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Bill Gates says even he doesn't understand the math behind quantum computing, the next big thing in tech (MSFT)

Quantum computing is going to be huge. But it's also so complicated, even Bill Gates can't fully grasp how it works.

At the Microsoft Ignite conference today, CEO Satya Nadella laid out the company's vision for quantum computing, highlighting the potential for using these mega-powerful computers to find cures for cancer, solve climate change, and generally find answers to otherwise impossible questions.

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However, in a joint interview with Nadella in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says that the science behind quantum computing is so complex, it eludes even him.

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