Microsoft creates a new state of matter to power quantum computers

You may have seen the recent news about Microsoft creating its new state of matter to power quantum computers, its a super interesting area, although this is early days still, the development of such technology will lead to big ramifications for encryption (and encryption breaking), password cracking and anything else that requires significant computational power. A good writeup is here: https://theconversation.com/microsoft-just-claimed-a-quantum-breakthrough-a-quantum-physicist-explains-what-it-means-250388

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