The Download: Quantum computing for health, and why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste
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MIT Technology Review
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AI GeneratedA quantum computer in Oxford is vying for a $5 million prize by solving health care problems conventional computers can't. Meanwhile, the challenge of recycling nuclear waste to reduce waste and mining needs persists due to cost and complexity. Other tech news includes the FBI buying location data, Google pitching AI to the Pentagon, and Sony removing deepfake music. Quantum cryptography pioneers won the Turing Award, gamers criticize Nvidia's rendering model, and the White House registers the aliens.gov domain.