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AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing

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IonQ, one of the hardware partners for the Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, uses a specialized type of chip known as a linear ion trap. Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform , Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open for business. IonQ Photo via AWS).

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How quantum computing could transform everything everywhere, but not all at once

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“Quantum computing could very well revolutionize what an Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure will want to do for the world in terms of computing,” says Louis Terminello, associate laboratory director for physical and computational sciences at the U.S. “We have thousands of Petri dishes with chemicals in them.

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DARPA boosts Microsoft’s far-out effort to build topological quantum computer

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Applications could include creating new chemicals for better batteries , more effective fertilizers or new types of drugs. Beyond chemistry, quantum computing could optimize systems ranging from traffic routes and interplanetary communication networks to financial services. “We need to integrate within the larger cloud, right?

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Amazon begins the ‘huge’ lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals

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Amazon’s effort to green its own products is being spearheaded by Rachel Praetorius , who leads sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. ” Rachel Praetorius, head of sustainability and hardware operations for Amazon Devices & Services. Amazon Photo).

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GeekWire Awards 2020 revealed: Big winners, celebrities and surprises power virtual event

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.” Tableau had been on a roll prior to the acquisition, shifting its data visualization software to a subscription service under the leadership of Selipsky, an ex-Amazon Web Services executive. “It’s a technology at the interface of immunology and chemical engineering, and it’s a great time.