Mississippi executes death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993
A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed…
BoE to prioritise AI, DLT and quantum computing in tech strategy
The Bank of England (BoE) intends to prioritise AI, DLT, and quantum computing as the three “cross-cutting technologies”…
Indiana executes killer, rapist of 15-year-old girl, its third execution since resuming them last year
An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection…
Tennessee set to execute only woman on state’s death row. Here’s what to know.
If Christa Gail Pike’s execution proceeds as planned next year, she will become the first woman put to…
Alabama man convicted of killing store clerk in 1997 is executed by nitrogen gas
An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery was put to death…
SC Ventures and Fujitsu form quantum computing partnership
Standard Chartered Bank’s SC Ventures unit is joining forces with Fujitsu to accelerate the development of quantum computing…
BIS researchers harness AI to forecast financial market dysfunction
Researchers from the Bank for International Settlements have used AI to produce daily forecasts of market dysfunction 60…
Klarna to appear on Apple Pay for instore payments
Klarna is to provide Apple Pay users with access to BNPL loans at instore checkouts in the UK…
Irish banks unite to take on Revolut with P2P payments app
Ireland’s top three retail banks are to jointly launch a mobile payment service, Zip Pay, next year to…
Neuromorphic computing pathways to intelligent innovation
From algorithms to AI: Promise, power, and the pressing challenges ahead Large scale datasets and information processing requirements,…
Florida man executed for 1982 killing of abducted woman, in state’s 10th execution of 2025
A man convicted of abducting a woman from a Florida Panhandle insurance office and killing her was executed…
Can AI and quantum computing turn the tide?
Marked on 30 July, International Human Trafficking Day, otherwise known as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, was…