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🍎Apple Says It's Time to Digitize Your ID, Ready or Not: There seems to be a lot of development in the world of digital wallets. A while back I made note of the fact that Microsoft had sought to create a decentralized ID. Apple’s approach seems far more down to earth as digital IDs held on an individual’s device aren’t something new. That said integrating said IDs into the Apple ecosystem would prove revolutionary. As with any technological development, there are issues, and as with any development concerning big tech companies, there are issues surrounding privacy. (1949 words)
🔬Researchers create quantum microscope that can see the impossible: Sciences tend to progress in tandem with the growth and development of various technologies. The increase in computational power is what has blessed us with the various applications of ML we see today. The microscope allowed us to peer into a world far smaller than our eyes allow us to see. The latter(The microscope) seems bound for another radical transformation. Making use of quantum entanglement, researchers have designed a new paradigm that would allow us to peer at subatomic structures with even greater depth. (436 words)
🧬New discovery shows human cells can write RNA sequences into DNA: As predicted the crisis that has been this pandemic has given us some crazy scientific breakthrough mainly in the form of the applications and nature of RNA. Until recently, there was consensus that DNA converted into either DNA or RNA but that RNA could not be converted back into DNA. Researchers at the Thomas Jefferson University proved however that the opposite was possible ushering us into an age in which we may have tools that allow us to better understand the proliferation of cancers and rewriting genetic code. (556 words)
🔌Researchers create an 'un-hackable' quantum network over hundreds of kilometers using optical fiber: I tend to be wary of headlines that talk in absolutes but this development could very well be one that changes Information Technology and hence the course of human progress forever. In a recent experiment, researchers at Toshiba were able to successfully transmit a qubit packet over a 600km long optical fiber cable. Most quantum networks tend to be infeasible due to the fact that it’s difficult to maintain qubits in their quantum state. The researchers made use of two wavelengths to stabilize transmission and prevent environmental shocks from changing the state of the qubits. They were as such also able to enact a quantum encryption algorithm known as Quantum Key Distribution on the said packet. This algorithm unlike most cryptographic algorithms make use of the laws of physics instead of Math. (994 words)
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