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NATURE CHALLENGES MICROSOFT'S 2025 QUANTUM CLAIMS

A peer-reviewed Nature paper alleges Microsoft's recent quantum computing breakthrough was undermined by basic Python errors and selective data analysis. Microsoft maintains its research is sound.

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Boffin claims Microsoft’s “quantum leap” is invalid due to “basic Python errors”

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/06/24/boffin-claims-microsofts-supposed-quantum-leap-does-not-com…

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Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on "basic Python errors" and data cherry-picking (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthroug…

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Estados Unidos, China y Europa aceleran la carrera por el liderazgo cuántico

Ya llegó la computación cuántica. Pero, ¿qué es?

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Cloudflare partners with Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla on PACT, a protocol to distinguish legitimate human or bot traffic from undesirable network requests (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

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Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price increase since 2025 (Kenneth Shepard/Kotaku)

Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku: Microsoft says the price of Xbox consoles will increase on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models a…

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Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 consumers by a year, letting eligible users get updates through October 12, 2027 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

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Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft failed to inform users that AI tools like Copilot were being integrated into the service (Giulia Segreti/Reuters)

Giulia Segreti / Reuters: Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft failed to inform users tha…

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