Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
Google, whose parent company is Alphabet, unveiled an exciting breakthrough in quantum computing that sent its shares northwards. The popular search engine mentioned in a blog post that its new chip, Willow, took just five minutes to solve a mathematical equation that would take a classic supercomputer 10 septillion years to solve. 10 septillion, by the way, is longer than the entire history of the universe. Quantum computing is different from traditional computers in that they use qubits instead of bits that comes in series of 1s and 0s. Qubits are unique in that they can exist as both a 1 or 0 at the same time, thereby allowing for far greater processing capabilities. The problem with qubits is that they are fragile and prone to error. The more qubits are used, the more errors they tend to produce. Willow, however, managed to cut down these errors while increasing...Welcome to this week’s edition of top stock market highlights.
