SES and Airbus to Build Optical Ground Station for EAGLE-1 Quantum Satellite
Insider Brief Press release – SES, a space solutions company, jointly with Airbus Netherlands B.V. signed a ground lease agreement with the Dutch municipality of Noordwijk for a plot at the NL Space Campus, next to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical center ESTeC. The facility will host a dedicated optical ground station (OGS) to […]
ISO Standardizes Classic McEliece for Quantum-Resistant Encryption
Insider Brief Press release – It’s proven that today’s encryption is vulnerable to attack by a sufficiently mature quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm – a catastrophic event commonly known as Q-Day. Even before such a cryptographically relevant quantum computer emerges it is known that adversaries are stealing encrypted data now, which can be decrypted later […]
A Superconductor’s Hidden Identity Revealed
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Sometimes, the biggest scientific discoveries come from looking more closely at something we thought we already understood. For decades, physicists have studied a remarkable class of materials called superconductors—materials that can carry electricity with zero energy loss. These materials could one day help power ultra-efficient electronics, quantum computers, and advanced medical technologies. […]
New Mexico Awards $1.2 Million to Six Quantum Technology Companies
Insider Brief Press release – Economic Development New Mexico’s Technology & Innovation Office (TIO) has awarded $1.2 million to six companies through the New Mexico Quantum Technologies Award, a competitive grant program that supports early-stage quantum and quantum-enabling technology companies growing operations in the state. The New Mexico Quantum Technologies Award provides grants of up […]
IBM Reaffirms $10 Billion Quantum Push Despite Weak Preliminary Quarterly Results
Insider Brief IBM reaffirmed its commitment to quantum computing and artificial intelligence even as it reported weaker-than-expected preliminary second-quarter financial results and acknowledged execution problems that weighed on software and infrastructure sales. In a letter to investors, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the company remains committed to its roadmap of building a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum […]
NSF Awards $15 Million to Connecticut Quantum Technology Engine
Insider Brief The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that Connecticut is one of twelve regions selected to receive an NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) award, joining a portfolio of regional technology clusters that are accelerating the development of critical technologies and building a durable U.S. technology advantage. The NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut, also known as the QuantumCT Engine, will initially receive […]
UC Berkeley Quantum Chip to Enter National Time Capsule For America’s 250th
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A quantum computing chip fabricated at UC Berkeley was chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom as one of the state’s contributions to a time capsule to be buried in honor of the nation’s 250th birthday, or semiquincentennial. The time capsule was built and its contents assembled by the congressionally mandated […]
Classiq and ParityQC Partner to Optimize Quantum Circuit Execution
Insider Brief Press release – The quantum software company Classiq and the quantum architecture company ParityQC announced a partnership to integrate ParityQC’s Parity Twine technology with Classiq’s quantum software engineering platform, giving developers and enterprises a more efficient path from quantum algorithm design to execution on quantum hardware. The collaboration focuses on a key opportunity […]
D-Wave Announces Transfer of Stock Exchange Listing to Nasdaq
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE —D-Wave Quantum will move the listing of its common stock from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq Stock Market later this month, the company announced in a press release Tuesday. The transfer is scheduled to take effect after the close of trading on July 24, with shares expected to […]
NVIDIA Says AI Decoder Achieved up to 347 X Cut in Quantum Logical Error Rates
Insider Brief NVIDIA has released an open-source AI-based quantum error correction decoder that the company says substantially improves the speed and accuracy of decoding one of the most promising but computationally challenging families of quantum error correction codes, potentially expanding the range of architectures that could support fault-tolerant quantum computing. The new software, called Ising […]