New IBM battery uses seawater as a source of minerals
IBM reports that it has a new battery design that does not require cobalt, but extracts the necessary minerals from seawater. The first fully functional battery prototype should be presented within about a year.
There's quite a race going on, according to Reuters, as to who will be the first to ... Read more
AWS launches quantum computing service Braket
Amazon Web Services is preparing to roll out a quantum computing service for its cloud customers. The platform, called Amazon Braket, will provide on-demand access to quantum systems from three different start-ups.
The service was recently presented at re:Invent, the cloud provider's annual conf... Read more
IBM Qiskit functional on more than one quantum system
IBM has found a way to let its open source quantum computing framework, Qiskit, function on hardware that uses ion traps to make quantum calculations. Version 0.13 is therefore the first version of Qiskit that supports more than one type of quantum computing.
The Qiskit framework already suppo... Read more
Google reaches milestone in quantum computing
According to Google, the company has achieved a significant milestone in quantum computing. With a 53 qubit chip, the company was able to solve a complex calculation in 3 minutes and 20 seconds. According to the company, a traditional supercomputer would have taken more than 10,000 years.
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Startup wants to make quantum-powered AI solutions with Atos technology
Atos has announced that it delivers Quantum-Learning-as-a-Service (QLaaS) to artificial intelligence (AI) startup Xofia. With QLaaS, the startup wants to develop quantum-driven AI solutions for the enterprise.
Xofia combines artificial intelligence with quantum-based algorithms to implement problem-... Read more
Accenture further focuses on quantum computing
Accenture has decided to focus even more on quantum computing. It does this because more companies have shown an interest in the emerging technology.
An Accenture spokesman says opposite The Wall Street Journal that in the next few years the company can already start offering consulting services ... Read more
Accenture patents machine learning module for quantum computing
Accenture has been granted a patent related to quantum computing. The patent describes a method of using machine learning to determine which workloads or problems are most suitable for quantum computers, and which are more suitable for standard, digital computers.
According to Accenture, the patent ... Read more
Microsoft wants to build a better world with quantum computing
In recent years, tech giant Microsoft has made quantum
computing or the development of a computer environment with gigantic computing
power one of the policy spearheads. The opening of the joint research
laboratory with TU Delft at the beginning of this year is part of this. Techzine
spoke to Natio... Read more
Microsoft lets developers build more intelligent apps with new Azure capabilities
Microsoft wants to help developers build more intelligent apps on Azure. To achieve this, the company has unveiled several new opportunities for Azure, which revolve around software containers, quantum computing and identity management.
Microsoft is trying to make its Q# programming language for bu... Read more
IBM expands quantum computing program to more universities
IBM has announced that it will expand its commercial quantum computing program called IBM Q Network to more universities in North America. These include Notre Dame, Florida State and Virginia Tech.
The IBM Q Network is designed to develop curricula for students and to establish research collaborati... Read more