A number of companies, betting on various architectural approaches, are trying to build the first commercially viable quantum computer capable of significantly outperforming current systems.

Oratomic, which entered the race earlier this year with the goal of developing the first utility-scale quantum computer by the end of the decade, said this week that it has raised $300 million. The massive Series A round was co-led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Lowercarbon Capital, Bain Capital, and others.

Ever so slightly bigger than Earth, the exoplanet LHS 3844b orbits its parent star, LHS 3844, a red dwarf 48.5 light-years from our solar system. Its rotational speed mirrors its orbital speed. The result? One side of LHS 3844b is perpetually bathed in scorching sunlight, locked into a never-ending, blistering hot day, while the other is forever shrouded in darkness so cold that particles are incapable of movement, a state known as absolute zero (zero Kelvin).

Pradeep Kanagaraj is Vice President of AI Operations at Ensemble Health Partners.

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Throughout my career leading operations and strategy, I've watched an old assumption collapse: that strategy can be set once a year and executed on schedule. The annual plan is already dead; the quarterly plan is dying slowly. Most organizations still fund work the way they did years ago, locking in budgets months in advance and treating reallocation as a planning failure rather than a feature.

A Texas Democrat running to become the state’s attorney general has said he will investigate Elon Musk’s SpaceX company if elected, saying it “sure looks like” corruption was involved in a deal he said handed the world’s richest person $110m of taxpayers’ money.

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As Netflix searches for new ways to keep viewers engaged amid signs of slowing engagement, the streaming giant appears to be exploring yet another avenue: always-on live TV channels.

British actor Micheal Ward has been cleared of raping a woman who claimed he had attacked her in the back of a car.

Ward, 28, denied two charges of rape and three of sexual assault, and a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court acquitted him on all counts on Friday.

Thamires Lima, a research professor in chemical engineering at Drexel University, studies the properties of thick, viscous liquids — think honey or molasses, though in a lab you’re more likely to find polypropylene or crude oil. Using a method called extensional rheology, Lima stretches liquids between metal plates to find the force that makes them flow.

Beauty Club London’s Dubai salon has issued summer haircare guidance for clients with colour-treated and lighter hair, warning that high UV levels, heat, pool chlorine and hard water all fade colour faster. Co-founder and educator Moe Harb explains how to protect it.

Strategic partnership lets rights holders extend their reach and deepen fan engagement through TikTok's vetted creators, brand-safe and at scale. 

Key points:

• TikTok and WSC Sports have partnered to give rights holders a new way to reach and engage fans through the creator economy, at scale, without losing control of usage, rights, or brand.
• Through this agreement, WSC Sports enables rights holders to maximize the potential of their intellectual property while removing operational friction 
• WSC Sports acts as an end-to-end creator activation solution, for TikTok and its rights holders, including access to fully licensed content, WSC Sports' AI content creation platform, and editorial guidance to creators.

LONDON, UK – [July 10, 2026] – TikTok and WSC Sports, the global leader in AI-powered sports video content creation and automation, today announced a strategic partnership that gives sports rights holders a new way to reach fans through TikTok's creators.