After 17 years of research, Microsoft has finally developed the Majorana 1 chip, its first quantum computing processor based on a brand-new material and architecture, reports The Verge. At the heart of a quantum computer are quantum bits (qubits),

Solid, liquid, gas, plasma — and a mysterious fifth thing? On Wednesday, scientists at Microsoft confirmed their creation of a quantum computer chip capable of upending technology as we know it. The project,