IBM has announced that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will house an IBM Quantum System One, making it the first university to do so. The IBM quantum computer is expected to be operational by January of 2024 and will be the foundation of a new IBM Quantum Computational Center in partnership with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
In a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the government seeks the forfeiture of six real properties worth approximately $75 million that are allegedly the proceeds of sanctions violations and international money laundering transactions.
In late 1993 and early 1994, the bodies of 31-year-old Rita Tangredi and 20-year-old Colleen McNamee were found nine-miles apart. Both had been strangled and bludgeoned to death. DNA samples were taken from the bodies and the cases remained cold for over ten years – until an uninvolved man’s misdemeanor conviction steered investigators toward the…
They broke laws in 13 states and 93 counties, reaching speeds of 160 mph, on a 2,683-mile trip from New York to Los Angeles. The jaunt should realistically take over 41 hours – they did in under 29 driving an innocuous looking Mercedes that was decked out with more gear than a Oklahoma stormchaser’s rig.
Officials announced this week that the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear power plant is leaking radioactive tritium into groundwater wells near the facility. Of course, authorities are telling the public there is nothing to worry about. However, be forewarned – there’s no such thing as a “harmless” radioactive material leak.
Robert Durst, born April 12, 1943 in New York City, the oldest of four children, is the son of New York City real-estate moguls Seymour and Bernice Durst and an heir to the enormous Durst skyscraper fortune. He has been implicated in the decades-old disappearance of an ex-wife, a suspect in the murder of his…
Bickering politicians are nothing new and the antics of today’s politicians are tame compared to the escapades of yesteryear. On July 11, 1804, the United States Vice President, reacting to insults from the former Secretary of the Treasury, challenged his foe to a duel during which he shot and killed his opponent. Burr was charged…
Three upstate New York children were inside a bounce house Monday afternoon when a gust of wind launched the house high into the air. Horrified witnesses say the bounce house rose 50-feet into the air but photographs of the incident suggest the playhouse rose at least 100-foot into the sky and possibly higher. The three…
This EVP, which has come to be known as The Most Horrific EVP Ever Recorded, will send chills shimmering down your spine. What follows is an EVP recorded by the Central New York Ghost Hunters (CNYGH) in January 2007 during an overnight stay at an 100-year-old hotel (long rumored to be haunted) in upstate New…
An abusive owner (“Jamie”) of a Journeys clothing shop at Rochester’s Marketplace Mall in New York found his shop locked tight during Back to School season after angry employees jumped ship – but not before leaving this funny note taped to the front of the store.
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