UK's first commercial quantum computer to be developed by US startup Rigetti

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The new machine will be based in Abingdon in Oxfordshire

The UK's first commercially available quantum computer will be built by California-based quantum start-up Rigetti Computing, the government announced on Wednesday. Backed by £10 million from the...

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