Introduction Envision our digital world as a sprawling universe filled with glittering constellations of encrypted data, each packet of information ...

Just a few years ago, many researchers in quantum computing thought it would take several decades to develop machines that could solve complex tasks, such as predicting how chemicals react or cracking ...

Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics—the physics governing particles at atomic and subatomic scales—to process information in totally different ways from today’s digital computers. Instead of ...

The idea behind quantum computing has existed for a long while now, with the primary goal being to basically create supercomputers capable of calculating intensive problems almost instantly. While we ...

Researchers at Academia Sinica have developed a 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer, marking Taiwan’s entry into large-scale quantum chip fabrication. The system was designed, fabricated, and ...

SecurityWeek’s Cyber Insights 2026 examines expert opinions on the expected evolution of more than a dozen areas of cybersecurity interest over the next 12 months. We spoke to hundreds of individual ...

Institutional investors are factoring quantum computing risk into Bitcoin allocations, not dismissing it as distant. Research suggests millions of BTC could be vulnerable due to reused keys and legacy ...

At select points last year, trailing 12-month gains for quantum computing stocks IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing Inc. reached as much as 6,200%! Investors have become ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. Traditional quantum computing happens in huge buildings with expensive isolation from ...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Science and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) are prioritizing collaboration over competition to advance quantum computer development ...

The people who know Wall Street's hottest quantum computing stocks best have given investors reason to be skeptical. Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been Wall Street's No. 1 catalyst over ...

For quantum computers to outperform their classical counterparts, they need more quantum bits, or qubits. State-of-the-art quantum computers have around 1,000 qubits. Columbia physicists Sebastian ...