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U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Board Repositioned to Directly Advise White House on Quantum Computing Policies as a National Priority for Science, Tech

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Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss analyzes the impact of a White House executive order that brings the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Board into a much closer relationship with the president and other governmental leaders to keep them better informed about quantum computing and its impacts on the U.S.

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AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Braket Quantum Computing Tool

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AWS announced last week the general availability of Amazon Braket, its new quantum computing tool. Braket is a fully-managed AWS service that Amazon markets as a service that will spur innovation across the entire quantum community, allowing developers, researchers, and scientists to experiment with computers from quantum hardware providers, while only paying for compute services used. With companies like Fidelity, VW and University of Waterloo already using the tool, Braket is now generally available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), and US West (Oregon) AWS Regions.