Google Introduces Sycamore Quantum Computer

On October 23rd 2019, Google announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing. With the use of their new 54 - qubit processor, named Sycamore, their quantum computer successfully completed a problem in 200 seconds. Google says that such a feat would have taken a super computer 10,000 year to solve. Google's quantum computer uses qubits as opposed to the 1s and 0s of a classical computer. This allows the data to exists in multiple states

Th use of quibits offers the quantum computer greater speed in solving complicated computations. However, Google's rival, IBM says that its super computer can run the same computation in 2.5years as opposed to 10,000 years.

Virgin Orbit Aiming For Mars

On October 9th 2019, Virgin Orbit announced that it would soon be launching its first satellite into orbit in November of 2019.The bulk of Virgin Orbit's business will involve lifting satellites into low Earth orbit. The ultimate goal of the Virgin Galactic sibling is to send cubesats to Mars by the year 2022. The company plans to use an air launch rocket called LauncherOne, which will be attached to a modified 747 known as Comic Girl.