Government Shutdown: What Will Happen to Google's Quantum Computer?
Google's D-Wave Two quantum computer is being housed at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., which was shuttered on Oct. 1, after a partisan standoff in Congress held up passage of a crucial budget bill. The D-Wave system was started …
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Mozilla Launches Real-Time Web Collaboration Framework
In May 2009, when Google launched Google Wave at its developer conference, real-time collaboration across browsers represented the cutting edge of Web technology. Four years later, collaboration can be implemented as an afterthought. As Ian Bicking …
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A first look inside Google's futuristic quantum lab
In May, Google launched the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab with hardware from the Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave and technical expertise from NASA. It was an ambitious open research project aimed at exploring both the capabilities of …
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As Tablet and E-Reader Market Continues To Grow, Apple Loses Edge
Then Google did. So this happens all the time. "Companies ride a wave up, then it always crests, then they ride it back down again," he added. "The secret is to keep developing the next wave to ride." The question is how fast the tablet market can …
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Stocks Jump Again on Strong Earnings
Stocks surged again today as investors reacted to strong earnings reports from Google, General Electric, and Chipotle. The S&P 500 hit a record high for the second day in a row, gaining 0.7%, to close at 1,744. Meanwhile, Google's 14% jump helped lift …
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Google leads S&P's charge to new highs
The company's share price has broken through $ 1000 for the first time, with a wave of brokers upgrading the stock that has gained more than 40% for the year to date. By early afternoon in New York, the Dow was up 0.1% at 15,387, out-performed by the S …
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