ControlMonkey, a promising name in cloud automation, is making waves on the global stage! 🚀 The Israeli startup has officially launched worldwide after securing an impressive $7 million in seed funding.

Israeli Cloud Startup Soars with $7M Seed Funding

What is quantum computing? and how might it impact our society? In this episode of Talk That Science, we sit down with Pablo Cova Fariña, a PhD student at the research institute for quantum computing and quantum internet to unpack the core principles of quantum physics, like superposition and entanglement, and discover how they're being harnessed to build the supercomputers of tomorrow. Pablo also tells us about his cutting-edge research using chips to simulate real-world materials, giving us a glimpse into work as a researcher and the exciting future of quantum technology. Plus, we discuss this emerging field's potential benefits, risks, and challenges – all between some great music!

Tracks played during the episode include:

Computer World - Kraftwerk
Waves - Max Cooper
Depende - Jarabe De Palo
Sleepy Head - The Pillows

Hosts: Amity & Kira

As always, a big thanks to EchoBox Radio for hosting our show, and to the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam for supporting this project! Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation about quantum computing.

What Is Quantum Computing @ Echobox Radio

On this episode of Coffee Break with DailyBot, we’re talking about Microsoft’s latest breakthrough: the Majorana 1 chip. This new quantum processor uses a fresh design with topological qubits, which are built to be more stable and error-resistant. Microsoft believes this could pave the way for chips with millions of qubits, potentially solving huge problems in fields like materials science and environmental challenges. But experts warn that practical, error-free quantum computers are still a few steps away. Join us as we break down what the Majorana 1 really means for the future of computing.

EP 11 – Discussing Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum chip

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We Are the Future

Krzysztof Rzeznicki - Deep Waves

We find ourselves in a pre-paradigmatic moment in which our technology has outpaced our theories of what to do with it. 

The task of philosophy today is to catch up.

Benjamin Bratton is a Professor of Philosophy of Technology and Speculative Design at University of California, San Diego and the Director of Antikythera, an cross-disciplinary think tank researching the philosophy of computation supported by Berggruen Institute. In his Long Now Talk, Bratton takes us on a whirlwind philosophical journey into the concept of Planetary Computation — a journey that began in classical Greece with the story of the Antikythera mechanism, the analog computer that gave his think-tank its name. But his inquiry stretches far beyond antiquity —  back to the very origins of biological life itself and forward to a present and future where we must increasingly grapple with artificial life and intelligence.

This talk was presented January 29, 02025 at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco.

To learn more about Benjamin Bratton’s Long Now Talk, go to 
https://longnow.org/ideas/a-philosophy-of-planetary-computation/ 

To learn more about Antikythera’s work, go to 
https://antikythera.org/ 

This Talk is part of Long Now Talks.

Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas with a live audience and millions around the globe tuning in to our podcast and videos. Long Now Talks are brought to you by The Long Now Foundation, which has spent the last 25 years igniting cultural imagination around long-term thinking.

By inspiring thought and conversation about how we've been shaped by the last 10,000 years and what might be in store for us over the next 10,000 years, Long Now Talks seek to expand our collective sense of the present moment. Long Now Talks cover futurism and speculative fiction; time, nature, and contemplative practices; the intersection of the humanities and sciences; the evolution of counterculture to cyberculture; cultural imagination, land art and public monuments; and of course, long-term thinking and being a good ancestor.

In our age of compounding crises, The Long Now Foundation is a counterweight — our community of 12,000 strong across 65 countries over our first quarter century. We are a force that imagines new possibilities, thinks critically, and takes action over the long term. We believe that when we all come together, bound by commitment and curiosity, audacious things become possible. Will you join us?  https://longnow.org/join

Benjamin Bratton - A Philosophy of Planetary Computation

In this episode, we dive into all things quantum computing, starting from the idea that Microsoft managed to put a new quantum silicon chip together. We go all over quantum from compute to entanglement and everything in between.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tt282iKZEkt5nL3C3zCDf_-pEIE?utm_source=copy_url
References:
https://naumanahmad86.medium.com/is-the-mac-mini-m4-cluster-the-ultimate-machine-for-running-large-ai-models-0b6c6a2d9a18 
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19118


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From fingers counting in the dark...
To dreams that light up every spark...
The digital dream is calling...

Way back when, we counted on our hands,
Simple tools, the first commands.
Abacus beads in ancient lands,
Mechanical minds, the first demands.

Pascal's wheels in sixteen forty-two,
First digital calculator, breaking through.
Jacquard's loom with punch cards new,
Programmable patterns, a breakthrough clue.

Babbage dreamed of engines grand,
Analytical power, a master plan.
Ada Lovelace, first to understand,
The poetry in numbers, a digital brand.

Each invention builds upon the last,
A chain reaction, growing fast.
From simple tools to dreams so vast,
The digital revolution's cast.

We're living in the digital dream,
From abacus to A.I. supreme.
Every step, every scheme,
Building the future, the digital dream!

Vacuum tubes sparked the electronic age,
Transistors shrinking, turning the page.
ENIAC roared with computational rage,
First electronic brain, a digital sage.

Turing's mind saw patterns clear,
Computability, the frontier.
Von Neumann's architecture, year by year,
The blueprint for everything we hold dear.

Integrated circuits, smaller and faster,
Moore's Law driving the digital master.
Personal computers, the future's caster,
Internet connecting, no disaster.

Exponential growth, the power's insane,
Doubling every two years, breaking the chain.
From kilobytes to terabytes, the gain,
The digital dream's eternal reign.

We're living in the digital dream,
From abacus to A.I. supreme.
Every step, every scheme,
Building the future, the digital dream!

A.I. began with rules so strict,
Expert systems, logic's trick.
Machine learning changed the script,
Patterns hidden, now we're equipped.

Deep learning's neural nets so deep,
Image recognition, promises to keep.
Large language models, knowledge they reap,
GPT and BERT, the digital leap.

But A.I.'s not magic, it's math refined,
Statistics and patterns, carefully designed.
Human creativity, the spark behind,
Technology's servant, not master of mind.

What is consciousness? What is thought?
Can machines dream? Can they be taught?
The Turing test, the questions we've sought,
Human and A.I., the future we've wrought.

We're living in the digital dream,
From abacus to A.I. supreme.
Every step, every scheme,
Building the future, the digital dream!

The digital dream is ours to build,
With human hands and human will.
Technology serves, it doesn't kill,
The future's bright, the future's real.
From simple tools to A.I.'s thrill,
We're living in the digital dream...


Digital Dreams

In this episode, we talk about scale and the hard realities of system failure in large tech operations. We explore why rare failures become common at scale, and what it takes to build systems that can handle that pressure. From predictive diagnostics to component redundancy, we share practical insights on keeping high-performance and AI infrastructure resilient. This is not theory, it is grounded in real-world lessons from managing complex environments and learning how to plan, isolate, and adapt when things go wrong.

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/X8JYiADfPPLEfQ-ggexAP5P_jGc?utm_source=copy_url 

TechOps Scaling Challenges

What do you get if you cross someone with no discernable musical ability, a deeply introspective nature, and a love of technology?

Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas with a live audience and millions around the globe tuning in to our podcast and videos. Long Now Talks are brought to you by The Long Now Foundation, which has spent the last 25 years igniting cultural imagination around long-term thinking.

By inspiring thought and conversation about how we've been shaped by the last 10,000 years and what might be in store for us over the next 10,000 years, Long Now Talks seek to expand our collective sense of the present moment. Long Now Talks cover futurism and speculative fiction; time, nature, and contemplative practices; the intersection of the humanities and sciences; the evolution of counterculture to cyberculture; cultural imagination, land art and public monuments; and of course, long-term thinking and being a good ancestor.

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