Quantinuum's H2 "racetrack" quantum processor. On Tuesday, Microsoft made a series of announcements related to its Azure Quantum Cloud service. Among them was a demonstration of logical operations using the largest number of error-corrected qubits yet. "Since April, we've tripled the number of logical qubits here," said Microsoft Technical Fellow Krysta Svore. "So we are accelerating toward that hundred-logical-qubit capability." The company has also lined up a new partner in the form of Atom Computing, which uses neutral atoms to hold qubits and has already demonstrated hardware with over 1,000 hardware qubits. Collectively, the announcements are the latest sign that quantum computing has emerged from its infancy and is rapidly progressing toward the development of systems that can reliably perform calculations that would be impractical or impossible to run on classical hardware. We talked with people at Microsoft and some of its hardware partners to get a sense of what's coming next to bring us closer to useful quantum computing.

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Hama has announced a new 8-in-1 universal remote that can streamline your home entertainment system and save you from occasionally having to scrounge for a fresh set of batteries. The German accessories maker is using Exeger’s Powerfoyle solar cell technology so the remote stays powered as long as it’s regularly exposed to light. Details on what types of remotes Hama’s 8-in-1 can replace haven’t been shared yet, but the power generated by the solar cell located on top of the remote is stored in a supercapacitor instead of a rechargeable battery. The remote is expected to be available starting sometime in the second quarter of 2025 for €29.99, or around $33 SSD. The company also plans to release an alternative to Samsung’s own...

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will meet on the presidential debate stage for the first time on Tuesday night. Though it’s technically the second presidential debate of the general election, it’s the first since Harris became the Democratic nominee, replacing President Joe Biden as the party’s candidate. That happened after Biden’s disastrous debate exacerbated concerns about his age, leading to a fracturing of support in the party and his eventual decision to step down and endorse his VP for the top of the ticket. Tech isn’t likely to be a major focus of this debate, but since it’s one of the first opportunities we’ve had to hear from Harris since she took on the nomination, we’ll be listening for clues...

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Enlarge Apple has suffered a significant defeat after the EU’s top court ruled that the iPhone maker must pay 13 billion euros in back taxes, overturning an earlier decision in the Big Tech group’s favor. The ruling relates to a 2016 case when the EU’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager said that Ireland had given the company an illegal sweetheart deal, amounting to a tax rate of less than 1 percent. The European Court of Justice said on Tuesday in its final ruling that it “confirms the European Commission’s 2016 decision: Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover.”