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NEC, one of the original pioneers of quantum computing, has quietly stepped back from hardware development — a significant moment given the company helped lay the groundwork for the field back in the nineteen nineties. NEC says it will continue exploring practical applications, but building the machines themselves is apparently no longer part of the plan.
Shifting to the wrist, Apple Watch users who take strength training seriously have long complained that the native Workout app simply cannot track individual sets and reps — leaving them dependent on third-party apps. A new leak tied to watchOS twenty seven suggests Apple may finally be closing that gap, with rep and set logging potentially arriving alongside the Ultra four this fall.
And for musicians and audio enthusiasts, a genuinely remarkable free tool has landed. Autodafe's Vintage Emulator Studio uses the open-source MAME emulator to recreate forty four classic synthesizers at the chip level, meaning the sound is generated the same way the original hardware produced it — not sampled, not approximated, but authentically reconstructed.
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