Researchers Send Twin Photons 7 Kilometers Across Brazil’s Guanabara Bay
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — José Tadeu Arantes | Agência FAPESP — Researchers at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) have taken an important step toward quantum communication and the creation of an ultra-secure internet. They generated pairs of “twin photons,” or particles of light, and showed that the photons maintained a strong correlation even after one […]
Altera and Riverlane Partner to Bring Quantum Error Correction Support to Agilex FPGAs
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Altera, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, and Riverlane, the world leader in quantum error correction (QEC) technology and tools, today announced their partnership to help quantum hardware developers build more flexible control and error-correction systems that can process quantum data in parallel and rapidly move correction information through […]
Infleqtion and Cisco Collaborate on Quantum Networking Research
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Infleqtion, a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral atom technology, today announced a collaboration with Cisco to pursue joint research and development focused on connecting, operating, and scaling quantum systems. Together, the companies will explore architectures to link individual devices into distributed, more capable networks, […]
Researchers And AI Agents Cut Estimated Quantum Cost of Attacking Bitcoin Encryption by 86%
Insider Brief An open research project combining human scientists with AI agents has sharply reduced the estimated quantum computing resources needed for a key step in attacking the encryption used by Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain networks. The study, posted on arXiv, describes how more than 100 contributors improved a quantum circuit for elliptic-curve point […]
Cal State East Bay Opens Pathways to Careers in Quantum Technology
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — California is building the future of computing, and Cal State East Bay is helping ensure its students have a pathway to it. A new $37.5 million National Science Foundation investment will help bring quantum science out of research labs and into undergraduate classrooms. As part of the UC Berkeley-led initiative, […]
Singular Photonics Launches Litavis SPAD Image Sensor
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Singular Photonics, an innovator in single-photon imaging, today announced the launch of its most advanced image sensor to date. Litavis is the world’s first single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor using in-pixel processing to unify imaging, timing, histogramming and photon statistics on a single chip. Designed to bring unprecedented flexibility and […]
Italy Courts IonQ as Rome Seeks Deeper U.S. Quantum Ties
Insider Brief Italy is seeking closer cooperation with IonQ and other U.S. technology groups as Rome tries to turn its scientific strengths into a more competitive quantum industry. Alessio Butti, Italy’s undersecretary of state for technological innovation and digital transition, placed quantum technology near the center of a three-city U.S. mission that began in New […]
Xanadu and AMD Launch Backline for Low-Latency Quantum-Classical Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited (“Xanadu“; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, in collaboration with AMD today announced the release of Backline, an open-platform solution, co-designed by Xanadu and AMD, for rapid communications between quantum and classical computing hardware. Backline is built using Xanadu’s open-source PennyLane software platform to solve […]
Chalmers Researchers Make Bosonic Quantum Operations More Than 1,000 Times Faster
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — So far, quantum computers have been held back by their extreme sensitivity to errors and external disturbances. The longer a quantum operation takes, the greater the risk that computational errors will occur. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have developed a new method that allows a wide […]
Steve Hoffman Discusses Quantum Technology Adoption in U.S. Defense
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — HELM Innovations Highlights Urgency of Operationalizing Quantum Technology in Fed Gov Today Interview Founder and President Steve Hoffman discusses how DoW can better connect emerging technology with warfighter needs, experimentation and operational transition HELM Innovations, LLC Founder and President Steve Hoffman joined Francis Rose on Fed Gov Today to discuss why the Department of War […]