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The latest edition of The Quantum Technician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the quantum computing community in a single digest.

https://quantum.blaze.email/archive/the-quantum-technician-23-12-2025/

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The Quantum Technician 23-12-2025
🧩 Q# & GPU Simulation Certified Randomness Amplification with Q# (strathweb​.com). Explores certified randomness amplification with Q#, Python orchestration,...
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Combinatorial Morning in Tel Aviv, Sunday 28/12/2025

https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/combinatorial-morning-in-tel-aviv-sunday-28-12-2025/

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Combinatorial Morning in Tel Aviv, Sunday 28/12/2025
Summary: Combinatorics seminar in Tel Aviv with talks on quantum algorithms, 2-factors, Ramsey-Turan problems, and the sandglass conjecture.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Francis en LFDLC 662: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico

https://francis.naukas.com/2025/12/26/francis-en-lfdlc-662/

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Francis en LFDLC 662: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico
Summary: Francis discusses the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in superconducting circuits.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Quantum Error Correction goes FOOM

http://algassert.com/post/2503

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Quantum Error Correction goes FOOM
Summary: Gidney discusses quantum error correction FOOM potential, showing rep and surface codes, qubit quality, Moore-like growth, and hurdles.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Tiny Tapeout 8 demo competition entries

https://www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/tiny-tapeout-demo.html

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Tiny Tapeout 8 demo competition entries
Summary: Tiny Tapeout 8 demo entries; Verilator C++-simulated VGA, Skywater 130nm, FPGA (OrangeCrab), HDL, sine rotation, stereo RGB222, and ABAC music encoding
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December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The latest edition of The Quantum Technician has dropped! Check out all the latest news and posts from the quantum computing community in a single digest.

https://quantum.blaze.email/archive/the-quantum-technician-23-12-2025/

#quantum #quantumcomputing
The Quantum Technician 23-12-2025
🧩 Q# & GPU Simulation Certified Randomness Amplification with Q# (strathweb​.com). Explores certified randomness amplification with Q#, Python orchestration,...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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November’s Lectures, 2025

https://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/novembers-lectures-2025/

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November’s Lectures, 2025
Summary: November 2025 lectures cover combinatorics, AI explainability, quantum computing, robotics, and topology with Kalai highlighting Orit Raz, John Martinis, and Yuri Gurevich.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9425

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More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”
Summary: Scott Aaronson surveys quantum computing progress, Q2B talks, cryptography urgency, and public commentary dynamics.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Surprise: Free Will Needs Quantum Physics to Fail, Physicists Show

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/12/surprise-free-will-needs-quantum.html

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Surprise: Free Will Needs Quantum Physics to Fail, Physicists Show
Summary: Quantum foundations meet philosophy: free will debates, surprising implications, and experimental considerations.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A Stationary Action is Stable Information

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/a-stationary-action-is-stable-information/

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A Stationary Action is Stable Information
Summary: Maximal information in phase space limits, Planck's constant as unit conversion, stationary action as information stability in path integrals
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Certified Randomness Amplification with Q#

https://www.strathweb.com/2025/12/certified-randomness-amplification-with-qsharp/

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Certified Randomness Amplification with Q#
Summary: Explores certified randomness amplification with Q#, Python orchestration, Q# simulator, and XEB analytics via Liu et al.'s protocol.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Quantum Breakthrough: World’s First 10,000-Qubit Processor Achieves 100x Scaling Leap

https://blogs.gentoo.org/zmedico/2025/12/17/quantum-breakthrough-worlds-first-10000-qubit-processor-achieves-100x-scaling-leap/

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Quantum Breakthrough: World’s First 10,000-Qubit Processor Achieves 100x Scaling Leap
Summary: Breakthrough reports a 10,000-qubit processor achieving a 100x scaling leap, with implications for AI workloads and quantum optimization.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Generating Quantikz LaTeX Circuits from Q# Code

https://www.strathweb.com/2025/12/generating-quantikz-latex-circuits-from-qsharp-code/

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Generating Quantikz LaTeX Circuits from Q# Code
Summary: Generating Quantikz LaTeX circuits from Q# code using Q# Bridge in Jupyter with Python and LaTeX tooling
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December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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It from Bit, Bit from It

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/it-from-bit-bit-from-it/

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It from Bit, Bit from It
Summary: Relational Quantum Mechanics by Rovelli explained via observer dependence, information as correlation, and the thermodynamic cost of measurement collapse.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The Synchronization Tax

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/the-synchronization-tax/

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The Synchronization Tax
Summary: Explores time as entropy, Lamport's causality, and money as memory; synchronization costs in physics, distributed systems, and finance.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9375

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Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time
Summary: Shtetl-Optimized reflections on choosing between pure understanding and societal impact, with mentions of MacAskill, AGI safety, and pro-social goals.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Hello, World: Proof of Human Comes to Messaging

https://blog.shanemac.com/hello-world-proof-of-human-comes-to-messaging/

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Hello, World: Proof of Human Comes to Messaging
Summary: World Chat uses XMTP and proof-of-human to create a quantum-resistant, verified-human messaging network.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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100+ Years Old Debate About Quantum Reality Settled With Experiment. Really?

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/12/100-years-old-debate-about-quantum.html

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100+ Years Old Debate About Quantum Reality Settled With Experiment. Really?
Summary: Quantum foundations debate, experimental tests, and interpretations discussed by Sabine Hossenfelder and collaborators
backreaction.blogspot.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Francis en Luciérnagas: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico

https://francis.naukas.com/2025/12/09/francis-en-luciernagas-premio-nobel-de-fisica-2025-al-efecto-tunel-cuantico-macroscopico/

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Francis en Luciérnagas: Premio Nobel de Física 2025 al efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico
Summary: Francis en Luciérnagas comenta el Premio Nobel 2025 por el efecto túnel cuántico macroscópico en superconductores y qubits
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December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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100 Years of Quantum Physics: Rise of the Matrix (1925)

https://galileo-unbound.blog/2025/12/03/100-years-of-quantum-physics-rise-of-the-matrix-1925/

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100 Years of Quantum Physics: Rise of the Matrix (1925)
Summary: Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics origins, Bohr-Sommerfeld limits, and the Born–Jordan collaboration shaping quantum theory.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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On Randomness

https://www.seriousanimals.com/on-randomness/

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On Randomness
Summary: Explores whether quantum randomness is real or an interpretation, arguing for structured causality and critiquing ontological randomness.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Observational Entropy and Quantum Darwinism

https://www.symmetrybroken.com/observational-entropy-and-quantum-darwinism/

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Observational Entropy and Quantum Darwinism
Summary: Observational Entropy minimization links dynamical einselection to Quantum Darwinism, tested via Kwiat–Zeilinger interrogation optimization.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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The Next Big Thing in Tech is Almost Here

https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-next-big-thing-in-tech-is-almost.html

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The Next Big Thing in Tech is Almost Here
Summary: Tech's next big thing is nearly here, exploring AI, quantum tools, and emerging platforms with Sabine Hossenfelder's insights.
backreaction.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Theory and AI Alignment

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=9333

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Theory and AI Alignment
Summary: Theoretical CS views on AI alignment, watermarking LLM outputs, backdoors, interpretability, and complexity theory insights.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Sounds plausible

https://blogs.gentoo.org/zmedico/2025/12/05/sounds-plausible/

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Sounds plausible
Summary: Zac Medico discusses Holonomic AI, HUFD, and machine learning in a Gentoo blog post about AI plausibility and evolving world-models.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Run AI Models Locally: A New Laptop Era Begins – IEEE Spectrum

https://blog.quintarelli.it/2025/12/run-ai-models-locally-a-new-laptop-era-begins-ieee-spectrum/

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Run AI Models Locally: A New Laptop Era Begins – IEEE Spectrum
Summary: Local AI training on laptops accelerates as NPUs and unified memory reshape PC design for AI workloads, per Quinta and IEEE Spectrum.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM