Because it can easily break traditional encryption methods, the powerful technology could quickly make current cybersecurity ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -IBM announced on Wednesday it has built a new experimental quantum computing chip called Loon that demonstrates it hit a key milestone toward making useful quantum computers ...

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of ...

Quantum computing could lead to revolutions in cryptography, materials design and telecommunications. But fulfilling those ...

A vital ingredient for making quantum computers truly useful just might be conventional computers. That was the message from a gathering of researchers this month, which explained that classical ...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of ...

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This nascent technology is beginning to move out of the realm of theoretical research and into the early stages of practical ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After trying out algorithmic trading on a quantum computer, HSBC recently joined a growing list of companies to ...

Tue, December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC Because the goal is so lofty, tracking its progress has also been difficult. To help chart a course toward truly transformative quantum technology and mark ...