Paris, France, March 31, 2026 (AFP) - French state buys nuclear supercomputer firm

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France's government on Tuesday completed the purchase of the supercomputing arm of IT firm Atos, which builds machines for nuclear weapons development as well as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The move marked "a decisive step for France's technological sovereignty," economy minister Roland Lescure said in a statement -- a concern that has shot to the top of the agenda in Europe amid transatlantic tensions. Paris is now the only sh......

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