President Donald Trump's administration backed off its demand for an extra layer of federal scrutiny whenever states seek even minor changes to their transportation plans after the rescinded requirement sparked concern that some payments for roads, bridges and transit would be delayed or even halted due to policy differences.Most of the federal mon…

At Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga is trying to navigate Trump’s on-again, and off-again tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods.Szeliga, who operates three retail and wholesale locations in Philadelphia and Haddonfield, New Jersey, sells a range of seafood. He said a fair amount of shrimp comes from Mexico and briny, slurpable oysters are the …

James Delaney wants his public art in South Africa's biggest city to be more than a magnet for selfies and a delight for children. He's determined to have the vibrant metal sculptures change the mood of its gritty and sometimes dangerous neighborhoods.Over the past decade, artist James Delaney has designed more than 100 sculptures for The Wilds Par…

The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner, in a move aimed at improving player recruitment as the team tries to win its first World Series title since 2009.Current owner Hal Steinbrenner, son of The Boss, announced the change before the team's spring training opener. He called the ba…

Until recently, most Americans had never heard the term “seed oils,” even though they’ve likely cooked with and consumed them for decades.It’s the catchy description coined by internet influencers, wellness gurus and some politicians to refer to common cooking oils—think canola, soybean and corn oil—that have long been staples in many home kitchens…

Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a report found.Switzerland-based air quality monitoring database IQAir analyzed data from 40,000 air quality monitoring stations in 138 countries and found that Chad, Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India had the dirtiest air. India had six of the ni…

Birkenstocks: They are ubiquitous in summer, comfy and very German. Sometimes they look chic and sometimes shabby. But can these sandals be considered art?That's the question Germany's Federal Court of Justice wrestled with in February, and it ruled they're just comfy footwear.Birkenstock, which is headquartered in Linz am Rhein, Germany, and says …

A cybercrime crew stole and then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York.The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by the online ticket marketplace, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.The contractors stole the…

Mobile technology is predicted to generate $11 trillion for the global economy by 2030, according to a new report. The analysis was released by the organizers of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the tech show which opened in Barcelona on March 3.It’s the ‘who’s who’ of the mobile technology industry.MWC is billed as the biggest connectivity event i…

A device aimed at keeping teens safe and two more for football fans—these are the latest offerings from phone maker HMD.The Finnish manufacturer, famous for making Nokia phones, revealed the details on the opening day of the MWC tech show in Barcelona.HMD unveiled its first smartphone specifically designed to protect teens. Parents can control the …

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.The tech giant said it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be …

Sunday night, March 2 marked Hulu's first time airing the Oscars (or the Academy Awards) live. But its Academy Awards debut ended on a chaotic and frustratingly premature note.Hulu's livestream cut off in the final moments of the show—with two major award categories, best actress and best picture, still to be announced because of a scheduling syste…

@spring_rainingが@alangdmに、JavaScriptエコシステム改善のイニシアチブe18e (Ecosystem Performance) の取り組みについて聞いてみました。Davalos Alan(AlanGDavalos),spring-raining(spring_raining) による

A group of lobster fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation, a federal court has ruled, over a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers.The threat to a rare whale species from getting tangled in fishing gear has prompted Monterey Bay Aquarium in California to caution against ea…

In Tasmania, a school lunch program is giving children a healthy diet and building relationships around the dining table. The number of schools taking part in the scheme is expected to double in the next two years.At least once a week, the school provides students with a healthy meal and snack as part of Tasmania’s school lunch program. It encourag…

Huawei tri-foldable phone—an industry first.The Mate XT has been launched to the international market in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. Its 10.2-inch screen is similar to the most compact Apple iPads.The company says the phone, first released in China six months prior, is the thinnest foldable phone at 3.6 millimeters (0.14 inches), and tho…

A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for nutritious food has been tried before—but it may soon get a boost from new Trump administration officials.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the newly confirmed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, and Brooke Rollins, the new Department of Agriculture…

Missy Vraney and Kristin Westphal didn't go to Marquette University. Neither did any of their relatives. Yet their family tradition of attending Marquette Golden Eagles basketball games spans generations.They're still supporting the school regularly—just in beer money rather than tuition fees. It happens every time they buy a Marquette Golden Ale b…

A group of seniors is learning beauty secrets. They draw in their eyebrows, select their favorite lip color and apply blush.The event is run by Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido Co. It's holding these free courses for older people across the country.Japan is the fastest-aging society in the world. More than a quarter of its population is over 65 …

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Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in—and now they’re among France’s most famous fugitives.The man whose card was stolen, identified in police documents as Jean-David E., is offering to split the cash with the lucky winners. He wants his wallet back, too…

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen turned his controversial denim into some greens—for charity.The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced in February that he is auctioning off the Italian luxury brand jeans that started a dress code dispute at December's World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Carlsen ultimately quit the New York competition …

As a citizen of both France and America, Margaux Lantelme has noticed a difference in how store cashiers work in the two countries: in France, they do their jobs sitting down. In the U.S., where Lantelme works a register at REI, cashiers typically spend eight hours a day on their feet.For Lantelme, a former kayaking instructor, prolonged standing c…

A jury sat solemnly in a gilded hall in central London, presided over by a bewigged representative of the crown in flowing black robes, but there were no criminals in the dock.Britain’s coinage was on trial.In a ceremony that dates back to the 12th century, the jury filed into the Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths to begin the pro…

West Virginia's reliance on federal funds to help address deeply ingrained issues makes it particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump's freeze on spending on federal loans and grants.Federally funded programs provide social safety nets and employment in one of the nation’s poorest, most rural states, where nonprofits play a vital role in pro…

NASA's two stuck astronauts are returning to Earth a little sooner than planned.The space agency announced that SpaceX had switched capsules for the astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. That decision shaved at least a couple of weeks off their prolonged stay at the Int…

A bakery owner in New Hampshire testified that his excitement about displaying a painting by high school students of giant pastries quickly turned to annoyance after a zoning code officer told him it was a sign and had to be changed or removed.Sean Young said the work atop his bakery is art and was never intended to be a sign.“I was artistically of…

Analyzing the brains of London's taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London (UCL) researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training.Each dri…

The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a memo written by the state's top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.A department spokesperson confirmed Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham had ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs to encourage…

Loneliness is a widespread issue across Australia, with studies showing it can have a harmful effect on both mental and physical health.In the outer suburbs of Melbourne, residents are taking action to ensure their communities stay connected.Gaye Martin has come to a cafe on the northern periphery of Melbourne to meet a group of women. At first sig…

Large areas of the planet may become too hot to be habitable during extreme heat events.Researchers say that even healthy young humans would struggle to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in a new study that examines a 'worst-case' scenario.An international group of scientists has found that an a…

British tech company, Skin Analytics has received regulatory approval for DERM—its autonomous AI skin cancer detection system that uses a smartphone.Dermatologists are in short supply, with an average of only 30 dermatologists per one million population in Europe.Skin cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer if it's caught early but in t…

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force and, by one measure, is the most intense in 15 years.One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor's office visits driven by flu-like symptoms. That number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010, when a swine flu pandemic hit the nation, according to data p…

Each winter, hundreds of thousands of tourists go to see the spectacle of Japan’s snow monkeys bathing in the hot springs of Jigokudani Park in Nagano.Temperatures in the Japanese Alps plunge to around minus 20 and the macaques rely on the natural springs to survive the cold. With increasing visitor numbers to Japan, the monkeys have become the reg…

The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats.First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded felines a threat to Scotland's wildlife and suggested "containment" measures be considered to reduce the damage.The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission said cats kill …

@potato4dと@kazuma0129が、Vue.jsにおけるTrusted Types APIのRFC提出について話してみました。HANATANI Takuma(@potato4d)(potato4d),Kazuma Ohashi(kazuma0129) による

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said in February.The settlement came four years after Amazon forked over $61.7 million to resolve a complaint the Fede…

President Donald Trump said he is banning the federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last very long. Instead, he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic."It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws," Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encour…

In Denmark, most seasons have a bread or cake associated with them, but no other season's cakes have as much hype around them as those baked to mark the carnival tradition Fastelavn.This year, Copenhageners are taking tastings to the extreme—literally running to the best buns in town.The excitement surrounding its traditional cake, the cream- and j…

Two years after buying her first home at age 62, Julieta Lopez still wells up with tears as she recounts her 30-year struggle for homeownership in Boston.“I can’t believe... I wake up, I’m like, ‘this is mine. I did it. I finally did it,’” she says, her voice breaking with emotion. “These are happy tears because I did it.”That emotional milestone m…

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.The nation's copyright office, which sits in the Library of Congress and is not part of the executi…

A new program at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth is aiming to tackle an ongoing shortage of sonographers in Western Australia.The specialized medical sonography course is the first of its kind in the state, but the industry remains worried about the current gap in workforce numbers, which is expected to increase.Students take part in the new …

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) continues to expand its social media reach, as its successful blend of wrestling and celebrities took center stage at its Royal Rumble premium live event.The sports entertainment company said that this year's Royal Rumble set a record for most social video views in the event's history. An encounter in the ring be…

Art gallery, science exhibition, and 21st-century funhouse, Paradox Museum Miami takes guests on a tour through optical illusions and other enigmas geared for the age of Instagram.The 11,000 square-foot (1,000 square-meter) museum, housed in Miami’s trendy Wynwood arts and entertainment district, features more than 70 exhibits that challenge the im…

Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in and around London, is seeking court approval for up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) of emergency funding to prevent the cash-strapped company from falling into government administration.The High Court in London began a four-day hearing on the financing package, with Thames Water facing off again…

Huge U.S. technology companies that soared amid an artificial intelligence frenzy last year are getting pummeled after a little-talked-about Chinese startup demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals versions from OpenAI and Google, and for a fraction of the cost.An AI company called DeepSeek said it has developed a large language model that can co…

Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a long and expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else.It's raising questions over whether diverting power to higher-paying customers wil…

The first person Madison Keys sent a message to after winning the Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title was her mother."Because," a smiling Keys said, "of course, you have to text Mom first."One of the others the 29-year-old American quickly reached out to was her therapist. Keys credits their conversations over the past 1 1/2 years with h…

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has been on a hot streak for the last five years—and some residents are starting to feel burned.The city-state has seen record-breaking real estate transactions as more and more people come to live there, and its state-owned airline Emirates is booking record earnings. But all that growth comes with strains for the city's p…

濵村さん、部品、ボインゴで、量子コンピュータなどについて話しました。 (2024/06/29 収録) 以下の Show Notes は簡易版です。完全版はこちら。 訂正: 13:10 あたりでイオンと話している箇所は正しくは中性原子です。 0:46 濵村さんの紹介 詳報：トヨタが頼った謎のAI半導体メーカー：日経ビジネス電子版 1:50 量子コンピュータって何？8:30 どんな方式がある？超伝導方式 超伝導量子ビット研究の進展と応用 超伝導量子コンピュータの基礎と最先端 冷却原子 とみたさん出演回: Interaxion 42: Revenge of the Cold Nerds 国産初「冷却原子（中性原子）方式」量子コンピュータ開発へ Quantum simulation of quant…