The final week of March brought several game-changing shifts across the tech landscape.

Quantum computing researchers at MIT demonstrated a stable 128-qubit processor that maintained coherence for an unprecedented 17 minutes, while Boston Dynamics unveiled a household robot capable of preparing meals from scratch using only verbal instructions.

Meanwhile, Apple’s surprise acquisition of a struggling Twitter sparked fierce debate about digital media consolidation, and Microsoft’s new AI-powered coding platform cut development time by 62% in industry trials.