THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores ...

A top executive at Microsoft has raised concerns that recent cuts to government funding for university research in America ...

Microsoft Corp. is partnering with startup Atom Computing Inc. to launch a quantum computer powered by neutral atom qubits. The tech giant detailed the collaboration today at its annual Ignite ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The quantum computer-ready system is intended to help scientists identify viable molecules in a short amount of time. As advances in ...

Microsoft's most expensive Surface device is about to get even pricier. At a press event on Wednesday, Microsoft is set to unveil several Surface Pro tablets, Surface Laptop models and a Surface ...

Microsoft has announced that it has created the first ‘topological qubits’ — a way of storing quantum information that the firm hopes will underpin a new generation of quantum computers. Machines ...

It all started with two kids who shared a geeky hobby. Growing up in Seattle, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen were obsessed with an emerging industry called computing. As teenagers, they ...

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study. The scientists who invented the ...

Last month Microsoft announced, with fanfare, that it had created a new kind of matter and used it to make a quantum computer architecture that could lead to machines “capable of solving meaningful, ...

Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists unveils first-of-its-kind topological qubit, paving the way for a more fault-tolerant quantum computer In a leap forward for quantum computing, a ...