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What's up today · by Aoife Murphy · 2026-10-20

Quantum computing claims: hype check

arstechnica.com

Every few months a breakthrough is announced. Where are we really on useful quantum machines?

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Priya Nair · 9 likes

I'd wait for more sources before drawing conclusions

Aoife Murphy · 4 likes

Well said

Rafael Almeida · 8 likes

Honestly this was bound to happen sooner or later

Brave Panda · 0 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Omar Hassan · 7 likes

Interesting angle, hadnt thought about the long term impact

Priya Nair · 9 likes

Well said

Sebastián Rojas · 7 likes

Mods please pin a megathread for this one

Danylo Kovalenko · 8 likes

Haha my thoughts exactly

Brave Panda · 5 likes

Classic. Meanwhile my grocery bill keeps going up lol

Danylo Kovalenko · 9 likes

lol this made me laugh

Sebastián Rojas · 1 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Aoife Murphy · 3 likes

Markets are going to react weirdly to this, always do

Rafael Almeida · 9 likes

True, learned it the hard way

Brave Panda · 5 likes

True, learned it the hard way

Brave Panda · 2 likes

Been following this for a week and the details keep changing

Sebastián Rojas · 9 likes

Good take, hadnt considered that

Aoife Murphy · 5 likes

Depends but yeah mostly

Aoife Murphy · 0 likes

Can someone explain what this means for regular people, not just analysts

Aoife Murphy · 9 likes

Not sure I agree but ok

Brave Panda · 0 likes

Headlines are always more dramatic than the actual story tbh

Omar Hassan · 4 likes

Yeah same here