A Mystery Object in Space Flashed Brilliantly for 3 Months—Then Disappeared

“Holy sharks, Batman, it’s periodic!” I exclaimed on Slack. It was the first lockdown of 2021 in Perth, and we were all working from home... 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This is largely correct, but there is also a fundamental but slightly more cryptic side to the metaverse that will set it apart from today’s internet: the blockchain. In the beginning, Web 1.0 was... 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That seems set to change after new research showed silicon qubits are now accurate enough to run a popular error-correcting code. The quantum computers that garner all the... [>> Read more](113/cVbPm04/VVH4yc2140-tN2XgbF12P47NW22vCbp4DT1fxN880g3m5nKvJV3Zsc37CgYCrW15PBhs8FysVrV9Jns35861c8W64qbz_2Hs-cFW3nBWJL7l6dw-W804vtk130yJYW8LSlcZ3pmhCSW3WHblh7b4VgGVScxyf4-nd6FW49vVRF7kbJwzW6JS4xy6s7SS6Vj21lW5HKWVFN3jGSBZN-0k6W1vy2tm6T3JSTW2ZYLc55wk3pMW6PsRfp3Lnm7YVKXKnl7v1rMpW3yVtK22xZ75zW90Fbxp3BjDNQW4Z2cxF6khv2cW5tfdXC1Sk6_pVpFkRZ3tNWGvTnFss6HRpy1W6W8_zv2t8g-3W26_7V68cCMNvW4Tw8-M32KlsnW6NMNTT5qHJrzN5xjggGvSCWyW3Mj5p08v9VzhW5LCWb880vbSNW84p9d28tGlK5W6gTR391JgmY8W5yGX0S88NyNMW18jhSH8rkNSBW6xqcH92LqWjXW4R8jcH3N6_0DW4lnkQw1BLNBV36xm1) Singularity University, 1049 El Monte Ave. Suite C #16, Mountain View, CA 94040, United States, +1-650-200-3434 [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](