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Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, addresses attendees at the 2022 GESDA Summit. (Image: GESDA/Benedikt v. Loebell)

CERN has joined a coalition of science and industry partners proposing the creation of an Open Quantum Institute. This institute will work to ensure that emerging quantum technologies are put to use to tackle key societal challenges. The proposal is being made through GESDA, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Foundation, in collaboration with leading research institutes and technology companies. Other founding supporters of the Open Quantum Institute include the University of Geneva, t...

New Exploit Breaks Current Spectre Defenses; Fixes Hard without Performance Impact Like by Researchers from the University of Virginia School of Engineering recently disclosed a new Spectre hardware exploit that can steal secrets via Intel/AMD micro-op caches and circumvents current Spectre defenses. Intel and AMD say no new guidance is needed. Researchers say suggested fixes are inconvenient to deploy or have performance drawbacks. Ashish Venkat, William Wulf career enhancement assistan...