announced Wednesday that it will merge with a SPAC called Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II in a deal that values Rigetti at $1.5 This is the second SPAC deal for the group, which previously acquired real estate company Offerpad and took it public earlier this year.

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Can the telecoms industry power down its impact on the environment?

TM Forum

Unlike aviation or heavy industry, however, telecom companies tend not to be grouped among the worst environmental offenders. that global mobile traffic reached 49 exabyte (EB) per month at the end of 2020 and forecasts it will increase nearly fivefold to reach 237EB per month in 2026, with a single. of humanity. Consider 5G.

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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet

GeekWire

Companies in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere are raking in billions to pursue the dream with investments from tech heavyweights such as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In fact, no fusion company has yet hit the essential target of getting more energy from fusion reactions than it puts into them.

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