Android Leftovers

• Samsung's new 'Ingenius' commercials poke fun at the iPhone X

• Snapchat's payment feature is shutting down August 30

• PUBG Mobile servers DOWN: New Tencent update news for iOS and Android

• Nokia 3.1 will release in August, becoming Australia's cheapest Android One phone

• The phone maker that introduced Android to India is fading away

Launching Open Source Initiatives Is the Next Battleground In Quantum Computing

At a time when tech giants are ploughing millions of dollars in quantum computing and are striving ahead with breakthroughs, Google, Microsoft and IBM seem to be locked in an intense battle of quantum supremacy. Mountain View search giant announced Cirq — an open-source framework for NISQ computers. Cirq is an open-source initiative that allows developers to create algorithms that can run on a number of machines without having a full background in quantum physics. The Google blog notes that once installed — Cirq enables researchers to write quantum algorithms for specific quantum processors. “Cirq gives users fine-tuned control over quantum circuits, specifying gate behaviour using native gates, placing these gates appropriately on the device, and scheduling the timing of these gates within the constraints of the quantum hardware,” the blog notes. Cirq supports running these algorithms locally on a simulator and is designed to easily integrate with future quantum hardware or larger simulators via the cloud.

NetBSD Version 8.0 Released With New Features

NetBSD has a new major release in its 25th year. NetBSD 8.0 release brings several new features and improvements.

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