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No, entanglement cannot be used to transfer information faster than the speed of light. This is due to a principle in physics called the no-communication theorem, which states that it is impossible to use quantum entanglement to transmit information instantaneously.

Entanglement is a phenomenon in which two or more quantum particles become correlated in such a way that the state of one particle is dependent on the state of the other(s). When two particles are entangled, measuring the state of one particle will instantaneously determine the state of the other particle, regardless of the distance between them.

However, this instantaneous correlation does not allow for the transfer of information at faster-than-light speeds. While measuring one particle may instantaneously determine the state of the other, it does not provide any information about what specific measurement was performed on the entangled particle. Therefore, it is not possible to transmit meaningful information or messages faster than the speed of light using entanglement.

Quantum computers utilize entanglement as a resource to perform certain types of calculations more efficiently, but this does not involve faster-than-light communication. The speed at which quantum information is processed in a quantum computer still obeys the fundamental limits set by the speed of light.

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