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Biological computers could use far less energy than current technology — by working more slowly

By Heiner Linke published

Human biology is vastly more energy efficient than today's computing.

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World's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published

The world's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' can reach a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS, making it the planet's third exascale computer.

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The 9 most powerful supercomputers in the world right now

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet last updated

Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.

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'ELIZA,' the world's 1st chatbot, was just resurrected from 60-year-old computer code

By Kristina Killgrove published

Researchers discovered long-lost computer code and used it to resurrect the early chatbot ELIZA.

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Schrödinger's Cat breakthrough could usher in the 'Holy Grail' of quantum computing, making them error-proof

By Ben Turner published

Errors in quantum computers are an obstacle for their widespread use. But a team of scientists say that, by using an antimony atom and the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, they could have found a way to stop them.

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Nvidia's mini 'desktop supercomputer' is 1,000 times more powerful than a laptop — and it can fit in your bag

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published

New Project Digits mini PC offers a petaFLOP of power for local AI processing and data science.

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Quantum computers that are actually useful 1 step closer thanks to new silicon processor that could pack millions of qubits

By Owen Hughes published

We've just hit a 'critical inflection point' on the road to scalable quantum computers. Here's why.

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Qubits inspired by 'Schrödinger's cat' thought experiment could usher in powerful quantum computers by 2030

By Peter Ray Allison published

Quantum technology company Alice & Bob outlines its plan for quantum computing by 2030, but how feasible is that goal?

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What is quantum supremacy?

By Edd Gent published

We may be on the cusp of quantum supremacy. But what does that actually mean?

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New quantum computing milestone smashes entanglement world record

By Owen Hughes published

Researchers have made significant progress in the quest for scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computers after entangling the most logical qubits on record.

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