Can Joe Biden Deliver a Sci-Tech Renaissance?

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Major(ana) Backpedaling: Microsoft-Backed Quantum Computer Research Retracted

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Controversial Microsoft-backed research on elusive theoretical particles that could have proved a major advance in quantum computing has now been retracted after other scientists pointed out critical flaws in the work. The original research focused on Majorana fermions, long-theorized particles that are their own antiparticles. First predicted more than 80…
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Mathematics, Politics, and Justice Denied

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Cybersecurity Report: "Smart Farms" Are Hackable Farms

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Some have dubbed this the era of “smart agriculture”—with farms around the world scaling up their use of the Internet, IoT, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to increase yields and sustainability. Yet with so much digital technology, naturally, also comes heightened potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities.  There’s no scaling back smart agriculture either. By the end of this…
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