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Google on track for quantum computer breakthrough by end of 2017

Technology

Google on track for quantum computer breakthrough by end of 2017

The search giant is testing a 20-qubit processor, its most powerful quantum chip yet, and says it will be able to outperform ordinary computers by the end of the year

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Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

Technology

Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

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Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging

Earth

Ocean plastics from Haiti’s beaches turned into laptop packaging

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AI will be able to beat us at everything by 2060, say experts

Technology

AI will be able to beat us at everything by 2060, say experts

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Centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them

Technology

Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

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Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

Technology

Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines

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Technology

Unlocking the online potential of disadvantaged young people

Regulars

Deep learning tells giraffes from gazelles in the Serengeti

Life

Deep learning tells giraffes from gazelles in the Serengeti

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Drone maps mines to explore unsafe caverns and seek out minerals

Technology

Drone maps mines to explore unsafe caverns and seek out minerals

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girl whispering into ear of a boy

Technology

Google uses neural networks to translate without transcribing

A new way of translating speech without first transcribing it could outperform conventional machine translation, particularly for rare languages

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Technology

Inside knowledge: What wisdom will live on once we're gone

Features

Technology

E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls

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Technology

Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century

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Technology

Video game beta test reveals how we might act if the world ends

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