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Scientists used quantum psuedotelepathy to cheat reality

21-07-2022 23:20 via thenextweb.com

A team of scientists in China recently used what’s essentially the quantum physics version of stage magic to demonstrate just how brittle our concept of reality is. Abracadabra, you don’t really exist. Up front: The big idea in play here is called “quantum advantage.” Typically we hear about this in the world of quantum computing. There, quantum advantage is the hypothetical point at which a quantum computer can outperform any existing classical computer at a given task.

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Influencer is a popular career choice for young people, but it has a dark side

21-07-2022 17:36 via thenextweb.com

A 2019 poll found that children would rather be YouTubers than astronauts. It made headlines and led to plenty of grumbling about “kids these days”. But it’s not surprising that young people – up to 1.3 million in the UK – want to make their income by creating social media content. The global influencer market was estimated to be worth $13.8 billion (£11.2 billion) in 2021. Individual influencers such as Zoella and Deliciously Ella are worth around £4.7

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Kylie Jenner’s flight controversy sends a warning to short-haul eVTOLs

21-07-2022 17:20 via thenextweb.com

This week, the masses are up in arms with the news that entrepreneur, fashionista, and reality TV star Kylie Jenner uses her $70 million luxury private jet to take short-haul flights. But short-haul travel is far from an anomaly as we usher in an era of eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) for on-demand trips. And it remains, for the near future, the domain of the rich. So, what’s the controversy with Jenner? In one of her recent flights, she traveled in Cal

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The EU’s Digital Market Act takes aim at Big Tech’s monopoly

21-07-2022 15:11 via thenextweb.com

In a huge blow to Big Tech, the EU is stepping up to regulate their long-criticized, monopolist market strategies. On Monday, the European Council adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a set of new rules to create fairer online competition. The act aims to establish a digital level playing field, by setting clear rights and rules for large online platforms (referred to as “gatekeepers”), so none of them can abuse their position. As per Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister for

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Here are the 10 best movies and series about developers

21-07-2022 11:30 via thenextweb.com

This article was originally published on .cult by Eli McGarvie. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Last year we put together a list of the best hacking movies, and obviously, the next logical step from there was to catalog the coolest movies and series about developers. So, after putting in hours and hours of screentime watching

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