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Here Are 6 Actual Uses for Near-Term Quantum Computers

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On 4 March, Google and XPrize announced a US $5 million prize to anyone who comes up with use cases for quantum computers. If that sounds like an admission that use cases don’t already exist, it isn’t, says Ryan Babbush, head of quantum algorithms at Google. “We How can we use quantum computers to tackle the world’s big problems?”

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Students Develop Low-Cost Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired

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The technology used in the device includes optical character recognition, machine learning, and Google application programming interfaces. The student team was able to take an idea and turn it into a working solution while working hand in hand with a community partner, the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in Karnataka, India.

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Google Claims Android Auto Will Become Safer and Smarter After Update

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Google has announced plans to update Android Auto to reduce the time drivers are required to look at screens. While Google hasn’t gotten overly specific, it has said it wants to place an emphasis on improving safety. Google probably understands this. This includes the obligatory mention of leveraging artificial intelligence.

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World Wide Lexicon: Help Make This Blog Multi-Lingual!

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WWL is based on a simple idea that websites like ours have bilingual readers without knowing it. If you want to use a machine translation service and then edit that text, you can click on CHEAT to go to Google Translate to cut and paste. It's a new service that will enable us to publish in dozens of languages.

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“Inspiring Female Founder” – Jordan Brompton spotlighted in The Successful Founder

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We founded the business in 2016 with nothing – apart from a few good ideas and a serious passion for change. How did the idea come to you for the company? Rather than a fairytale story dreamt up in a shiny glass city-centre skyscraper, the idea behind myenergi came from a conversation over a bottle of wine.

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Hello, ChatGPT—Please Explain Yourself!

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This has led to rapturous reviews and claims that ChatGPT heralds the death of the Google search engine or the re-invention of the education system. In a blog post co-authored with Princeton doctoral student Sayash Kapoor, Narayanan writes that ChatGPT is a b t generator , but a potentially very useful one.

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How to Plan Summer Travel with an EV

Blink Charging

Beyond knowing your vehicle’s range, you should also know how that range is affected by different weather (both cold and hot), and have an idea of the approximate amount of time it will take to charge your vehicle from any given battery capacity (i.e. empty, half-full, one-quarter full, etc).

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