Why Big Banks Could Soon Jump on the Quantum Bandwagon

Researchers at IBM have recently figured out how to run a simplified risk calculation on an actual quantum computer.IBMIn the time it takes you to read this sentence, investment banks, hedge funds, and other investors around the world will have traded about $80 million in stocks.That adds up to more than $200 billion per day,…

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Amazon’s Revolutionary Retail Strategy? Recycling Old Ideas

Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesI sometimes think that if you could look in the safe behind Jeff Bezos’ desk, instead of the sports almanac from Back to the Future you’d find an Encyclopedia of Retail, written in maybe 1985. There would be Post-It notes on every page, and every one of those notes would have been turned…

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Nintendo’s Reportedly Fixing Those Broken Joy-Cons for Free

Greetings, friends. Welcome to Replay, WIRED's look at the week in gaming news. What's happened since the last time we checked in? Well, we have some new details on Google Stadia's approach to the cloud, a look at Nintendo's evolving customer service procedures, and a very good game recommendation. Let's get going.Google Isn't Worried About…

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The Best Gaming Headsets for Any Budget

No matter which console or device you play on, these are the best wired gaming headsets you can buy.A good headset can make all the difference in online play. You need to be able to hear your environment and your teammates with clarity, without one being drowned out by the other. Plus, they need to…

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Amazon’s The Boys Tests the Limits of Superhero Fatigue

Such is the reality The Boys reveals behind the idolatry: greed and grift and outright homicide, all the while preaching exceptionalism and sanctimony to the outside world. As one Amazon user wrote in a review of the comic's first collected edition, "Picture Civil War mixed with Game of Thrones and this is what you get."…

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