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Quantum computing firm QuEra says it plans to make a fault-tolerant quantum computer and offer it to users through the cloud in 2028, which will require a real leap in engineering ...

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (Reuters) - A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, ...

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New Bedford Science Café will host a discussion on quantum computing from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 9. The event will take place at The Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford, and is open to ...