Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1322: Beating the System
Episode: 1322 Five college degrees in six years: What does it mean? Today, some thoughts about beating the system.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are quantum computers already super-powerful?
Google claim their latest quantum computer chip is able to process something in five minutes it would take a normal computer 10 septillion years to figure out.
As this is a massive amount longer than the entire history of the known universe, that seems to suggest the chip is extremely powerful.
But when you understand what?s going on, the claim doesn?t seem quite so impressive. Dr Peter Leek, a quantum computer scientist from Oxford University, explains the key context.
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Andrew Garratt Editor: Richard Vadon
CBS News Roundup - 01/31/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition
NTSB recovers black box for the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly collision with a passenger jet over the Potomac. Justice Department orders firing of prosecutors involved in January 6th riot investigation. President Trump's trade tariffs against Canada and Mexico will be in place tomorrow. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Gist - Miriam Lewin: Surviving Torture, Exposing the “Disappeared”
Miriam Lewin, subject of the podcast The Burden: Avenger, spent a year in an Argentine torture center and has chronicled the stories of the “disappeared”—dissidents who were drugged and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. Plus, Trump’s new tariffs: bold move or economic blunder? Also, an Antwentig, where stolen baby formula fuels underground economies.
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