Pasadena, the late 1930s. The young self-taught chemist Jack Parsons launches homemade rockets in the Arroyo Seco canyon near Los Angeles. At night he immerses himself in the world of esotericism, and soon he begins corresponding with the English occultist Aleister Crowley. Several decades later, Parsons’s developments will help take humanity into space. He will become one of…

Microsoft has reported improved materials in its topological qubit system. In the new device the company replaced aluminum with lead in the superconducting layer and changed the semiconductor structure, which increased the lifetime of the parity state from less than 10 ms to more than 20 seconds, Ars Technica writes. Separately, Atom Computing announced progress in…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) added Bybit Fintech Limited and the Bybit platform to its investor alert list on June 17, 2026. It is now officially noted that the world's second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume holds no MAS license and is not regulated to provide services to users in Singapore. MAS issued the warning amid growing…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) added Bybit Fintech Limited and the Bybit platform to its Investor Alert List on June 17, 2026. The reason is that the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume is not licensed and is not regulated by MAS in Singapore. The regulator is promptly warning market participants amid the growing popularity of crypto assets in…

Today Kevin Warsh will chair a meeting of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) for the first time as its head. Markets are approaching this event against the backdrop of a collapse in oil prices and extremely cautious expectations on the rate. Analysts point to several pressure factors at once — from the history of drawdowns when the Fed changes its head to the return of Iranian oil to the world market. The main…