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A new estimate from IonQ suggests that breaking the elliptic curve encryption underpinning Bitcoin would require around twenty thousand qubits and twenty-six days per attempt. That's still well beyond current hardware, but the timeline for post-quantum cryptography to become genuinely urgent is looking shorter than many assumed.
Shifting to regulation, Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to impose clean energy requirements on data center development. As AI infrastructure drives electricity demand to new highs, lawmakers are increasingly unwilling to let that growth happen without conditions attached. It's a tension that isn't going away.
And Apple is generating real buzz with what's being called the iPhone Duo, described by early hands-on reviewers as the company's most exciting hardware in a decade. The dual-screen concept makes a strong first impression, though some reviewers note the camera system doesn't quite match the ambition of everything else on offer.
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