Wants to Sell You a Hackintosh Before It’s Sued Out of Existence Apple has grown to be one of the most valuable companies in the world thanks in part to the tight integration of hardware and software. Unlike Google or Microsoft, you can only get Apple’s software if you buy …
Read More »Researchers Invent Nanoscale ‘Refrigerator’ for Quantum Computers
A team of researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University in Finland has invented a quantum-circuit refrigerator, which can reduce errors in quantum computing. Photo of the centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them. Image credit: Kuan Yen …
Read More »D-Wave’s quantum computers take a quantum leap forward, now offer 2,000 qubits
Over the past few years, quantum computer manufacturer D-Wave has been rolling out hardware capable of increasingly complex tasks and solving more advanced types of problems. This week, it unveiled a new system capable of entangling up to 2,000 qubits. The D-Wave 2000Q has 2,048 qubits; a substantial increase over the 1,000-qubit …
Read More »South Carolina bill would block computers from accessing porn
South Carolina representative Bill Chumley has a plan to block porngraphic content viewing on PCs sold in South Carolina. The bill would require all manufacturers who sell hardware in South Carolina to include mandatory porn-blocking software to prevent the system from accessing prohibited material. Manufacturers who didn’t want to equip …
Read More »Office Depot, OfficeMax claim new computers have malware to sell useless removal services
One of the common problems the less computer-savvy face are inevitable malware infections. A number of companies like Best Buy, Office Depot, and OfficeMax all offer computer services that will scan and remove malware from an infected system, but often only at a steep price. Separate investigations into Office Depot …
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