IBM has unveiled its first quantum computer outside the US, bringing the Quantum System One to Germany.
IBM: Barriers To Digital Transformation Have Broken Down
Brenda Harvey, General Manager of IBM Asia Pacific, discusses how the work at home acceleration has permanently broken down the barriers to digital transformation.
D-Wave Announces 5,000 Qubit Quantum Computing Platform
D-Wave has announced its next-generation quantum computing platform built for business.
Baidu Joins the Quantum Cloud Computing Industry
Baidu has unveiled Quantum Leaf, a new cloud-based quantum computing platform at its Baidu World 2020 developer conference.
Verizon Future-Proofs Network With Quantum Key Distribution
Verizon has become the first wireless carrier to pilot the use of quantum key distribution (QKD) to help secure its network.
Xanadu Releases Photonic Quantum Cloud
Xanadu has released their photonics quantum computing platform, planning to double its power every six months.
Arvind Krishna Replaces Ginni Rometty As IBM CEO
After eight years as CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty is stepping down and Arvind Krishna has been elected to replace her, according to a company press release. Rometty is the first woman to hold the top position at IBM and…
U.S. Government Looks To Restrict Exports Of AI, Quantum Computing And Self-Driving Tech
According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration has floated a proposal that would limit high-tech exports to China. Under the proposal, artificial intelligence (AI), robots, quantum computing, image recognition and self-driving tech would all be prohibited from being exported…
Ford and Microsoft Using Quantum Computing to Alleviate Traffic Congestion
Quantum computing has long been held out as the next step in computing. Despite still being highly experimental, there continue to be major strides made in the field. One such example is a partnership between Ford and Microsoft, aimed at…
Future of Fintech is Cloud, AI, Blockchain, IoT, 6G, and Quantum Computing, Says KPMG
The future of fintech is cloud, AI, blockchain, IoT, 6G and quantum computing, says Anton Ruddenklau, Global Co‐leader of FinTech at KPMG. Those are the technologies that are fueling the digital transformation and will be central to financial services in the UK and the world going forward.
Vint Cerf Doesn’t Think The Internet Is In Any Danger
Vint Cerf knows a thing or two about the Internet – he helped invent it. So, what does he think about all the doom and gloom that’s directed towards the future of the Internet? He’s not worried in the least.…
German Physicists Build First Quantum Network
It was recently reported that scientists were able to overcome some of the problems with data degradation caused by computing in a quantum environment, and now Nature reports that physicists were able to build the first-ever working quantum network. Though,…
Scientists Create First Quantum Network
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany have successfully created the world’s first quatum network. A team of scientists led by Professor Gerhard Rempe, director at the institute and head of the Quantum Dynamics devision,…
Quantum Computing Makes Another Leap Forward
Scientists have overcome a major hurdle facing quantum computing: how to protect quantum information from degradation by the environment while simultaneously performing computation in a solid-state quantum system. The research was reported in the April 5 issue of Nature. A…
Quantum Cryptography Foils Hackers
A research team led by University of Toronto Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo has found a new quantum encryption method to foil even the most sophisticated hackers. The discovery is outlined in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters. Quantum cryptography is,…
Quantum Computer Built Inside a Diamond
Diamonds are forever – or, at least, the effects of this diamond on quantum computing may be. A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum computer in a diamond, the first of its kind to include protection…
IBM Banks Heavily On Quantum Computing
Scientific researchers at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. say they have come up with a quantum computing solution that harnesses the underlying quantum mechanics of Matter. The researchers say that they could deliver the technology within the next decade.…
Transistor the Size of a Single Atom Made
The race to build a quantum computer just got a huge boost. A team in Australia has constructed a transistor that is the size of a single atom. And, they say it is “perfect”. The tiny electronic device, described today…