Scientist questions Microsoft’s quantum computing claims in Nature paper

A physicist's formal critique argues Microsoft has not demonstrated the topological qubit behind its Majorana 2 quantum chip.

Chevron's long-term natural gas deal with Microsoft highlights the growing reliance on fossil fuels for tech infrastructure amid energy transition challenges. The post Chevron signs 20-year natural gas deal with Microsoft for Texas data center power appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Project Kilby highlights the growing trend of tech giants securing dedicated energy sources, impacting energy markets and AI infrastructure. The post Microsoft’s Project Kilby aims for power delivery by 2028, Stifel says appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The massive data center investments by tech giants could lead to significant financial risks if AI demand doesn't meet expectations. The post Meta and Microsoft commit tens of billions each to data center leases as industry tops $850B appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The AI IPO tsunami on the stock market has only recently gotten under way, with SpaceX’s more-than-$2 trillion IPO likely to be followed in several months by OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s IPOs — each of which is likely to hit $1 trillion. That will mint three new trillion-dollar AI companies in a matter of months, all of which compete with Microsoft.  Wall Street has never seen anything like it. Previously, the most money raised by all IPOs in a single year was $671 billion in 2021. It took 38,644 deals to get to that figure. Compare that to three deals this year that by themselves will likely total $4 trillion. The numbers are eye-popping.  For Microsoft though, it’s not the numbers themselves that are important. It’s what will happen to the company once it as three newly minted trillion-dollar AI competitors. Until recently, when it came to AI, Microsoft was king of the hill. But can it keep that place? Microsoft’s weakened position The IPOs come at a particularly fraught time for Microso

Microsoft has been pushing hard to make Visual Studio Code a major way to consume its AI services, mostly in the form of GitHub Copilot. GitHub Copilot’s deep integration with VS Code brings many conveniences — inline autocomplete, for instance — but it’s frustrating for those, like me, who would rather use another model provider, or even a locally hosted LLM, for those functions. Visual Studio Code 1.122 introduced a new feature, “Use BYOK [Bring Your Own Key] without a GitHub sign-in,” that allows you to “use chat, tools, and MCP servers in air-gapped or restricted environments where GitHub sign-in isn’t possible.” More importantly, it “enables fully offline workflows with local models like Ollama.” In other words, you can now use locally hosted LLMs for chat, tools, and Model Context Protocol servers inside Visual Studio Code. The one thing you still can’t do is use a local LLM for inline and next-edit suggestions — at least, not without additional tooling. Choosing a model for BYOK

Trump orders federal agencies to adopt post-quantum encryption by 2031 as concerns grow over crypto security. The U.S. government is preparing for a future technology challenge. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders focused on quantum computing risks, according to The White House. The orders call for federal systems to shift to more robust encryption […] The post Trump Sets 2031 Deadline as Quantum Threat Looms Over Crypto appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders to improve America’s preparedness for quantum computing advancements in the future. These orders set up strict timelines for federal agencies to upgrade their cryptographic technologies to quantum-resistant technologies. By virtue of Executive Order 14409, the federal agencies will need to enhance certain important