The Quantum Weekly: Top Ten Quantum Powerhouses in Asia
Asia is taking big strides in quantum technology, IBM announces a quantum challenge, and more in this edition of The Quantum Weekly. Spotlight Story: The Quantum Beasts in the East “The quantum computing (QC) industry is gaining traction around the globe. North America and Europe, at the moment at least, are leading the race, both […]
Archer Materials granted trading halt ahead of quantum computing chip agreement
What is a trading halt? Archer has been granted a trading halt until the 5th May (or until an announcement is released to the market). This is to allow time to finalise and execute a material agreement regarding its quantum computing chip technology. A trading halt is a temporary suspension of trading for securities typically enacted in anticipation of […]
Google’s John Martinis Says Personality, Research Styles Led to Resignation
While the resignation of University of California Santa Barbara physicist John Martinis from Google’s quantum project was portrayed as bad blood between Martinis and other members of the team, the truth is more nuanced, according to a transcript from Forbes Magazine. This follows on from a call with John Martinis last week. Martinis told Forbes […]
Quantum Computing Now Podcast Episode 12 – Interview with Junye Huang
In this episode I sit down with Junye Huang, a Quantum Developer Advocate for Qiskit and IBM. We talked a bit about hackathons, a bit about quantum materials, a bit about topological qubits, really a bit about everything!
Is AES-256 Quantum Resistant?
With quantum computers getting more powerful every year, many worry about the safety of modern encryption standards. As quantum computers improve in performance and the number of qubits used for calculations increases, current cryptosystems are under more threat of attack. What will break? Many asymmetric encryption algorithms have been mathematically proven to be broken by […]
Quantum Odyssey: To Create the Quantum Era, We First Have to Make it Fun
The quantum industry may be serious business, but a quantum gaming startup is planning to make quantum a seriously fun business. Quarks Interactive, a startup in the quantum computing gaming space, is working with the leading quantum scientists and gaming experts to help build one of the first games that will encourage non-scientists to learn […]
How 9 Asian Companies are Forging The Quantum Computing Industry
Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash Playing Catch Up The quantum computing (QC) industry is gaining traction around the globe. North America and Europe, at the moment at least, are leading the race, both in the private and public sectors. Yet, the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the Indian Subcontinent, are moving forward, too. China’s breakthroughs over the […]
Why Create a Quantum Computing Podcast?
Ah yes, the age-old question Well, when I say age-old I mean people have been asking me this for the past about 6 months now. I thought it would be a good idea to answer that question here in hopes that it can be beneficial to someone in the future. For those of you who […]
IBM Quantum Experience Announces a Global Quantum Challenge
In honor of the fourth anniversary of the IBM Quantum Experience, IBM’s quantum team is inviting people to take part in the IBM Quantum Challenge, by completing four exercises, according to a company announcement. The IBM Quantum Challenge begins at 9:00 a.m. US Eastern on May 4, and ends 8:59:59 a.m. US Eastern on May […]
Quantum Grants: More than a $100 Million in Funds for Quantum Tech, Education
Funders and funding agencies are more and more interested in quantum projects. Here’s a list of just a few grants for quantum science, quantum technology and quantum computing. The grants are for research, education, business and small business. In this list, theres more than $100 million in quantum grants. Quantum Information Science Research for Fusion […]