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Claudia Acciai has joined NERDS
https://nerds.itu.dk/2024/09/02/claudia-acciai-has-joined-nerds/

"Microsoft and its collaborators on the Azure Quantum project have been consistently breaking new ground with quantum computing research projects, most recently by quadrupling the number of logical qubits they are able to create."
Microsoft Azure Quantum: Accelerating Discovery In The Quantum Age - Forbes

Microsoft Azure Quantum: Accelerating Discovery In The Quantum Age
Microsoft and its Azure Quantum collaborators keep breaking new ground on research projects that advance different critical aspects of quantum computing.

Oxfam: Carbon inequality kills https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/

Adieu, mon ami. Dans nos jeunes années, nous étions camarades de classe, et plus tard dans nos vies, nous avons partagé la place de la Palud lors de nos campagnes politiques. Je garderai en mémoire ton écoute et ta présence. Chaque soir, en traversant la ville, lorsque je vois un feu tricolore clignoter en orange, je penserai Š toi. Ce souvenir restera pour moi un moyen de te garder proche. Merci pour tout ce que tu m'as apporté.

Microsoft's Azure Quantum platform for QCaaS already supports 5 different Quantum Computing providers, not incl. Microsoft's own offerings:
✅ Quantinuum
✅ IonQ
✅ Rigetti
✅ Pasqal
✅ Atom Computing (NEW)
"Microsoft announces the best performing logical qubits on record and will provide priority access to reliable quantum hardware in Azure Quantum"

Microsoft announces the best performing logical qubits on record and will provide priority access to reliable quantum hardware in Azure Quantum - The Official Microsoft Blog
At Microsoft, we’re ushering in a new era of computing on the path to unlocking scientific advantage and tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This is why we’re building Azure Quantum — to create the first platform for reliable quantum computing and achieve the vision of quantum at scale. In April, we announced...

So, #chopin dropped this new waltz, and it's pretty dramatic. Nice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfse_wSUmw&t=67s