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What is a quantum computer, exactly?

Gabriel Borrud | Conor Dillon
June 14, 2021

They look weird, they're outrageously cold, and they're "stupider" than your smartphone. So why are governments throwing billions at quantum computers? And is it possible for a normal person to even understand them?

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