"Quantum" may seem like a useless buzzword, but quantum computing is a real thing, and it's actually understandable even if ...

The first nation to achieve quantum supremacy doesn’t just win a science prize. It wins the ability to break every encryption ...

Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.

Fully functional quantum computers remain out of reach, but optimism across the field is rising. At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference in December, researchers and executives ...

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming ...

Using a powerful machine made up of 56 trapped-ion quantum bits, or qubits, researchers have achieved something once thought impossible. They have proven, for the first time, that a quantum computer ...

Bitcoin depends on encryption to remain secure. This encryption protects transactions, wallets, and user funds. If the ...

Second, large-scale investment is arriving through national quantum-secure communication initiatives, from Europe’s EuroQCI ...

Even if quantum machines capable of breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography are decades away, the work required to update software, ...

The downside is that the physics and engineering needed to make quantum computers work have only just moved out of the ...

Rigetti stock has more than doubled over the past 12 months alone, and its market capitalization stands at $8.5 billion as I ...