The article seems to detail exactly what the headline says. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Correct.

In this economy?

Super clickbait headline. The article doesn’t really even mention “practically infinite energy,” and the edge state isn’t hidden, it’s just too fast and small to accurately experiment with.

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Despite providing a username, it’s probably more difficult for the Heritage foundation to find them than it was for the hacker(s) to gain entry to the system. Even the announcement was encrypted via telegram.