Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum computing shift

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Perhaps Microsoft just changed the history of technology forever. And the craziest part, this could make artificial intelligence look like a child's toy. After nearly 20 years of research, Microsoft announced it has discovered new stable states of matter that never decay, like a knot that cannot be untied, even if cut, burned, or crushed. They used this to build Majorana 1, a revolutionary quantum processor. Here's why it matters. Normal computers use bits, zero or one. Quantum computers use qubits, which can be in multiple states simultaneously, like a coin spinning in the air, billions of calculations at once. But qubits had one fatal flaw. They were incredibly fragile. The slightest interference and they collapse. Microsoft solved it.

[00:00:35]Their new qubits are 100 times smaller than before, far more stable, and resistant to random interference. A million of them fit on a chip the size of your palm. What this unlocks: batteries that last months, medicines tailored to [music] your exact biology, metals lighter than air but stronger than steel, accurate earthquake prediction, [music] quantum neural network solving problems we can't even approach today. 17 years, $2 billion, and many said quantum computing was still a decade away. What if the future already arrived? Drop your thoughts in the comments.