Guest Post: Inside Africa’s Coordinated Race to Secure a Post-Quantum Future
Guest Post by By Somtochukwu Igwegbe More than two trillion dollars moved through mobile money worldwide in 2025, and roughly two-thirds of that value flowed through sub-Saharan Africa, according to GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026. For a fifth of adults in the region, a mobile money account is the only […]
Photonic Quantum Technology Companies in 2026
Insider Brief Most quantum computers rely on extreme cooling to keep their qubits stable. Photonic quantum computers take a different route by using photons, particles of light, as the carriers of quantum information. This allows the processors themselves to operate at room temperature and connects the technology with existing optical infrastructure used in communications. The […]
SKKU-led Team Identifies ‘Zinc Oxide Spin Qubit’ — A Semiconductor-Based Quantum Technology
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A research team led by SKKU Professor Hosung Seo of the Department of Quantum Information Engineering and the SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology, working with the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Washington, has identified—for the first time—an atomic defect structure in the zinc oxide (ZnO) semiconductor with outstanding […]
Quantum Materials Engineering – The Atoms Powering Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Quantum computing is often portrayed as a race to build better qubits, but this is just part of the bigger challenge. Beneath every qubit is an endeavor to find the right material that can make quantum behavior possible. Researchers are exploring superconducting metals, ultra-pure silicon, engineered crystal defects, and topological compounds. They seek […]
WISER and E.ON Advance Energy Demand Forecasting with Quantum Machine Learning
Insider Brief Press release – The Washington Institute for STEM, Entrepreneurship and Research (WISER) announces the successful completion of a research collaboration with E.ON on energy demand forecasting using quantum machine learning. The joint project, published on arXiv, explores two hybrid quantum-classical approaches for forecasting correlated electricity consumption time series, Kernelized Quantum Reservoir Computing with Repeated […]
Rigetti Computing to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 6
Insider Brief Press release – Rigetti Computing, Inc. (“Rigetti” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RGTI), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, announced today that it will release second quarter 2026 results on Thursday, August 6, 2026, after market close. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results and provide an update on […]
Digital Catapult and NQCC Select 11 Organisations for Quantum Technology Access Programme
Insider Brief Press release – Digital Catapult has today welcomed eleven leading organisations to the third cohort of its Quantum Technology Access Programme (QTAP), delivered in collaboration with the National Quantum Computing Centre’s (NQCC) SparQ programme. Designed to accelerate the practical application of quantum innovation in industry, the cohort includes NatWest, the Rail Safety and […]
Terra Quantum and Apex.AI Integrate NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Into Robotics Software
Insider Brief Press release – Terra Quantum, a global leader in quantum technologies, and Apex.AI, a leading provider of safe and secure software for software-defined vehicles and intelligent machines, today announced the successful implementation of NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography (PQC) for secure communication between an Apex.AI-based robotic software environment and a cloud-based control system. The collaboration […]
Quantum Circuits Inc.’s Acquisition Boosts Connecticut Innovations’ Record-Breaking Fiscal Year
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s strategic venture capital arm, today announced a record-breaking fiscal year, generating $66.5 million in cash proceeds from a series of landmark portfolio exits and a combined $76.1 million from all investment activities. CI invested $59.3 million in 75 early-stage companies and venture funds during the […]
Guest Post — Quantum Cybersecurity Careers: Why It Will Be One of the Most Sought-After Jobs of the Next Decade
Guest Post By Sudiptaa Paul Choudhury is Chief Marketing Officer at QNu Labs, a global leader in quantum cybersecurity, TEDx speaker and a LinkedIn Top Voice. Quantum computing has stopped being a laboratory curiosity. McKinsey’s Quantum Technology Monitor 2026 estimates that quantum computing could unlock up to 2.7 trillion US dollars in economic value worldwide […]