British Airways shuts down its ‘not commercially viable’ London-Tehran service

British Airways is to suspend its direct flights between London and Tehran, as the route is no longer “commercially viable.” The news comes as US sanctions on Iran hit foreign firms operating there. BA announced on Thursday that its last outbound flight from London to Tehran will be on September 22 and its last inbound […]

IBM plans to build the first commercially available universal quantum computer

IBM has announced a major new initiative to make universal quantum computers available commercially. IBM Q will offer up the power of quantum computation via the IBM Cloud platform, a first for the industry, and potentially a major step forward for the field. Quantum hardware has already been made available by the likes of D-Wave, but […]