TII Opens Cloud Access to Its Superconducting QPUs
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced the launch of a cloud service providing access to Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) developed by TII’s Quantum Computing Hardware Lab. Initially available to TII partners, the service enables users to run […]
Understanding the Quantum Computing Hardware Landscape
Insider Brief Quantum computing is often discussed as if it were a single technology. Underneath that label, however, are multiple hardware approaches built on very different physical foundations – from superconducting circuits to trapped ions and photonic systems, all fall under the same umbrella – but the engineering behind them differs significantly. The field can […]
Italian Court Halts IBM’s €61 Million Quantum Contract in Campania
Insider Brief An Italian court has halted a €61 million — or about $72 million U.S. — contract to install a quantum computing system at the University of Salerno, stalling the Campania region’s plan to build a “quantum valley” in southern Italy. The Regional Administrative Court of Naples accepted an appeal challenging the award of […]
Guest Post — Helium-Free Magnetic Refrigeration Supports Continuous Milli-Kelvin Temperatures For Quantum Research
Guest Post by by Jim McMahon Cryogenic characterization is a must to accelerate and enable breakthrough science and quantum technologies. Quantum sensors, quantum communication devices and future quantum computers will rely on scalable and efficient cooling for their operation. Quantum computers rely on qubits, which can exist in multiple states simultaneously. These quantum states are extremely […]
Guest Post — Quantum Computing and the Future of Digital Asset Custody: What Institutions Should Prepare for Now
Guest Post By Dr. Sharmila S, Principal Scientist, Liminal Custody Quantum computing is no longer just a far-off idea, it’s becoming a real strategic concern. While we don’t yet have those large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum machines, their future impact on cryptography is already compelling institutions to reconsider how they approach security, governance, and infrastructure resilience. Consider […]
Guest Post: Quantum and Games — The Shift Developers Can’t Afford to Ignore
Guest Post by Dr James Wootton CSO at Moth. Game developers work at the frontier of innovation when it comes to what can be achieved with classical computing. Every year, games look better, worlds get bigger and systems get smarter. From the outside, it feels like steady progress without limits. But when you look at game […]
Quantum Co-laboratory Extends Five-Year National Collaboration
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Canada’s leading quantum research institutions are driving a unified national effort to advance quantum innovation and talent development through the Quantum Co-laboratory, a network that links specialized research infrastructure and unique expertise across the country. Entering a second five-year term, the partnership now includes the University of Calgary’s Institute for […]
Phoenix and Quantum Technology: Arizona’s Industrial Bet on the Quantum Economy
Insider Brief Over two days in Phoenix this week, local officials, manufacturers, researchers, international partners and representatives from the U.S. Air Force met across a series of roundtables and meetings to discuss what it would take to build a regional quantum ecosystem. The visit, led by Matt Cimaglia, founder and managing partner of Quantum Coast […]
Photonic Inc. Appoints New Executive Chair and Four New Directors to its Board of Directors
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Photonic Inc., a leader in distributed quantum computing and communications technologies, today announced the appointment of a new Executive Chair and four new directors to its Board of Directors, following the close of its recent $180 million CAD ($130 million USD) investment round. Joining Photonic Founder Dr. Stephanie Simmons, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Paul Terry, Dr. Hermann Hauser, […]
Gravity Still Sucks — But Researchers Say Quantum Interference Could Make it Push
Insider Brief Gravity may be able to push instead of pull — at least in a exquisitely and very carefully engineered quantum experiment — according to a new theoretical proposal that also outlines a simpler path to testing whether gravity itself is fundamentally quantum. Before anyone starts investing in anti-gravity machines or an anti-gravity machine […]