Sherbrooke, Que.-based quantum hardware company Qubic has raised $2.5 million USD ($3.5 million CAD) in seed funding to commercialize its signal amplifiers, which boost the signals from qubits used in quantum computing. The news: Qubic announced on Tuesday morning that it raised a seed investment led by Two Small Fish Ventures, with participation from the…
The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) was commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) to discover the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Unsurprisingly, a recent paper from members of SAGO concluded: “We did not find evidence to suggest that SARS CoV2 (sic) resulting from experimental manipulation was a more likely scenario than it emerging…
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith arrived arm-in-arm for a family dinner in Paris on June 22, photographed outside the restaurant near a stone building still lit by wall lanterns. Will, 57, wore a white cap and a patterned short-sleeved button-up over a cream tee with cuffed camel trousers. Jada, 54, paired a structured black…
Wisdom Card #68 – Relationships All relationships are for soul growth. You chose your relationships before you were born, in order for you to pay your karmic debt, work out your past life energy with others, and learn your life lessons. Relationships can come in many different forms – marriage, partnerships, family, children, friends, co-workers,…
President Trump on Monday blasted UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation earlier, saying he failed on immigration and energy, and that he was not a strong leader. Trump has previously slammed Starmer for bowing to the green energy lunatics and refusing to drill oil in what Trump called “one of the greatest…
Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti (DHS) A 32-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant who was teaching in an Illinois classroom has been arrested by ICE for allegedly acting as the driver and getaway accomplice for two Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang members during a brutal December 2024 mass shooting in Chicago that left three people dead and five…
The robbery reportedly took place Friday evening in Portofino as Jean Arnault and his girlfriend, Victoria von Faber-Castell, walked to the restaurant Taverna del Marinaio with no security. Two men approached them and stole a valuable watch from Victoria. Jean, 27, is the youngest of Bernard Arnault’s five children and the youngest son of the…
Milly Alcock walked out of The Bowery Hotel in a strapless black bodice, tailored trousers, and opera-length leather gloves before heading to the New York premiere of Supergirl. Days earlier, asked during Pride Month why fans read Kara Zor-El as a queer icon, she said the character “doesn’t live inside the binary of what we…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For the first time, gig workers have binding international labour protections. The International Labour Organization voted June 12 to adopt a convention setting enforceable employment standards for platform workers in ride-hailing and food delivery. Four hundred and six member governments, employer groups, and workers’ representatives voted yes, including China,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a standardized behavioral experiment run with more than 100,000 people across 125 countries, 69 percent of participants chose to cooperate with an anonymous stranger on behalf of a shared goal, even when doing so meant taking a personal financial loss. Those same participants, when asked how many of…
