Microsoft steps back on quantum ‘breakthrough’ claim – TechRadar

There’s an old saying that says the only people that have never made a mistake in their life are the ones that never tried to do anything, and Microsoft may be the latest proof of that. 
A two-dozen strong research team led by experts from the software giant has recently withdrawn a scientific paper on quantum computing released a few years ago.
The Microsoft team said it made the decision to withdraw the paper due to multiple errors that led to the wrong conclusions.
The paper concerned the Majorana…

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