The China National Nuclear Corporation has announced the launch of mass production of silicon-28 with isotopic purity above 99.99%. It was called the country's first independent large-scale production of such a material. Silicon-28 is used in silicon-based quantum computers: it reduces magnetic interference and helps improve the stability of qubits. Stay informed! Subscribe to our Telegram.

For the first time in nearly two months, Americans will see gasoline prices below $4 per gallon. The decline was made possible by the U.S. and Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The White House considers this Donald Trump's achievement, but analysts point out that the global oil market is still far from a sustainable recovery. The decline has been going on for a third week now

The developer of neutral-atom quantum computers QuEra Computing plans to launch its first fault-tolerant system on the Amazon Braket cloud service in 2028. The project will be implemented as part of an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services. The Libra quantum computer is being designed with more than 256 error-corrected logical qubits and a target logical error rate of 10⁻⁶. By QuEra's calculations, the system will be able to perform around 1 million reliable logical quantum operations.

Bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased by 10.09% — to 124.93 T. This is according to data from the CloverPool service. Bitcoin mining difficulty and hashrate. Source: CloverPool. After the recalculation, the network's average hashrate is around 905.89 EH/s. The next adjustment of the metric is expected in roughly two weeks. One of the largest declines in history According to Galaxy Research, the new recalculation became the 11th largest […]

Standard Chartered gave an optimistic forecast for Uniswap, demand for decentralized AI is growing worldwide, and the Pudgy Party game from Pudgy Penguins is no longer available — these and other crypto news items from the morning of June 16 are in our roundup. Behavior of the cryptocurrencies leading by market cap Bitcoin (BTC), according to TradingView, started the day with a decline. As of 07:38 (MSK),