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QuantrolOx Unveils VIDYAQAR — the World’s First True Open-Architecture Quantum Platform for Education, Research, Testing and Benchmarking

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

VIDYAQAR – A complete quantum platform with cryogenics, control hardware and QPU – powered by Quantum EDGE. QuantrolOx today announced a major milestone in quantum technology with the launch of VIDYAQAR, the world’s first True Open-Architecture Quantum Platform designed specifically for education, research, testing, and benchmarking. The system was unveiled today in India and will…

Fed’s December decision to inform world’s central banks

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

A construction workers paints an eagle on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, the main offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on Sept. 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images A Christmas cut? Fast forward a few weeks, and a Christmas cut is very much…

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Africa: Worlds Aids Day – HIV Prevention Vaccine to Begin in Africa

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin…

Africa: 20% of World’s Children Still Trapped in Extreme Poverty – UNICEF

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

More than 19 per cent of children worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving on under $3 a day, according to a new UNICEF report. Nearly 90 per cent of those children are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but even in high-income countries, 23 per cent live with far less income than their peers. “It…

COP30: World’s first impact bond on weather and climate data opens for contributions

eriinfo.com4 months ago09 mins

Key highlights Pioneering finance instrument aimed to strengthen resilience and early warnings worldwide seeks initial capitalization of USD 200 million by the end of 2026 If backed, the bond will enable five-fold increase in internationally shared weather and climate data Surface weather and climate data are the invisible ingredient of every forecast, early warning, and…

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Africa: Digital Violence Is Intensifying, Yet Nearly Half Of The World’s Women And Girls Lack Legal Protection From Digital Abuse

eriinfo.com4 months ago07 mins

UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm. New York – The digital world promised connection and empowerment – but for millions of women and girls, it has become a world of abuse. Digital violence is spreading at alarming speed fueled by artificial intelligence, anonymity,…

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica becomes world’s tallest church

eriinfo.com5 months ago04 mins

Watch: Moment Spain’s Sagrada Familia crowned world’s tallest church The Sagrada Família has become the tallest church in the world, after workers placed the first part of a cross at the top of its central tower. Now measuring 162.91 metres tall, the Spanish basilica has officially pipped the record from the Ulm Minster in Germany,…

Nvidia makes history as world’s first -trillion company

Nvidia makes history as world’s first $5-trillion company

eriinfo.com5 months ago06 mins

Image: Reuters Nvidia made history on Wednesday as the first company to reach US$5-trillion in market value, powered by a stunning rally that has cemented its place at the centre of the global AI boom. The milestone underscores the company’s swift transformation from a niche graphics-chip designer into the backbone of the global AI industry,…

Jamaica braces for world’s strongest storm of 2025

eriinfo.com5 months ago08 mins

Three people have died already in Jamaica as it braces for the world’s strongest storm this year – and possibly the strongest on record for the island – with US meteorologists warning of “catastrophic and life-threatening” conditions. With wind speeds of up to 175mph (282km/h), Hurricane Melissa is a category five storm – the maximum…

Renewables overtake coal as world’s biggest source of electricity

eriinfo.com6 months ago09 mins

Justin RowlattClimate Editor AFP via Getty Images Renewable energy overtook coal as the world’s leading source of electricity in the first half of this year – a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember. Electricity demand is growing around the world but the growth in solar and wind was…