Software giant Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) shares trended on Stocktwits, with retail sentiment improving as investors weighed in on a couple of technology breakthroughs announced on Wednesday. In a blog post,

Microsoft on Wednesday announced Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip. The achievement comes after the company has spent nearly two decades of research in the field. Technologists believe quantum computers could one day efficiently solve problems that would be taxing if not impossible for classical computers.

Shares of quantum computing companies wavered on Thursday after jumping yesterday on renewed investor interest in the nascent technology. Quantum computing stocks like Rigetti (RGTI), Quantum Computing (QUBT),