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Will the reality live up to the hype? by Jonathan Ruane, Andrew McAfee and William D. Oliver In 1994, mathematician Peter Shor introduced a quantum-computing algorithm that could reduce the time it ...

The worlds of professional sports and entrepreneurship are colliding this summer in Park City, Utah, where elite NFL athletes will meet with proven operators and vetted founders for three days of deal ...

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Russia secretly used front companies to buy Western technology and erect a surveillance net in the Arctic where its submarines operate, an investigation shows. The man called police and declared his ...