Could we soon all be using QUANTUM PCs? Google may be on the verge of a breakthrough

Scientists and engineers around the world are quietly working on the next generation of machines which could usher in a new age of computing. Even the fastest supercomputers today are still bound by the system of 1's and 0's which enabled the very first machines to make calculations. But experts believe that drawing on the strange properties of the quantum world can enable computers to break free from these binary shackles, creating the most powerful problem-solving machines on the planet. Now, according to New Scientist, researchers at Google may announce a breakthrough as soon as next year, potentially reaching what the company terms'quantum supremacy' before anyone expected. Despite the great promise, one of the major stumbling blocks for the development of quantum computers has been demonstrating they can beat classical computers – achieving what computer scientists call quantum supremacy.