Technology News for Friday 21st March 2025

1. Photon-shuttling interconnection device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors

Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems that would be impossible for the most powerful classical supercomputer to crack. Just like a classical computer has separate yet interconnected components that must work together, ...

2. Apple reshuffles Siri team to address AI development challenges, Bloomberg reports

Apple AAPL.O is shaking up its executive ranks to get its AI efforts back on track after months of delays, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the situation. Some AI improvements to voice assistant Siri will be delayed until ...

3. AlexNet Source Code Is Now Open Source

Geoffrey Hinton holds up his Boltzmann Machine's neural network chip, which is roughly the size. Geoffrey Hinton [above] and his grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever released the groundbreaking AlexNet, ...

4. Enhance data protection in Microsoft Outlook with Cloudflare One's new DLP Assist

Customers can use the application as part of our Email Security product, avoiding the need for additional purchases. Plus, with our DLP engine powered by optical character recognition (OCR), confidence levels, and other detection mechanisms, organizations ...

5. Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV shows?

Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV+ shows? The service might boast A-listers like Natalie Portman and Colin Farrell but in a competitive streaming landscape ...

6. Ubisoft Announces It Is a Founding Member of the Accessible Games Initiative

"The Accessible Games Initiative is the first time so many game companies are collaborating openly on accessibility," says David Tisserand, Accessibility Director at Ubisoft. "It answers a pressing need from players by providing a ...

7. Can Earth's Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea

A device can supposedly create a tiny current by manipulating Earth's magnetic field as the planet rotates. photovideostock/Getty Images. Energy.

8. 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Pro Is One Way to Spend at Least $197050

The GT63 Pro features a 603-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8, standard all-wheel drive, and a host of racetrack-ready upgrades. The coupe's no-cost options ...

9. Apple TV is less about making money and more about elevating the brand: LightShed's Rich Greenfield

Rich Greenfield, LightShed Partners co-founder and partner, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss reports of Apple spending more than $5 billion a year on content since launching Apple TV+ in 2019, where Apple TV+ fits in the streaming wars, and more.

10. Microsoft's Claim of a Topological Qubit Faces Tough Questions

March 21, 2025 • Physics 18, 68. Microsoft's announcement of achieving a milestone in a potentially transformative approach to quantum computing is met with skepticism by researchers attending the APS Global Summit. Figure caption expand figure.