Ah, quantum computing that moonshot technology full of potential, full of promise and jam-packed with enough jargon to make the average person cry.Qubits, entanglement, superposition, trapped-ions, Schrdingers cat. These terms sound strange because the world of quantum mechanics where things can exist in multiple states at once is strange.And thats why I want you to bear with me while I relay this latest piece of news from the buzzing quantum computing startup scene.ZuriQ, a spin-out from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, has raised $4.2mn to commercialise a new chip architecture that could dramatically increase the number of qubits a trapped-ion quantum computer can handle, supercharging its computational power.The space for few-qubit devices that act as toy models is already saturated, and devices with 20-40 qubits wont drive large profits, said Pavel Hrmo, CEO of ZuriQ. We need to focus on long-term scalability.ZuriQ wants to build a quantum computer with thousands of qubits, powerful enough to solve wickedly complex problems and revolutionise fields from medicine to cryptography.How can it do that, you ask? Well, its got something vaguely to do with aeroplanes, cars, and magnetic fields. But first, a quick science lesson.Qubits are the basic units of information in a quantum computer. Unlike bits in a regular computer, which can only be 0 or 1, qubits can be 0, 1, or both at the same time. This allows quantum computers to solve many problems simultaneously, making them light-years faster than even the top supercomputers of today.Now, there are two main kinds of quantum computers in development. The first and most common are superconducting quantum computers, pioneered by the likes of Google and IBM. They use tiny loops of supercooledmetal to create qubits. These machines are lightning-fast. However, they must be kept at 273C at all times and are more error-prone than their main rival, the trapped-ion machine.Trapped-ion quantum computers use charged atoms (ions) as qubits. Electric and magnetic fields trap these ions in place, and lasers control them to perform calculations.Theyre very stable and precise but slower than superconducting quantum computers due to one fatal flaw: ions arranged in a line, like cars in a traffic jam, become overcrowded and inefficient as more qubits are added.Thats why scaling up the number of qubits in a trapped-ion quantum computer has proved a major roadblock for companies developing them, like IonQ and Quantinium putting a cap on their abilities. That is, perhaps, until now.Setting qubits freeZuriQ has developed a completely new way to design trapped-ion quantum computers by allowing ions (the qubits) to move freely in two dimensions on a quantum chip instead of being restricted to one-dimensional chains. This allows qubits to move in all spatial directions like an aeroplane, instead of like cars driving along roads and through junctions.If the startups technology is all it is cracked up to be, it could enable trapped-ion quantum computers to far exceed the capabilities of their superconducting counterparts.Fuelled by fresh funding, ZuriQ is on track to demonstrate its first prototype machine by the end of this year. The startup said it aims to become the flagship provider of quantum computing worldwide.We have been highly impressed by the speed of execution of ZuriQs founding team and the pace of progress towards technical milestones that have been elusive in the community so far, said Pascal Mathis, partner at Switzerland-based VC Founderful, which led the investment round.The funding arrives at exciting times for quantum computing. Interest in the field has been abuzz since Google unveiled an experimental machine that was able to solve a mathematical equation in five minutes that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years thats older than the universe. The breakthrough brought the dream of quantum computing a step closer to reality. Nevertheless, Nvidias CEO Jensen Huang was quick to pour cold water on the hype, cautioning at CES 2025 that practical quantum applications are still 15-30 years away. Story by Sin Geschwindt Sin is a climate and energy reporter at TNW. From nuclear fusion to escooters, he covers the length and breadth of Europe's clean tech ecos (show all) Sin is a climate and energy reporter at TNW. From nuclear fusion to escooters, he covers the length and breadth of Europe's clean tech ecosystem. He's happiest sourcing a scoop, investigating the impact of emerging technologies, and even putting them to the test. Sin has five years journalism experience and holds a dual degree in media and environmental science from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Get the TNW newsletterGet the most important tech news in your inbox each week.Also tagged with

A new season of the Champions League of Tech has begun with the return of TECH5 Europes hottest scaleup contest.Over the next five months, TECH5 will showcase the continents future stars. The competition comes to a climax on June 19-20, when the 2025 winners are announced on the main stage of TNW Conference.Applications for the tournament opened this week. Promising scaleups from across the continent have been invited to submit their entries here.A range of prizes are at stake, from media coverage to VIP passes to TNW Conference. Companies need to act fast though the application window slams shut on February 28.The selected participants will join an illustrious list of TECH5 graduates. Among the previous winners are Starling Bank, Wise, Too Good To Go, Picnic, and Tier and a host of other industry leaders.The of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!A total of 588 companies are TECH5 alumni. Since entering the contest, theyve experienced tremendous success. Revolut, for instance, went on to become Europes most valuable private tech firm. Deliveroo, meanwhile, enjoyed the biggest flotation on the London Stock Exchange for a decade. Collectively, TECH5 finalists have raised over 10bn.Arbo Robotics, a pioneer in automotive radar, is one of many winners that have attracted big investments. Just this month, Arbo announced plans to raise a fresh $29mn through a stock offering which would bring its total funding to an estimated $251mn.Shlomit Hacohen, Arbos Chief Marketing Officer, credited TECH5 with accelerating the companys rise.Being named a top five company in TNWs TECH5 review back in 2019 provided us with valuable exposure in Europe and the US during the early stages of our growth, she said.TNWs TECH5 is exceptional at identifying companies with the potential for market success. Since the competition, Arbe has gone public and has established itself as the leading developer of radar technology in the automotive industry.This years nominees will enter a revamped competition. Like the Champions League of football, the tournament rules have been tweaked to improve the results.The contenders will be evaluated on upgraded criteria. Alongside company and team growth, the judges will now assess a new metric: impact. The change aligns with broader trends in the ecosystem.TECH5 in 2025Across the tech sector, growth alone is no longer perceived as the sole marker of success. Companies are now increasingly judged by their impacts and solutions to big problems. Thats not only wishful thinking just look at the strategic shifts of businesses, investors, and policymakers.A blend of economic instability, environmental concerns, and socially conscious consumption has fueled support for tech with real-world impacts.Major funds are now flowing towards scaleups that address important issues. Last year, research firm Brainy Insights estimated that the impact investing market will grow from $3 trillion to $7.78 trillion by 2033.Government regulations are encouraging the momentum. The EU has taken a global lead in the charge, introducing new rules that push sustainable innovation in everything from AI to EVs.TECH5 plans to stimulate the progress further. Yeni Joseph, TNWs Head of Ecosystem Strategy & Partnerships, expects this years edition to deliver a powerful boost.For TNW, identifying and showcasing Europes fastest-growing and most impactful scaleups is at the core of our mission to drive innovation and foster connections in the tech ecosystem, she said.By spotlighting these companies, we not only celebrate their success but also create opportunities for collaboration, investment, and growth that fuel the future of technology in Europe.The spotlight will shine on a range of locations. For this years edition, TECH5 is covering scaleups in the following regions:Benelux: Belgium, Netherlands, LuxembourgUK & IrelandNordics: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, SwedenDACH: Germany, Austria, SwitzerlandSouthern Europe: Andorra, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, SpainFranceBaltic States: Estonia, Latvia, LithuaniaWant to represent your region and show your vision to the world? Then apply to enter TECH5 via this link. Story by Thomas Macaulay Managing editor Thomas is the managing editor of TNW. He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers. Away from work, he e (show all) Thomas is the managing editor of TNW. He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers. Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse). Get the TNW newsletterGet the most important tech news in your inbox each week.Also tagged with

While we are still tracking big-time price drops on just about every M3 MacBook Air configuration, todays deals are headlined by a massive discount on premium renewed iPhone 15 Pro units at up to $476 off the launch prices as well as select M4 iPad Pro models at up to $300 off. From there we move over to the accessory space with the return of all-time lows on the Find My Twelve South wall charger as well as the official 4-pack of Apple Pencil Tips at just $7, Philips Hue gear, and one of the thinnest MagSafe power banks we have ever seen at just $20. All of that and more is waiting for you below.Apple Intelligence-ready 512GB iPhone 15 Pro now up to $470 off original price (Amazon renewed, 1-yr. warranty)Theres nothing quite like a shiny brand new current-generation iPhone 16, but theres also nothing wrong withsaving over$470on a512GB iPhone 15 Proeither. Amazons Renewed Premium program is now offering the upgraded512GB iPhone 15 Pro starting from$822.69 shipped thats $476 under the price of a regularly $1,299 iPhone 16 Pro with the 512GB storage upgrade.We have seen some solid deals on iPhone 14 as of late, not to mention the renewed iPhone 15 Pro 128GB modelsstarting at$722right now, but a 512GB 15 Pro is significantly more future-proof and powerful than either of those options.Deals on Apples sweet M4 iPad Pro seem to mostly top out at $200 off, with select models on the more affordable end of the configuration spectrum typically dropping $100, and sometimes $150 during holidays and special sale events. But Amazon is now offering the11-inch M4 iPad Pro with the maxed out 2TB of storagestarting from$1,699 shippedright now.This is a regularly $1,999 configuration seeing a giant $300 price drop.Sharpen that Apple Pencil up with the official 4-pack of tips down at just $7 (62% off)All-time low pricing returns on Twelve Souths PlugBug USB-C Wall Charger with Find My from $56Philips Hue lighting sale from $14 Prime shipped: Oak Signe Floor Lamp $115 off, bulbs, strips, moreApples most affordable 15-inch current-gen MacBook is now $200 off, open-box at $470 under the original listWe are still tracking solid price drops across just about every configuration in the current-generation M3 MacBook Air lineup, as detailed below. And you can now score all four colors of thebase model 15-inch variantwith 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD at $200 off it is now back downto$1,099 shipped. Regularly $1,299, and more like $1,499 before Apple upped its RAM game to 16GB on the base models, this is the most affordable 15-inch laptop in Apples current lineup at $200 off the list price and $400 under the original listing from October of last year.This deal is also matched at Best Buy on all colors outside of the Starlight with the only better deal coming by way of its open-box listings that ship with a full 1-year warranty. Pricing kicks off from$1,028.99on the Space Gray variant, or $470 off the regular price this model would have fetched last fall before the RAM upgrade, and goes up a touch from there on the other color options.13-inch M3 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB$899(Orig. $1,299, Reg. $1,099)13-inch M3 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB$1,099(Orig. $1,699, Reg. $1,499)13-inch M3 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB$1,299(Orig. $1,699, Reg. $1,499)15-inch M3 MacBook Air 16GB/256GB$1,099(Orig. $1,499, Reg. $1,299)15-inch M3 MacBook Air 16GB/512GB$1,299(Orig. $1,699, Reg. $1,499)15-inch M3 MacBook Air 24GB/512GB$1,499(Orig. $1,899, Reg. $1,699)Todays best accessory and charging deals:Massive clearance deal knocks the official Apple Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) Pro Cable down to $35 (50% off)Latest 16GB M4 MacBook Pro with 1TB SSD now back down at $1,599 all-time low ($200 off)Update:This deal is now live once again. Details below in the original post.Amazon has now dropped the price on Apples newM4 MacBook Prowith the 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD back down to its best price ever. We are indeed still tracking some notable price drops on the M4 Pro machines as well as this wild deal on an M3 Pro configuration at up to$1,000 off, but you can now indeed land the16GB/1TB M4 MacBook Pro down at$1,599 shippedin Space Black right now.Regularly $1,799, this model is now$200 offthe going rate and matching the lowest price we have tracked since its debut last October todays deal is $29 under our previous mention on this one and on par with both the Black Friday sale price and the brief deal we spotted right at Christmas.Bring home a 46mm Jet Black Apple Watch Series 10 for 2025 at $113 off (Open-box, full warranty)Apple Watch Series 10 makes for a wonderful companion to help power you through 2025 fitness resolutions and stay motivated throughout the year. While the $70 holiday all-time lows atAmazonhave come and gone now, Best Buys open-box listings in excellent condition are here to deliver even better prices with full 1-year Apple warranties in tow. One of the highlight offers here has the46mm Jet Black model down at$315.99 shipped, or $113 off to deliver one of the best prices yet. Scope out the details below.The 46mm Jet Black model featured up top iscurrently selling for $412in brand new condition viaAmazonwhere it has never gone for less than the $359 we featured for Black Friday last year.For comparisons sake, the smaller 42mmin silverorrose goldare down at$318.99and$347.99 shipped, respectively. The open-box42mmJet Blackis selling for atouch more than the 46mm right now at$316.99 shipped. 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India remains Apples largest market opportunity after China. Growing the business in India, however, has always required a bit of compromise with the local government. In 2019, it was a small investment of $1 billion that helped unlock iPhone exports from India. More recently, India has pressured Apple to put its government-backed app store on the iPhone.Thats according to a new report from Bloomberg, which says India asked both Apple and Google to offer the Gov.in app store on iOS and Android. India already lists its state-backed apps on Apples App Store on iPhone, but it reportedly wants its app marketplace to be more centrally available.The countrys technology ministry called in executives from Apple, Google and other smartphone makers last month to request that they provide Indians direct access to the governments suite of apps, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials asked the tech companies to make the state-backed GOV.in app store available in their marketplaces, including in the Apple and Android ones, said the people, asking not to be named because the talks arent yet public.Apple doesnt allow app stores within its App Store, and third-party marketplaces are only available where legally required. For that reason, the request could require legal action on behalf of India for Apple to comply with the request. In Russia, Apple went so far as to present iPhone users with a government-mandated list of state-backed apps during setup. Thats reportedly a possibility in India too, Bloomberg reports:The ministrys goal is to expand distribution of its public-welfare services through technology. They would also like the state-backed app suite installed on mobile devices before sale and available for download from third parties without warnings like untrusted source, they said.Considering the opportunities Apple sees in India from accessing a massive market to diversifying manufacturing outside of China this might be a battle Apple is willing to lose. Promoting local government apps certainly isnt on the same level of requiring a backdoor into iOS, for example. Thoughts?Shop Apple on Amazon to support my work Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

A so-called relationship therapist quoted everywhere from Newsweek to The Independent appears, per a new investigation, to be completely made up.As writer Ashley Abramson reports in a captivating investigation forAllure, a purported therapist named Sophie Cress set off alarm bells almost as soon as she pitched the Abramson using the now-defunct Help A Reporter Out (HARO), a service that connected journalists with potential sources.Though Cress set off alarm bells for Abramson not least because her email address was associated with the sex toy review site SexualAlpha.com the journalist eventually decided to respond to the would-be therapist's second pitch. When Abramson insisted that she could only conduct interviews over phone or video call, however, Cress ghosted.After digging into Cress' background and alleged qualifications Abramson discovered why: Sophie Cress strongly appears not to exist, a fabrication made up by the Latvia-based owner of Sexual Alpha to drive traffic and search ranking to his site.That owner, Dainis Graveris, never responded to any of Abramson's requests for comment, so she had to rely on her own sleuthing to get to the bottom of the Cress story.She not only looked into whether anyone by the name "Sophie Cress" or any similar monikers was licensed to practice family and relationship therapy in Cress' professed state of North Carolina, but also into whether someone using that name actually held the degrees she claimed to have or was certified for Prepare/Enrich and Gottman Therapist specialties, which her onetime website claimed she held.The North Carolina Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Board was unable to find any such therapist, and representatives from Prepare/Enrich and Gottman couldn't confirm that anyone with Cress' name was certified with either organization. Because there was such limited information on the "therapist," Abramson was also unable to confirm whether either her bachelor's or master's degrees were legit.Another nail in the coffin was even more mundane: Abramson traced Cress' headshot back to a stock photo website, where the woman in the picture doesn't share her name.When Abramson reached out to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy to ask if it had ever heard of a case of a brand concocting a fake therapist to pitch to journalists, its executives said no but not because it wouldn't be possible."The barrier [to do that] is very low," James Punelli, the association's director of ethics and legal affairs, told her.Needless to say, most journalists contacted by Cress didn't do all that homework; her operators appear to have duped everybody fromMashable to theDaily Mail to theNew Zealand Herald.Though HARO is no more it was eventually acquired, rebranded and shut down by the tech outfit Cision it has a sludgy history of being used to dupe journalists, including a prankster who used it in the early 2010s to get himself featured as an expert on obscure topics in publications ranging from the New York Times toCBS to ABC.And Cress just might still be at it: while HARO is no more, Futurism found that Cress still has a profile on the imitator site Qwoted that links back to Sexual Alpha, suggesting that what's left of her mostly-scrubbed online persona is still churning out traffic for the sex toy site.Share This Article

The newly-minted Trump administration is wasting no time in imposing its vision across the United States government, and NASA is no exception.As Ars Technica reports, the space agency's acting headis threatening employees with "adverse consequences" if they fail to snitch on any coworkers involved with diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs."We are taking steps to close all agency DEIA offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trumps executive orders titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions," NASA's acting administrator Janet Petro wrote in the email."These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination," she wrote, without providing any evidence.A Tuesday memopermanently laying them off. As such, NASA's website dedicated to diversity and inclusion now been taken down.It remains to be seen how specifically NASA will be affected by the incursion. But the massive culling could send ripples across federal agencies, including the space agency."Given the broad brush that they have painted, it's potentially very large numbers of people," the head of the Office of Personnel Management under former President Joe Biden Rob Shriver told NPR.Do you know anything about the purge at NASA? Send us an email: tips@futurism.com. We can keep you anonymous.Petro's email also insinuated that DEIA programs were being hidden from the Trump administration, requesting that employees inform on each other."We are aware of efforts by some in government to disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language," the email reads. "If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances."The phrasing "DEIA or similar ideologies" should raise alarm bells. The vague language invites all sorts of discriminatory and problematic interpretations, even beyond diversity and inclusion efforts.As SpaceNews points out, it's a major ideological reversal for Petro. She has previously praised diversity initiatives, telling Engineering News-Record in late 2021 that the agency's "commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility has been paramount to mission success.""The entire NASA leadership team stands behind this commitment," she added at the time.It's unclear whether Petro personally supports the dismantlement of DEIA programs and the mass firing of related hires, or whether she was acting under pressure.But the whole thing is a sign that the Trump administration is willing to treat federal employees with disdain, threatening them and setting them against each other in its pursuit of a more homogenous workforce."Penalizing career civil servants for faithfully doing their jobs during a prior administration is wrong," Partnership for Public Service CEO Max Stier wrote in a statement. "The affected employees are everyday people who have to support themselves and their families, and the abrupt and rushed approach chosen here will have a traumatizing impact on not just them but their colleagues who remain in their roles serving the public, as well."More on NASA: Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon ProgramShare This Article

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Enterprise SecurityEnterprise-grade Juniper Networks routers have become the target of a custom backdoor as part of a campaign dubbed J-magic.According to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen Technologies, the activity is so named for the fact that the backdoor continuously monitors for a "magic packet" sent by the threat actor in TCP traffic. "J-magic campaign marks the rare occasion of malware designed specifically for JunoOS, which serves a similar market but relies on a different operating system, a variant of FreeBSD," the company said in a report shared with The Hacker News.Evidence gathered by the company shows that the earliest sample of the backdoor dates back to September 2023, with the activity ongoing between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Semiconductor, energy, manufacturing, and information technology (IT) sectors were the most targeted.Infections have been reported across Europe, Asia, and South America, including Argentine, Armenia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, the U.K., the U.S., and Venezuela.The campaign is notable for deploying an agent after gaining initial access through an as-yet-undetermined method. The agent, a variant of a publicly available backdoor referred to as cd00r, waits for five different pre-defined parameters before commencing its operations.On the receipt of these magic packets, the agent is configured to send back a secondary challenge, following which J-magic establishes a reverse shell to the IP address and port specified in the magic packet. This enables the attackers to control the device, steal data, or deploy additional payloads.Lumen theorized that the inclusion of the challenge is an attempt on part of the adversary to prevent other threat actors from issuing magic packets in an indiscriminate manner and repurpose the J-magic agents to meet their own objectives.It's worth noting that another variant of cd00r, codenamed SEASPY, was deployed in connection with a campaign aimed at Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances in late 2022.That said, there is no evidence at this stage to connect the two campaigns, nor does the J-magic campaign demonstrate any signs that it overlaps with other campaigns targeting enterprise-grade routers such as Jaguar Tooth and BlackTech (aka Canary Typhoon).A majority of the potentially impacted IP addresses are said to be Juniper routers acting as VPN gateways, with a second smaller cluster comprising those with an exposed NETCONF port. It's believed that the network configuration devices may have been targeted for their ability to automate router configuration information and management.With routers being abused by nation-state actors preparing for follow-on attacks, the latest findings underscore the continued targeting of edge infrastructure, largely driven by the long uptime and a lack of endpoint detection and response (EDR) protections in such devices."One of the most notable aspects of the campaign is the focus on Juniper routers," Lumen said. "While we have seen heavy targeting of other networking equipment, this campaign demonstrates that attackers can find success expanding to other device types such as enterprise grade routers."Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post.SHARE

Star Trek has endured for 60 years, on television and in movies, through high highs and low lows. If the critics are to be believed, the latest addition to theTrekcanon a streaming film calledStar Trek: Section 31 starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh may represent the absolute nadir of those decades of stories.To be fair, the first reviews of the film, which debuts this week on Paramount+ after a lengthy development process, are not entirely uniform. There are acouple of mildly positive articles out there. The Verge, for example,said its pretty damn fun./Filmcalled Section 31B-movie trash (in a good way). That is a compliment, I suppose, if a backhanded one.But the vast majority of critics call it anywhere from mediocre to saying it is flat-out, no qualifications the single worst thing in the history ofStar Trek.Yeoh plays Philippa Georgiou, a character she originated onStar Trek: Discovery.In the film, Georgiou a former genocidal emperor from the Mirror Universe joins the members of Starfleets secretive Section 31, a covert intelligence group, on an all-important mission.The film was actually conceived as a TV series way back in early 2019. Paramount worked on various concepts for the show for years until, in 2023, they announcedSection 31 would instead be a one-off streaming film on Paramount+.ParamountParamountloading...READ MORE: The Coolest Star Trek Movies That Were Never MadeHere is a sampling of theStar Trek: Section 31 reviews so far:Daniel Cooper, Engadget:It is the single worst thing to carry the Star Trek name in living memory.Jeannette Catsoulis, TheNew York Times:A dogs dinner of head-snapping reversals and explanatory dialogue a movie with little on its mind but mayhem.Jordan Hoffman, IGN:My reaction is simple: This isnt Star Trek.Alex Perry, TrekCore.com:Star Trek: Section 31is the Kurtzman-eras most spectacular miss ...On nearly every level,Section 31is a failure.James Whitbrook, io9:A mediocre action movie, and an even worse Star Trek one.ParamountParamountloading...Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter:Not even Michelle Yeoh can save Paramount+s subpar spinoff movie.James Dyer, Empire:Re-tooled as a movie from episode scripts, it ends up feeling neither one nor the other: a bland comedy spacecapade stuck between two (strange new) worlds.Clint Worthington, RogerEbert.com:At best, its an olive branch to its contractually obligated megastar; at worst, its a Rebel Moon-level fiasco that doesnt get why people watch Trek in the first place.Samantha Coley, Collider:A mediocre episodes of a television show that doesnt exist.David Opie, Total Film:Is Section 31 deliberately camp in a knowing sense or is that an unintentional by-product of how some of the more serious moments fall flat? That's not entirely clear.It is not as if the people in charge ofStar Trek have no idea what theyre doing.I havent kept up with all of the recentStar Trek shows, but I really likeStrange New Worldsa lot. Thats as good aStar Trekshow as there has been in decades.And Michelle Yeoh in her ownStar Trekmovie sounds pretty great. The film described in the reviews above ... not so much.If you want to see it and decide for yourself,Star Trek: Section 31 isset to debut on Paramount+ on January 24.Get our free mobile appEvery Star Trek Movie Ranked From Worst to BestEvery Star Trek movie, from The Motion Picture to Beyond, ranked. Did we get them right?

What are the particular qualities that make a bad movie so bad that people actually enjoy watching it? (And by people, I mean me.)Its aninteresting question to consider. Hollywood releases dozens of bad movies every single year. Most wind up totally forgotten in a matter of months, if not weeks.But some bad moviesdefythose odds and become beloved. People treasure them for their flaws. They celebrate them for their failures.The 25 films listed below are those sorts of movies. These are not just bad films. Theyre not evenfilms that are so bad they become good. These arefilms so bad they becameiconic forever remembered, viewed, and celebrated for their peculiarities and quirks.You may be surprised by some of the omissions on this list. There are a few possible reasons for that. Keep in mind, first of all, that not all midnight movies or cult films are watched at midnight or considered cult objects because theyre bad. People love togo to late-night screenings ofThe Rocky Horror Picture Show where theydress up and recite the lines and dance. Does that make it a bad movie?No. That makes it a fun, participatory experience.Likewise, there are some movies so bad theyre not good at all; theyre borderline unwatchable. These are theMarmadukes of the world, theDisaster Movies of the world; filmsso all-consuming in their stinkitude that there is no fun to be had in watching them or talking about them.As a result, they never quite reach the lofty heights of the famously bad movies listed below.25 Terrible Movies So Bad They Became IconicThese movies arent just so bad theyre good theyre so bad theyve become classics.READ MORE: The Best Movies of 2024Get our free mobile appThe Worst Movies of 2024ScreenCrushs editor and critic picks the 12 worst films he saw in 2024.

Twin towers scheme inspired by citys historic architectureThe scheme's two main towers rise to 40 and 46 storeys1/18show captionKPF has completed a twin-tower bank headquarters scheme in Istanbul for Turkish state-owned bank Ziraat.The 450,000sq m development is one of the most high profile recent commercial schemes in the city and the centrepiece of the Istanbul International Finance Center project.The complex has been designed to incorporate both contemporary styles and influences from Istanbuls long history, including the use of wood, stone and ornate screens referencing traditional Islamic architecture.At its centre is an eight-storey atrium, crossed with bridges at multiple levels, with two towers above rising to 40 and 46 storeys.A podium connecting the towers includes an auditorium clad in curving panels of local limestone on the exterior and lined internally with undulating timber roof panels modelled to improve acoustics.KPF design principal Mustafa Chehabeddine described the scheme as a modern building with deep roots in the citys physical and cultural context.He said: Our concept was for the podium to incorporate interpretive refences to the intricate style of the regions rich historic architecture, with a layered, screen-like approach to shading, while the towers display a horizontal banding.The building geometry gently and gradually expands toward the top, resulting in a sculptural form that celebrates the growth and development of Ziraat Bank.Ziraat general manager Peyami mer said the towers reflect the banks 161-year history while representing a critical step in carrying our Bank into the future, aligning with our vision to be the sectors leader in every aspect.The project team also included structural engineer Arup, construction manager Turner International and WSP on acoustics.