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The company behind Google’s quantum computer is releasing open source tools so coders can create software without needing an advanced physics degree. The post Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced It appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Lawyers and ethicists say from transparency to debts, the plan Trump revealed today solves nothing. Oh, and blind trusts actually have to be blind. The post Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Instagram now has 150 million daily users—just as many as Snap. So what do you do when you have that many eyeballs trained on your app? Monetize. The post Instagram Races to Make Money Ahead of Snap’s IPO appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 10 years ago today, and it made Apple the biggest company in the world. But it can’t sustain Apple forever. The post The iPhone Remade Apple 10 Years Ago. Now It’s Slowing Apple Down appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Atlassian will pay nearly a half-billion dollars for the popular project management app Trello. It’s worth every penny. The post Why Trello, a Simple To-Do App, Is Worth $425 Million appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

A new kind of hedge fund bets that bitcoin is way more valuable if you don’t think about it mainly as money. The post Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It’s Something Way Weirder appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Opinion: An NYU economics professor describes how abandoning net neutrality would hurt companies and consumers alike. The post Don’t Gut Net Neutrality. It’s Good for People and Business appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Facebook’s CEO doesn’t necessarily plan to sink his teeth into electoral politics. But he’s made some moves in the past few days that set the table. The post Mark Zuckerberg Is Sure Acting Like Someone Who Might Run for President appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Cellular antennas often wear disguises. But serial inventor Steve Perlman has gone to a new extreme with a wireless antenna disguised as, yes, a wire. The post Defeat NIMBYs With pCell’s Wireless Antenna Disguised as a Wire appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

In a new exit memo, Obama’s geek squad takes a bow and lays out a plan for the next administration. Hey, technologists are all about optimism, right? The post The White House’s Techies Are Leaving Trump a Must-Do List appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico