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Video Chats and Ordering In: Coronavirus Quarantine With a Smartphone

Yardley Wong, captive on the Japanese cruise ship grappling with the coronavirus, captured in a single image the essence of life under quarantine. From inside her tiny cabin, Ms. Wong took a picture of the closed doorway. She posted it to Twitter last week. “So much wondering through this door,” …

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All-Purpose Balms: The World Tour

Before apps, there were balms. Got a cut? There’s balm for that. Chapped lips, cracked heels, itchy rash, sore spot, topical infection? Hey, there’s a balm for that. Multipurpose balms aren’t just relics of ye olde ancestors—they’re still staples in drugstore hauls, bathrooms and bags. And for every one you’ve …

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Intel and QuTech unveil Horse Ridge cryogenic control chip for quantum computing

Today at the International Solid State Circuits Conference, which runs through this week in San Francisco, Intel and QuTech — a partnership between Delft University of Technology and TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) — are unveiling the technical designs for a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip for quantum computing, …

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