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Maria Korolov

@mariakorolov.bsky.social
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Technology journalist covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing. Science fiction author and magazine editor. Also -- retired war correspondent.

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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest story is up at Network World: Google’s first prototype satellite is going up, kicking off its space-based data center project www.networkworld.com/article/4227...
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Google’s first prototype satellite is going up, kicking off its space-based data center project
Google is sending the first batch of its AI chips to space next week on a SpaceX rocket to see how the TPUs handle the physical stress of spaceflight and the radiation and temperature extremes of spac...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was at the Oktane conference in Las Vegas this week, and my story about Okta's latest announcements is up at CSO: Okta bets on identity to control AI agents, but is identity enough? www.csoonline.com/article/4225...
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Okta bets on identity to control AI agents, but is identity enough?
Identity provider Okta is investing heavily to secure the agents enterprise, but even authenticated agents can do harm, leaving room for debate in the hotly contested agentic AI security space.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was at the Oktane conference in Las Vegas this week, and my story about Okta's latest announcements is up at CSO: Okta bets on identity to control AI agents, but is identity enough? www.csoonline.com/article/4225...
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Okta bets on identity to control AI agents, but is identity enough?
Identity provider Okta is investing heavily to secure the agents enterprise, but even authenticated agents can do harm, leaving room for debate in the hotly contested agentic AI security space.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My latest story recently went up at CIO magazine: The agentic AI transition is underway While enterprises differ on how far along they are in the process, nearly every company is adopting AI agents to some degree... www.cio.com/article/4220...
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The agentic AI transition is underway
While enterprises differ on how far along they are in the process, nearly every company is adopting AI agents to some degree. The most mature are rebuilding operations and even business models around ...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My story was just posted at CSO magazine: 10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities as concerns grow about agentic tools security risks. www.csoonline.com/article/5754...
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10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities as concerns grow about agentic tools security risks.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My latest article is up at CSO magazine: 50% of CISOs see Mythos as a sign to exit the profession No strangers to stress, security execs recognize cutting-edge AI capabilities as a harbinger of challenges.... www.csoonline.com/article/4218...
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50% of CISOs see Mythos as a sign to exit the profession
No strangers to stress, security execs recognize cutting-edge AI capabilities as a harbinger of challenges that will make the top cyber role untenable unless liability, authority, and alignment issues...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My latest story just posted at Network World: Private AI cloud, agentic infrastructure dominate VMware Explore VMware Explore kicks off with AI announcements including a new VMware AI Factory infrastructure stack, new agent governance platforms... www.networkworld.com/article/4215...
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Private AI cloud, agentic infrastructure dominate VMware Explore
VMware Explore kicks off with AI announcements including a new VMware AI Factory infrastructure stack, new agent governance platforms, and a new focus on open-source security.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My latest AI article for CIO magazine: Leadership bottlenecks slow AI adoption As AI technology evolves at a breakneck pace, it's not its technical limitations that slow adoption, but change management and other leadership bottlenecks. www.cio.com/article/4186...
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Leadership bottlenecks slow AI adoption
As AI technology evolves at a breakneck pace, it's not its technical limitations that slow adoption, but change management and other leadership bottlenecks.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My latest article is up at Network World: Federal quantum bet grows with DARPA’s $125 million PsiQuantum award The federal government awarded $125 million to quantum computer maker PsiQuantum this week, along with ... www.networkworld.com/article/4200...
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Federal quantum bet grows with DARPA's $125 million PsiQuantum award
The federal government awarded $125 million to quantum computer maker PsiQuantum this week, along with a new $5 billion commitment to cutting-edge technologies including quantum.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My latest article is up at Network World: AI tie-in accelerates quantum usefulness, early adopters say Quantum computers are being seen as partners for AI, and specialist firms are emerging to help take quantum technology from research labs into ... www.networkworld.com/article/4195...
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AI tie-in accelerates quantum usefulness, early adopters say
Quantum computers are being seen as partners for AI, and specialist firms are emerging to help take quantum technology from research labs into the real world.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My article on AI ROI was posted at CIO magazine this week: Why is it so hard to measure the ROI of AI? Everyone is losing money on AI. Every company is making money on AI... Why is it so hard to get a straight answer .... www.cio.com/article/4183...
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Why is it so hard to measure the ROI of AI?
Everyone is losing money on AI. Every company is making money on AI. AI is having no impact on productivity. It's having a huge impact. It's disruptive. It's not disrupting anything. Why is it so hard...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
My latest article is up at CIO magazine: Agentic AI: 11 promising use cases for business Organizations are deploying the ever-advancing technology to assist with software programming... www.cio.com/article/3603...
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Agentic AI: 11 promising use cases for business
Organizations are deploying the ever-advancing technology to assist with software programming, create advanced business intelligence, and automate customer support and HR functions.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Or read today's installment for free on our website: www.metastellar.com/fiction/seri...
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The Catalyst Installment 17
‘There is a son. Justin Harrison Senior cloned his dead kid. Somewhere there is another kid. Another Justin Harrison.’
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Watch the author herself read today's installment of the thrilling novel "The Catalyst" on the MetaStellar YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU6K...
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Installment Seventeen - The Catalyst by Andrea Goyan, a MetaStellar Serialization
YouTube video by MetaStellar
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Watch Maria, Emma and Regina tell you about today's top five FREE sci-fi and fantasy bestsellers on the MetaStellar YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWj...
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR MAY 1, 2026
YouTube video by MetaStellar
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My latest story is up at Network World: QuEra claims quantum error correction breakthrough with 2-to-1 qubit ratio Neutral atom company QuEra has a dramatic reduction in the number of physical qubits needed to create one logical qubit... www.networkworld.com/article/4165...
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QuEra claims quantum error correction breakthrough with 2-to-1 qubit ratio
Neutral atom company QuEra has run a simulation showing a dramatic reduction in the number of physical qubits needed to create one logical qubit, but for memory, not computation.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My latest article is up at CIO magazine: Your AI agent is ready to go. Is your infrastructure?As agentic AI moves from pilots to production, enterprises are discovering that the biggest gaps aren’t in the capabilities of the AI itself... www.cio.com/article/4159...
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Your AI agent is ready to go. Is your infrastructure?
As agentic AI moves from pilots to production, enterprises are discovering that the biggest gaps aren’t in the capabilities of the AI itself, but the infrastructure they have in place to support it.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My latest article is up at CSO magazine: AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats Amazon Web Services has launched numerous security innovations in its first two decades. Three in particular will play key roles... www.csoonline.com/article/4164...
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Amazon Web Services has launched numerous security innovations in its first two decades. Three in particular will play key roles in how the hyperscaler responds to some of the most challenging cyber i...
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New on our channel: Author Henry Lien, with hosts Andrea Goyan and E.E. King... Awesome interview about Eastern storytelling and his “Peasprout Chen” series, described as “Hermione Granger meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the Ice Capades meets Mean Girls.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8S...
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Long Lost Friends interview with author Henry Lien
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest article is up at Network World: AI data bursts force rethink of data center networking at Backblaze AI-related traffic moves differently, especially during training cycles... www.networkworld.com/article/4164...
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AI data bursts force rethink of data center networking at Backblaze
AI-related traffic moves differently, especially during training cycles. To cope with sudden spikes, network managers have to rethink their infrastructure.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest story is up at CIO magazine: Startup tackles knowledge graphs to improve AI accuracy Lovelace, led by the former head of Google Cloud AI, says its platform will make LLMs and agentic AI systems more reliable and auditable. www.cio.com/article/4164...
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Startup tackles knowledge graphs to improve AI accuracy
Lovelace, led by the former head of Google Cloud AI, says its platform will make LLMs and agentic AI systems more reliable and auditable.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My latest story is up at CIO magazine: Startup tackles knowledge graphs to improve AI accuracy Lovelace, led by the former head of Google Cloud AI, says its platform will make LLMs and agentic AI systems more reliable and auditable. www.cio.com/article/4164...
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Startup tackles knowledge graphs to improve AI accuracy
Lovelace, led by the former head of Google Cloud AI, says its platform will make LLMs and agentic AI systems more reliable and auditable.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
My latest article is up at Network World: Space data-center news: Roundup of extraterrestrial AI endeavors We're keeping tabs on efforts to launch AI into orbit, including new customers for the largest orbital compute cluster ... www.networkworld.com/article/4162...
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Space data-center news: Roundup of extraterrestrial AI endeavors
We're keeping tabs on efforts to launch AI into orbit, including new customers for the largest orbital compute cluster, the first commercial space data storage service, and a proposed marketplace for ...
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Revisiting the Classics: Black Destroyer by A. E. Van Vogt The story represents some of the very best of Golden Age sci-fi as it's both beautiful and hostile.
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Revisiting the Classics: Black Destroyer by A. E. Van Vogt
The story represents some of the very best of Golden Age sci-fi as it's both beautiful and hostile.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
How to Write Fantasy Settings that Feel Ancient If you’re writing a story with deep worldbuilding, you want to make your story feel much older than it seems.
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How to Write Fantasy Settings that Feel Ancient
If you’re writing a story with deep worldbuilding, you want to make your story feel much older than it seems.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Catalyst Installment 14 “I’m sorry, what? How do you download DNA?”
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The Catalyst Installment 14
“I’m sorry, what? How do you download DNA?”
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Writing the Future A fortune teller writes the future for her AI android clients, etching lines onto their palms. A bureaucrat visits, assuming the worst.
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Writing the Future
A fortune teller writes the future for her AI android clients, etching lines onto their palms. A bureaucrat visits, assuming the worst.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Humanity’s Last First Hope Apollina was born with the head of a fly, and otherwise normal. 
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Humanity’s Last First Hope
Apollina was born with the head of a fly, and otherwise normal. 
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Spell Check Episode 39 Springtime!
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Spell Check Episode 39
Springtime!
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Author Perspectives: Emma Burnett on Writing Style, Catharsis, and Her Upcoming Novella. Grace Kielstra interviews Emma Burnett, one of MetaStellar's authors, on the impact her academic research has had on her fiction writing, the conversations she hopes her upcoming novella will bring about, and…
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Author Perspectives: Emma Burnett on Writing Style, Catharsis, and Her Upcoming Novella.
Grace Kielstra interviews Emma Burnett, one of MetaStellar's authors, on the impact her academic research has had on her fiction writing, the conversations she hopes her upcoming novella will bring about, and the effort and beauty of exploring different writing styles and perspectives.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Maria, Emma and Regina talk about todays five FREE sci-fi and fantasy bestsellers! (There's an urban fantasy box set that Maria will definitely be diving into!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVgz...
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR APR 17, 2026
YouTube video by MetaStellar
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My latest story is up at CSO magazine: NIST cuts down CVE analysis amid vulnerability overload www.csoonline.com/article/4159...
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NIST cuts down CVE analysis amid vulnerability overload
The agency will only add enrichment details to CVEs in limited cases going forward, prioritizing known exploited flaws and vaguely defined ‘critical software.’
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And another one of my quantum-related stories just posted on Network World today, as well: Fixing encryption isn’t enough. Quantum developments put focus on authentication www.networkworld.com/article/4158...
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Fixing encryption isn't enough. Quantum developments put focus on authentication
According to the latest Google research, it could take as few as 1,200 logical qubits for a quantum computer to break elliptic curve cryptography. That means enterprises are up against the difficult challenge of securing their authentication mechanisms.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My latest story is up at Network World -- just in time for World Quantum Day! Curious about quantum? Check out training options from ISC2, IBM, AWS and more www.networkworld.com/article/4157...
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Curious about quantum? Check out training options from ISC2, IBM, AWS and more
ISC2 released a 30-minute primer on the cybersecurity implications of quantum computing. If you want to dig deeper, there are many quantum training options that don't require going back to school for ...
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Watch the MetaStellar team talk about today's top five FREE bestsellers in sci-fi and fantasy on our YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW8P...
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR APR 10, 2026
YouTube video by MetaStellar
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 10, 2026 We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes werewolves, a magic school, and a space opera by a USA Today bestselling author.
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 10, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes werewolves, a magic school, and a space opera by a USA Today bestselling author.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Spell Check Episode 38: Glasses Wiz sees the world through a whole new perspective.
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Spell Check Episode 38: Glasses
Wiz sees the world through a whole new perspective.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Spell Check Episode 37: Awesome The brightest stars burn the fastest, then come back as a reanimated skeleton.
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Spell Check Episode 37: Awesome
The brightest stars burn the fastest, then come back as a reanimated skeleton.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Watch Maria, Emma, and Regina talk about today's top FREE SFF bestsellers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd5U...
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR APR 3, 2026
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 3, 2026 We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an alien invasion, an EMP apocalypse, a cozy magical mystery, and a kick-ass vampire slayer.
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 3, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes an alien invasion, an EMP apocalypse, a cozy magical mystery, and a kick-ass vampire slayer.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My latest story is up at Network World: New tool on AWS makes it easier to develop quantum error correction Quantum error correction is the heart of what's going to make quantum computing a reality... www.networkworld.com/article/4153...
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New tool on AWS makes it easier to develop quantum error correction
Quantum computers are no longer a physics challenge but an engineering one, and quantum error correction is the heart of what's going to make quantum computing a reality. A new tool uses AI-powered di...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My latest story is up at Network World: New tool on AWS makes it easier to develop quantum error correction Quantum error correction is the heart of what's going to make quantum computing a reality... www.networkworld.com/article/4153...
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New tool on AWS makes it easier to develop quantum error correction
Quantum computers are no longer a physics challenge but an engineering one, and quantum error correction is the heart of what's going to make quantum computing a reality. A new tool uses AI-powered di...
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
My latest story is up at CIO magazine: Top global and US AI regulations to look out for Countries began regulating gen AI in 2023, and a raft of new policies is slated to go into effect this year. www.cio.com/article/4143...
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Top global and US AI regulations to look out for
Countries began regulating gen AI in 2023, and a raft of new policies is slated to go into effect this year.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We tell you about the top five FREE sci-fi and fantasy bestsellers on Amazon -- the top one is a romantasy by a USA Today bestselling author! Another is about a guy hunting the vampires who killed his wife. youtu.be/eyFvnAzEVlk
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR MAR 27, 2026
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 27, 2026 We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a USA Today bestselling author and a box set of books about a professional ghost hunter.
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 27, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a USA Today bestselling author and a box set of books about a professional ghost hunter.
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My latest article is up at CSO magazine: Google: The quantum apocalypse is coming sooner than we thought The company has advanced its timeline for viable quantum computing, and thus the necessity of migrating to quantum-safe encryption, to 2029. www.csoonline.com/article/4150...
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Google: The quantum apocalypse is coming sooner than we thought
The company has advanced its timeline for viable quantum computing, and thus the necessity of migrating to quantum-safe encryption, to 2029.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The team here at MetaStellars reads the first few chapters of the top five FREE bestselling sci-fi and fantasy books on Amazon! (And we really liked one of them!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooiM...
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FREE FRIDAY: TOP FREE AMAZON SCI-FI AND FANTASY BOOKS FOR MAR 20, 2026
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 20, 2026 We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a bit of everything. Epic fantasy. Aliens... EMP survival. Werewolf romance. And a woman…
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 20, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a bit of everything. Epic fantasy. Aliens... EMP survival. Werewolf romance. And a woman mysteriously thrown into a parallel universe where magic is real -- and where she is now half her age.
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metastellar.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The latest MetaStellar author interview video is up on our YouTube channel! Author Perspectives: Andrew Akers on Collaborative Storytelling and Predicting the Future www.youtube.com/watch?v=53CT...
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Author Perspectives: Andrew Akers on Collaborative Storytelling and Predicting the Future
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Maria Korolov @mariakorolov.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My latest article is up at Network World: Nvidia joins push for data centers in space At the GTC conference this week, Nvidia shared its plans to bring AI and accelerated computing to space, joining a slew of other tech giants .... www.networkworld.com/article/4147...
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Nvidia joins push for data centers in space
At the GTC conference this week, Nvidia shared its plans to bring AI and accelerated computing to space, joining a slew of other tech giants with out-of-this-world computing ideas.
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