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    A Chinese supercomputer, the Dawning 4000A, is expected to rank high on an upcoming list of the fastest machines, underscoring geopolitical effects of a new approach to high-performance computing.

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    A long-held hope could be approaching reality, as researchers in the United States get closer to an eye implant designed to restore sight to the blind.

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