Curtis Priem has a vision for a quantum computing future and believes the area
along the Hudson valley is fertile for the next tech boom
The “quantum chandelier” that sits within a glass box in the chapel at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s campus in Troy, New York, is the symbolic
centerpiece of an ambitious effort to turn upstate New York into an advanced
technology center – what Silicon Valley is to social media or Cambridge,
Massachusetts, is to biotech.
The silver sci-fi object, named for interior gold lattices that suspend, cool
and isolate its processor, is the heart of a “quantum computing system” that
could herald a new age of computing. It’s the centerpiece of the dream Curtis
Priem, a co-founder of Nvidia, the $2.8tn artificial intelligence hardware and
software company, has of turning Rensselaer, or RPI, into an advanced computing
hub and refashioning this area of upstate New York into a new Silicon Valley.
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White House calls decision – that could have major implications for web use –
‘victory for the American people’
Google violated antitrust laws as it built an internet search empire, a federal
judge ruled on Monday in a decision that could have major implications for the
way people interact with the internet.
Judge Amit Mehta found that Google violated section 2 of the Sherman Act, a US
antitrust law. His decision states that Google maintained a monopoly over search
services and advertising.
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I’m no expert, but knowing my neighborhood’s trees and flowers by name makes me
feel grounded
Eighteen months ago, I adopted a dog. Now I’m out on the streets of Brooklyn
with my hound mix for at least an hour a day, strolling and wrestling discarded
chicken bones from her jaws. You notice a lot when you visit the same few blocks
over and over: which avenues are the quietest, or when the rusty scaffolding
around a nearby building vanishes overnight.
Most of all, I love to admire neighborhood greenery. I’m an adoring fan of the
tulips, peonies and dogwood flowers that burst forth in the spring. Yet I
quickly realized how limited my plant vocabulary was. Yes, I knew that was a
silver birch, because of its papery bark. But what was that taller tree, glossy
and looming, or that pale shrub with tiny, ornate leaves? I grew up in
Australia, where the vegetation is pretty different from that of the US
north-east, and I really hadn’t made an effort to learn about the locals. It
felt disrespectful, to say the least.
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