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Google recently announced advancements in quantum computing, revealing its new quantum chip, “Willow.” According to Google Quantum AI lead Hartmut Neven, this chip can significantly reduce errors as more qubits are added, addressing major challenges in quantum computing like decoherence. Google claims Willow is a step toward making quantum computers “commercially relevant” by outperforming traditional computers at certain tasks. And as Google says, these calculations may be taking place in parallel universes. Neven highlighted a benchmark where Willow completed a computation in under five minutes—a task that would take the fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years (more time than the entire age of the universe). “Willow performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion (that is, 1025) years — a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe,” Hartmut Neven, founder and lead of Google Quantum AI, explained in a press release. However, the calculation in question, generating a random distribution, has no practical application. Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder pointed out that similar claims were made in 2019 but were later challenged. Despite progress, quantum computers remain impractical for most real-world uses. Google recently launched a $5 million competition to encourage practical applications of quantum computing. Excitement is tempered by the realization that the technology still has a long way to go. A surprising aspect of Google’s announcement was Neven’s reference to quantum computation supporting the “multiverse” theory. He suggested calculations might involve parallel universes, an idea tied to David Deutsch’s concept of “quantum parallelism” in the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. This interpretation posits that instead of collapsing, the wave function branches into multiple universes during observation. Quantum mechanics, the foundation of quantum computing, allows particles to exist in superposition—being in multiple states simultaneously. Quantum computers harness this property, along with entanglement and interference patterns, to solve complex problems. However, the Many Worlds interpretation is just one perspective among others, such as the Copenhagen interpretation and hidden variable theories. While quantum computers do not depend on a specific interpretation, Neven’s remarks about the multiverse are speculative. As it stands, there’s no evidence that quantum computations occur across multiple universes. Though Google’s achievements in quantum computing are remarkable, they remain a step in a long journey, with practical use cases and proof of multiverse interactions still out of reach. The post Google’s Quantum Chip Might Do Calculations In Parallel Universes appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Disgraced Democrat former congressman and registered sex offender Anthony Weiner has formally filed to run for the New York City Council.On Friday, Weiner opened a campaign committee called Weiner 25. He then filed the paperwork to run as a Democrat for the 2nd District seat, which will be vacated next year by Carlina Rivera, who is term-limited. The seat represents several neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan.Despite taking these significant steps and being scheduled to speak at a forum for Downtown Independent Democrats on Thursday, Weiner, 60, insisted to the AP that he is "still exploring" his options and may not actually campaign after all.Weiner made similar statements to the New York Post, claiming that the committee he formed is truly "exploratory.""[They] made a precondition of participating in their candidate forum that you had to have an open committee, so here I am," he explained.'The things in my past, the things about my addiction, the things about my acting out, the things about my background — it’s a lot, it’s a lot.'Weiner is no stranger to the council. He served on it from 1992 until 1998, when he was elected to Congress to replace then-newly elected Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).Once in federal office, Weiner quickly made a name for himself and was eventually seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party. That view changed in 2011 when he was forced to resign because he had been caught sexting several females, including one minor.At the time, he was married to Huma Abedin, a close adviser to Hillary Clinton. In December of that year, Abedin gave birth to their son, Jordan.Two years later, Weiner tried to stage a political comeback by running for mayor of New York. However, yet another sexting scandal involving the online pseudonym "Carlos Danger" sank his campaign before it ever really began, and he was trounced in the Democratic primary.Weiner's disturbing sexting proclivities made national headlines again in 2016 after the FBI began investigating Clinton's emails and discovered that Weiner had been sending explicit photos to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.News of the photos tarnished Clinton's presidential campaign and apparently ruined Weiner's marriage to Abedin. It also prompted further investigation into Weiner, who eventually pled guilty to one felony count of transferring obscene material to a minor.Weiner served 18 months for the crime. He was released in 2019, when a judge ordered him to register as a sex offender for at least the next two decades. The judge labeled Weiner a level 1 offender, meaning that he poses a low risk of reoffending, the AP reported.Since then, Weiner has begun hosting a weekly radio program. During an episode last month, he discussed his interest in returning to public office, slamming his fellow Democrats for inadequately responding to the recent resurgence of the Republican Party."We’re at a moment that we Democrats, we seem like we come into knife fights carrying library books all the time," he said.While he vaguely acknowledged that he comes with a lot of baggage — "The things in my past, the things about my addiction, the things about my acting out, the things about my background — it’s a lot, it’s a lot" — he indicated to his radio audience that he has more to offer: "I love doing this job on the radio, but I want to be of service."Should he fully commit to campaigning for the council seat, he will face stiff competition in the Democratic primary. Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, Manhattan Community Board 3 Chair Andrea Gordillo, and Community Board 3 Vice Chair Sarah Batchu announced their respective candidacies long ago and already have a strong head start on fundraising.Epstein said he'd welcome more people in the field. "Anyone who wants to run should run for sure," he told City & State New York. "That is the democratic process."Gordillo and Batchu, however, did not try to hide their disdain for Weiner or his attempt at yet another political comeback. Gordillo called Weiner a "failed New York and Washington politician," while Batchu was even more blunt: "Trump wins, and now every creepy, washed-up politician thinks they can make a comeback. My constituents deserve better than to serve as the audience for a disgraced politician’s redemption tour."Weiner did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

I love the design of the Alien universe. It takes that classic '70s and '80s vision of the future where we're still using floppy discs and giant computers, but perfectly marries this with a great sense of reality. Everything feels lived in, used, and ancient, despite it being our future. This is the exact visual identity Xenopurge, a newly announced tactics game, is pulling on. While we've got to wait a short while for launch, you can sign up for a playtest right now on Steam. Continue reading Upcoming strategy game Xenopurge is XCOM with a big twist, and it has a playtest MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best grand strategy games, Best roguelike games, Best strategy games

It's been a troubling year for Risk of Rain 2 players. At first, it seemed like the Gearbox acquisition was going smoothly, but then the Seekers of the Storm DLC from August of this year was a rather large disappointment due to balancing issues, bugs and other problems. However, you can't keep a good live-action game down, and the first part of the recovery is now available. Continue reading Risk of Rain 2 update makes key fixes to the roguelike’s controversial DLC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games, Best platform games, Best upcoming PC games

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