UK Lawmaker Proposes U.K.-U.S. Quantum Partnership Can be a Strategic Counterweight to China
Insider Brief A transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and the U.K. could serve as a fulcrum in the global effort to develop quantum computing, with Quantinuum positioned as a leading example of how combined capabilities may accelerate progress and shape geopolitical competition. In a Wall Street Journal opinion column, Tom Tugendhat, a member of the […]
ANELLO Photonics And Q-CTRL Announce Strategic Collaboration to Explore Resilient UAV Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — – ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope (SiPhOG™) and a leader in solid-state, high-precision inertial navigation systems, and Q-CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software for real-world quantum applications, today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of resilient navigation solutions for unmanned aerial […]
Study Finds More Qubits Yield Better Financial Optimization Outcomes
Insider Brief Quantum hardware is beginning to show measurable gains on real financial problems, with larger qubit systems delivering better portfolio outcomes in direct comparisons with classical methods. A blog post, detailing results from a collaboration involving IonQ and Kipu Quantum, reports that increasing the size of executable quantum subproblems — from 36 to 64 […]
What Quantum Technology is and Why it Matters
Insider Brief The term “quantum technology” has entered mainstream discourse with increasing frequency, appearing in government policy documents, corporate strategy announcements, venture capital portfolios, and media headlines. However, the phrase often gets used imprecisely, sometimes referring exclusively to quantum computing while ignoring equally transformative developments in sensing and communications. Quantum technology is not a single […]
Top Photonic Quantum Computing Companies in 2026
Insider Brief What is Photonic Quantum Computing? Photonic quantum computing encodes information in photons, individual particles of light, rather than in superconducting circuits or trapped ions. This approach offers several distinctive properties. Photonic systems can operate at room temperature, avoiding the costly dilution refrigerators required by superconducting qubits. They are naturally compatible with existing fiber […]
ZeroTier Launches ZeroTier Quantum, an End-to-End Quantum-Secure Networking Platform
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ZeroTier, a leading software-defined networking company, announced today the launch of ZeroTier Quantum, the world’s highest performance, most secure software-defined networking platform. Designed for on-wire, data center level speed, ZeroTier’s quantum cryptographic construction meets NIST and NSA’s highest standards at CNSA 2.0 — exceeding PQC hurdles targeted by governments and […]
Dell Technologies Expands Cybersecurity And Resilience For The AI Era And Emerging Quantum Risks
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) introduces new security by design and cyber resilience capabilities to help organizations secure, detect and recover from next-generation threats. The enhancements address emerging risks from quantum computing and AI by hardening device foundations, strengthening cyber resilience when incidents occur and extending threat detection into AI data platforms. […]
Canada Invests $900 Million in Quantum Technology for Defence Applications
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Today, the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced that the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is investing over $900 million, through Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, in […]
‘Quantum Telepathy’ Could Tap Near-Term Quantum Computers For Real-World Applications
Insider Brief Quantum entanglement — the strange correlation between particles separated in space — could soon move from physics laboratories into practical technologies that help computers, networks and even financial trading systems coordinate decisions when communication is limited, according to a new study. Scientists from Fudan University and the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary […]
Walton Institute at SETU And Q*Bird Deploy Ireland’s First QKD Network With Expandable Architecture
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Q*Bird, the Dutch leader in quantum secure communication, in collaboration with the Walton Institute at South East Technological University in Waterford (SETU), has deployed Ireland’s first multi-node, entanglement-based Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution (MDI-QKD) network. The deployment forms part of the IrelandQCI project, the country’s national quantum communications initiative and a […]