American engineers are teaching a quantum computer to think like a human.

Scientists from the University of California, together with IonQ, launched an imitation of human mental activity on quantum circuits. The result should be the emergence of artificial intelligence, which will accurately repeat the decision-making processes of people. How the human mind works is still not known for certain. According to some reports, it may be based on the laws of quantum probability. Based on this, the scientists decided to encode the corresponding models on quantum computers.

Research: robot vacuum cleaner deprives people of the meaning of life.

Standalone home appliances such as a robotic vacuum cleaner can rob people of the satisfaction of doing chores around the house. This feeling is an important source of finding the meaning of life. Hand cleaning can make people happier by filling the void in the soul. Love for manual labor is also expressed in the choice of machines with manual transmissions or the rejection of the dishwasher.

675 million people on the planet still do not have access to electricity.

Over the past 10 years, the figure has halved - back in 2010, 1.1 billion people lived without electricity. Basically, problems with electrification are observed in the Sahara and other regions of Africa.

Brazil will start paying the poor to save the Amazon jungle.

The initiative is called Bolsa Verde. About 30 thousand families will take part in it. Every minute, the Amazon forests lose an area of about three football fields. If this continues, humanity will very soon reach the point of no return, after which the largest jungle in the world can no longer be restored. If the program is successful, it will include other natural areas - the Atlantic forest and the Cerrado savannah.

The cost of Neuralink reached $5 billion.

This happened after she received permission to test brain chips on humans. According to Reuters, back in 2021, this figure was equal to $2 billion. Now shares are being sold at $55 per unit.

Mussel feces could help clean up microplastics in the oceans.

Scientists have found that the blue mussel Mytilus edulis ingests microplastics and other pollutants along with its regular food, sequestering the pollutants in their feces.

Britain will start paying an unconditional basic income of £1,600 a month.

Scientists will see how this affects mental and physical health. The amount will be paid monthly to thirty randomly selected people without any conditions for two years. Two places were chosen for the experiment: Jarrow in the north-east of England and East Finchley in north London.

AI put 3,900 people out of work in the US in a May report.

However, this is a small fraction of the fact that the planned cuts in the US labor market in May affected 417,500 people - due to restructuring, business closures and cost cutting. The generative AI market will reach $1.3 trillion and lead to the loss of 300 million jobs by 2035, but labor productivity will grow.

The Chinese company Shenzhen UFO Technology invented the flying saucer.

iUFO is a large drone for one person. It flies for 15 minutes at a speed of 50 km / h at an altitude of up to 200 meters. They want to use the plate for tourist purposes - for sightseeing.

Swedish startup Luvly has come up with an IKEA electric car.

The compact car will be delivered as parts and assembled by the end seller. The car is only 2.7 meters long and weighs 380 kg. Inside there is room for two people (up to two meters tall) and a roomy trunk of 270 liters. Top speed is 90 km/h and range is only 100 km. The price is 11,000 dollars.

Smartphone ban.

Parents in the small town of Greystones in Ireland have voted to completely ban smartphones for children under 13. It is noted that the initiative took place without the intervention of the authorities - the adults simply agreed with each other to protect at least small children from the influence of the Internet.

Headset Vision Pro

Apple introduced the Vision Pro headset, which is controlled by the movement of the eyes, hands and voice. Some details about the Vision Pro headset: • Start of sales at the beginning of next year at a price of $3499. • Vision Pro can be synchronized with other Apple devices and applications. For example, broadcast your desktop from a MacBook. • There are no external controllers. For gesture control, you can hold your hands as you like. • The headset allows you to "turn off" the external reality and regulate the degree of access to it. • If EyeSight is enabled, the user's eyes will be displayed on the external display. • Vision Pro has a 2 hour battery life. • The M2 processors and the new R1 are installed inside.

The Japanese have created a ballpoint pen with a live parasite floating inside.

Anisakis parasite pen is a very specific souvenir as these worms can cause serious harm to human health. Despite this, anisakis pens are already available for purchase and find their customers.

Utah schools banned the Bible because of vulgarity and violence.

A school district in the U.S. state of Utah has removed a King James Bible from elementary and high school libraries because it contains "vulgarity and violence." The decision was made after a complaint from one of the parents. The Bible has been removed from shelves as part of a 2022 law that bans pornographic and obscene books from schools. In most cases, books on the topic of sexual identity and the rights of the LGBT community were seized. Prior to this, the Bible was removed from school libraries in a Texas school district. This is attributed to the efforts of conservatives to ban teachings on controversial topics.

Yuji Naka will go to a colony for 2.5 years.

Sonic creator Yuji Naka will go to prison for 2.5 years and pay more than $1 million in fines due to insider trading and fraud with company shares. In short, the game designer cranked up a scheme for trading shares of gaming companies - he bought shares, threw in some kind of insider information that was beneficial to him in the media, and, after the predicted rise in their value, he sold at a higher price, receiving additional benefits.

LEGO has created a full-size model of the Ferrari Monza SP1 from 380,000 bricks.

From a real car to a sports car - tires and a metal frame. The exhibit is located at LEGOLAND in Denmark.

The movie "Barbie" provoked a worldwide shortage of pink paint.

Greta Gerwig's upcoming film Barbie required so much pink paint that the world was in short supply for a while. Especially for the film, a life-size city of Barbie was built - Barbieland, almost completely made in pink.

Australia is developing a drowsiness test for drivers.

According to the researchers, the test determines with a 99% probability that a person has been on his feet for too long. Very soon, a version is planned that will take into account a clear number of hours of sleep. Which is very useful, because many accidents on the roads happen due to lack of sleep. Especially for truckers.

Unusual jeans.

Canadian store Canac has released reliable jeans for plumbers that save the buttocks from accidental exposure, and those around them from an uncomfortable spectacle.

NASA invites everyone to send a "letter in a bottle" to Jupiter's moon with the Europe Clipper expedition.

The names of the participants will be engraved on a special microchip along with the text of Ada Limon's poem "For the Glory of Mystery: A Poem for Europe". Applications are accepted until December 31, 2023.