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Google launches a new beta to play Android games on PC
Android on Tuesday released its Google Play Games launcher beta for Western audiences, saying you can save your progress between multiple devices.GIF: Google Are you tired of staring at your 5 by…
The best apps to have in an emergency
Screenshot: FEMA Most emergencies go unannounced, so it’s best to make some basic preparations in advance. You can consult advice for extremely specific emergencies and create a file “If I disappear”, but…
Universal parity quantum computing, a new architecture that overcomes performance limitations
Illustration of modified LHZ architecture with logic lines. Three- and four-body constraints are represented by light gray triangles and squares between the corresponding qubits. Data qubits with unique logical indices are added…
The red ring of death stalked all my friends, then it came for me
It would come sooner or later. There was no escape.Image: Microsoft / Evan Amos / Kotaku Hidden from the hustle and bustle of Jamaica Avenue, down a spiral staircase, the store looked…
Our brain uses quantum computing
According to recent theories of quantum gravity, if the mediator is a non-classical system, the entanglement between two known quantum systems can be mediated by unknown systems. This strategy could be applied…
Reading out a single phonon and cooling the ground state with a trapped electron brings quantum computing closer
Schematics of proposed hybrid ion-electron quantum systems involving a trapped electron. Image caption: Scientists at the University of Tokyo have invented a way to cool and measure the motion of an electron…