The breakthrough addresses concerns that powerful quantum computers could eventually crack encryption standards to leave vulnerable financial systems, government communications, health data and media.

The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in quantum error correction has ...

Quantum computing is no longer a technology of the future. Its ecosystem is being built now, and states that make meaningful investments early in quantum’s mainstream development will reap the rewards ...

Quantum computing is moving from lab curiosity to practical tool far faster than most people realize, and the shift could reorder entire industries in a single decade. Instead of incremental gains, ...

Inside most photonic chips, light races through tiny optical wires. It carries information far faster than electricity can in many conventional systems.

NVIDIA, the AI boom's $4 trillion chipmaker, is now betting on quantum computing—despite doubts about how soon the technology will pay off.

The federal government has drawn a line: encryption that protects bank transactions, power grids, and classified communications will not survive the arrival of large-scale quantum computers, and the ...

An international team of scientists from IBM, The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the ...

An international team of scientists from IBM, The University of Manchester, Oxford University, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the University of Regensburg have created and characterized a molecule unlike any ...

Andrew Jenkins has worked as an information analyst for an intelligence agency in Washington, D.C., for over 14 years. He is the author of the 2022 book, The Devil Made Crypto. Follow him on LinkedIn.