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Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacityResearchers reveal that we waste a huge amount of energy on redundant bitcoin mining operations — where different miners try to grab the same bitcoin.
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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world's fastestChina's Line Shine supercomputer is the most powerful in the world and the first the country has hosted since 2017.
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New chip harnesses quantum computing's biggest weakness — and tries to turn it into a strengthA new quantum computing chip turns destructive noise into a programmable feature, helping scientists study signal loss and error correction to build more effective systems in the future.
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IBM creates world's first sub-1nm computer chip — cramming 100 billion transistors into a tiny fingernail-sized spaceIBM's NanoStack architecture has helped scientists cram 100 billion transistors onto a computer chip, delivering 50% better performance and consuming 70% less energy than the current generation.
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In a first, scientists translated an entire viral genome so a quantum computer could read and analyze itScientists have uploaded a viral genome to a quantum computer, marking an important step for the future of quantum-enabled advancements in biology.
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China unveils first-of-its-kind 'dual-core' quantum computer — its makers say it improves stability and efficiencyA new Chinese quantum computing system pairs two independent neutral-atom arrays in one processor, aiming to boost stability, efficiency and scalability.
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Microsoft's latest quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor — but why is it so controversial?The Majorana 2 quantum processor is built from topological qubits, and its creators claim it can sustain quantum coherence for an average of 20 seconds — orders of magnitude longer than the milliseconds that conventional chips last.
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Scientists trained an AI model using an IBM quantum computer — and it answered questions correctly that the base model couldn'tWhen running an AI model through a quantum computer, scientists have increased accuracy by only adding a relatively small number of parameters.
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New 'trick' fixes major flaw with lasers in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to more powerful systemsA new "geometry‑based" quantum swap gate makes neutral‑atom computers far less sensitive to laser noise — bringing large‑scale, stable quantum processors a step closer to reality.
