The feat could pave the way for more powerful computing, although the technology is still in its early stages

Scientists have just packed 18 qubits—the most basic units of quantum computing—into just six weirdly connected photons. That’s an unprecedented three qubits per photon, and a record for the number of qubits linked to one another via quantum entanglement.

So why is this exciting?


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Microsoft is giving out free cybersecurity tools after an alleged Chinese hack

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Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity tools to some government and commercial customers following criticism of the tech giant’s handling of a major alleged Chinese hack that compromised US government email accounts.

Starting in September, Microsoft cloud computing customers won’t have to pay ext