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Two milliseconds—or two thousandths of a second—is an extraordinarily long time in the world of quantum computing. On these timescales the blink of an eye—at one 10th of a second—is like an eternity.

Now a team of researchers at UNSW Sydney has broken new ground in proving that ‘spin qubits’—properties of electrons representing the basic units of information in quantum computers—can hold information for up to two milliseconds. Known as ‘coherence time’, the duration of time that qubits can be manipulated in increasingly complicated calculations, the achievement is 100 times longer than previous benchmarks in the same .

“Longer coherence time means you have more time over which your is stored—which is exactly what you need when doing quantum operations,” says Ph.D. student Ms Amanda Seedhouse, whose work in theoretical quantum computing contributed to the achievement.

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Modern software development typically follows a very iterative approach known as continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD). The promise of CI/CD is better software that is released quicker and it’s a promise that ClearML now intends to bring to the world of machine learning (ML).

ClearML today announced the general availability of its enterprise MLops platform that extends the capabilities of the company’s open-source edition. The ClearML Enterprise platform provides organizations with security controls and additional capabilities for rapidly iterating and deploying ML workflows.

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A new study by Zap Energy will assess the feasibility of siting a Zap fusion energy pilot plant at Washington’s only remaining coal power station.

Zap Energy will study the potential benefits of transitioning a natural gas power plant to a first-of-a-kind fusion pilot plant.

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A newly approved permanent contact lens is growing in popularity, it’s a new alternative for LASIK. No more fumbling with contacts or glasses, now there’s an FDA-approved lens that stays in place, and people say it’s life-changing.

This is the newest implantable contact lens, called EVO.

“It’s absolutely mind-blowing,” patient Rusell Joy said.

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A new, multi-functional Go-based malware dubbed Chaos has been rapidly growing in volume in recent months to ensnare a wide range of Windows, Linux, small office/home office (SOHO) routers, and enterprise servers into its botnet.

“Chaos functionality includes the ability to enumerate the host environment, run remote shell commands, load additional modules, automatically propagate through stealing and brute-forcing SSH private keys, as well as launch DDoS attacks,” researchers from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs said in a write-up shared with The Hacker News.

A majority of the bots are located in Europe, specifically Italy, with other infections reported in China and the U.S., collectively representing “hundreds of unique IP addresses” over a one-month time period from mid-June through mid-July 2022.

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SpaceX and billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman are teaming up with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to study whether a private mission could extend the life of the famed Hubble telescope.

NASA signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s company and the Polaris Program, which Isaacman leads, to study the possibility of using a SpaceX spacecraft to dock with the telescope and change its orbit in an effort to further its lifetime, the parties announced Thursday.

NASA’s science chief Thomas Zurbuchen said during a press call that SpaceX approached NASA with the idea “a few months ago.”

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration revealed on Thursday one of the closest-ever looks at an ice-covered moon orbiting Jupiter. That moon, named Europa, is widely considered the most promising place to search for life beyond Earth, according to the agency.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft buzzed by Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, on Thursday, coming within 220 miles of its surface around 5:36 a.m. ET. It is the first time the agency has glimpsed the moon that closely since its Galileo orbiter mission flew at a similar distance in 2000.

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