Well, howdy there, internet people. It's Dana again, and today you're at Research Road.

This is a weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor.

Then, we answer some questions from y'all. Today is the 10th of December 24, and on this date,

in 1901, the first Nobel prizes were awarded. One of them went to the person who discovered X-rays.

So, starting off with tech news,

Google says it solved a major quantum computing challenge.

It says a new chip helps solve a computational problem in five minutes.

According to Google, a traditional computing system would have taken

a bit longer to solve the problem, about a billion years. If Google's claims on this are even

remotely accurate, a whole lot of science fiction is about to become science fact. After a U.S.

appeals court upheld the legislation, TikTok is moving closer to a U.S. ban,

which might force the sale of the platform in the U.S.

Russia is still getting its hands on U.S. chips and using them for military applications.

They're reportedly using third-party countries and getting them without the

manufacturer's knowledge. The shadowy cyber battle over U.S. telecommunications is ongoing. If you

missed it, the warning has gone out to start using end-to-end encryption on your phone because

of possible intrusion into your text.

The current recommendation is the app called Signal.

And now on to space.

NASA's Artemis 2 has been delayed until 2026, and Artemis 3 has been pushed back to 2027.

These are the mission set to return humanity to the moon.

An image from the space station appears to show a bunch of tiny little floating lights near Earth.

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