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Why Are Google and NASA Buying a Quantum Computer?

Source: LiveScience.com

A quantum computer chip can process information several orders of magnitude faster than an ordinary silicon computer chip. CREDIT: Erick Lucero Think your computer is pretty fast? Think again. Compared to the newest quantum co ...
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NASA, Google buy quantum computer from B.C. firm

Source: CBC News

A quantum computer has been purchased from Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems by a NASA-led group that aims to solve problems requiring creativity — something that conventional computers aren't good at. The D-Wave Two is currently being installed a ...
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What CEOs could learn from comedians

Source: PandoDaily.com

Those who have seen Twitter CEO Dick Costolo speak know he’s a joke machine. But lately, he’s been getting a bit more love for it, thanks to a video of a one-liner-filled commencement address at the University of Michigan that has ...
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D-Wave: Truth finally starts to emerge

Source: Hacker News

Two years ago almost to the day, I announced my retirement as Chief D-Wave Skeptic. But—as many readers predicted at the time—recent events (and the contents of my inbox!) have given me no choice except to resume my post. In an all-too-familiar pattern, ...
Full article at: Hacker News  More like this  1 day ago, 2:13pm CDT

D-Wave Two(TM) Quantum Computer Selected for New Quantum Artificial Intelligence Initiative

Source: Space Ref

D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first commercial quantum computing company, today announced that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wave Two, will be installed at the new Quantum Artificial Intellig ...
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Today on New Scientist

Source: New Scientist

Pain ray: The US military's new agony beam weapon A weapon that fires a beam hundreds of metres to induce unbearable pain is ready to be unleashed on the world – what should be done with it? Ice tsunamis overwhelm lakeside homes It's a rarely ...
Full article at: New Scientist  More like this  1 day ago, 12:41pm CDT

Google Buys a Quantum Computer for AI Lab with NASA

Source: I4U News

The search giant Google is now too much interested to elaborate artificial intelligence. Google and NASA together establishing a laboratory called 'Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab' to study AI by using quan ...
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Lifelogger reveals the day's emotional highs and lows

Source: New Scientist

How was your day? Fine? Stressful? Boring? It might soon be a bit easier to flesh out your answer, or find out how someone else's day really went. All you need is a smartphone, a sensor and a high-tech "mirror". By tying togethe ...
Full article at: New Scientist  More like this  1 day ago, 12:11pm CDT

Google buys a D-Wave quantum optimizer

Source: Ars Technica

The D-Wave Two. D-Wave D-Wave's quantum optimizer has found a new customer in the form of a partnership created by Google, NASA, and a consortium of research universities. The group is forming what it's calling the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab ...
Full article at: Ars Technica  More like this  1 day ago, 12:07pm CDT

Quantum computing: Faster, slower—or both at once?

Source: Economist

CHIPMAKERS dislike quantum mechanics. Half a century of Moore’s law means their products have shrunk to the point where they are subject to the famous weirdness of the quantum world. That makes designing them difficult. Happily, t ...
Full article at: Economist  More like this  1 day ago, 9:59am CDT


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