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Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

The Verge

The search giant hopes the technology will help solve a range of big problems like feeding the world and climate change to developing better medicines. It will spend billions developing the technology over the next decade, The Wall Street Journal reports. Google also expects quantum computing to have big benefits for AI development.

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Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow

GeekWire

(Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in the next 12 to 16 months, according to the executive in charge of the development program. “We’re expecting to land on the moon between 12 and 16 months from today,” Couluris said.

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California makes zero-emission trucks and vans mandatory by 2045

The Verge

It’s the first rule of its kind in the United States, and it follows California’s 2018 decision to mandate that transit agencies purchase all-electric buses starting in 2029, as well as its long-standing Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program for passenger cars and trucks. There will be progressive milestones along the way, too.

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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next CEO will be bringing a sense of urgency to rocketry

GeekWire

” When it comes to space development, Bezos’ favorite sayings include “Slow Is Smooth, and Smooth Is Fast” and “We Don’t Skip Steps.” ” Some in the space business would argue that going slow has put Blue Origin so far behind SpaceX that it’ll be difficult if not impossible to catch up.

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Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute

GeekWire

Over the past decade, it has developed a robust space ecosystem with dozens of companies, including Blue Origin, Gravitics, Stoke Space and Starfish Space, whose CEOs all spoke at the event on Wednesday. billion NASA contract to provide a lunar landing system for the Artemis 5 mission, which is set for 2029.

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Global costs of cyber attacks in 2024 and the future

Dataconomy

trillion 11% 2029 $15.6 A common tactic, loader attacks, employs innocent-looking programs to covertly deliver malware. With over 1 billion unique malware programs, Trojans dominate at 58%. As per ExpressVPN’s recent study, the projected cost of cyber attacks for 2024 is as follows: USD 9.5 trillion 19% 2025 $10.5 trillion 10.5%

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Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

GeekWire

Such a deal represents another step in Amazon’s efforts to get its Kuiper operation up and running — and try to catch up with SpaceX’s Starlink broadband constellation, which already has more than more than 1,600 satellites in orbit and is expanding its beta program.