How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers

1. Your passwords — and everybody else’s — won’t stand a chance against a hacker with a quantum computer.

By Dan Goodin in Ars Technica

2. Is China the new Spanish Empire?

By Jacob Soll in Politico Europe

3. The earned income tax credit keeps millions out of poverty. Leave it alone.

By the Editors of Bloomberg View

4. NASA wants to stop hitching rides to space with Russia.

By Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden in Wired

5. Google has a secret interview process — and it starts with your Google searches.

By Max Rosett in the Hustle

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