Quantum News

09 Nov 2024: The Banque de France and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have successfully tested a post-quantum cryptography-secured banking communication system, marking a significant advancement in protecting against future quantum computing threats.

04 Nov 2024: Nvidia and Quantum Machines are advancing quantum computing by using machine learning to optimize qubit control, enhancing error correction and performance through their partnership on Nvidia’s DGX Quantum platform.

29 Oct 2024: A recent analysis warns that Bitcoin urgently needs to fast-track its shift to quantum-safe protocols or risk catastrophic vulnerability to quantum computing breakthroughs anticipated possibly within the decade.

09 Oct 2024: A study by Prof. Yaron Bromberg and Dr. Ohad Lib published in Nature Photonics demonstrates a breakthrough in quantum computing by using high-dimensional spatial encoding to generate large cluster states, improving scalability and efficiency in photonic-measurement-based quantum computation.

19 Sep 2024: HSBC has successfully trialed quantum-secure technology to protect tokenized physical gold transactions, using post-quantum cryptography to enhance security and interoperability against future quantum computing threats.

10 Sep 2024: Microsoft is advancing quantum computing through Azure Quantum by developing reliable logical qubits, integrating cloud HPC and AI for hybrid applications, and collaborating with Quantinuum and Atom Computing to create scalable, practical solutions for scientific and industrial challenges.

27 Aug 2024: MIT researchers have developed a new quantum algorithm that combines the speed of Oded Regev’s recent improvement with the memory efficiency of Shor’s original algorithm, potentially bringing practical quantum factoring closer and posing a future threat to RSA cryptography.

18 Aug 2024: Rigetti Computing has introduced a new chip fabrication process called Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing (ABAA), which enhances qubit frequency targeting, reduces defects, and improves scalability for their quantum computing systems, with the 84-qubit Ankaa-3 system expected by the end of 2024.

09 Aug 2024: NIST is set to release finalized post-quantum cryptography guidance the week of Aug. 12 to protect against future quantum computers’ ability to break modern encryption methods.

22 Jul 2024: The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant threat to digital security, necessitating the urgent development and implementation of quantum-proof cryptographic algorithms to protect critical digital infrastructure.