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Policy & Sovereignty
Quantum Europe Strategy: Europe’s Five-Pillar Plan to Lead the Quantum Revolution
On July 2, 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Quantum Europe Strategy – a comprehensive roadmap to transform Europe into a “quantum industrial powerhouse” and global leader in quantum technologies by 2030. This strategy arrives at a pivotal moment: quantum…
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Quantum Computing Companies
Quantum Circuits Inc (QCI)
Quantum Circuits, Inc. (QCI) is a Yale University spin-out that has pioneered a novel approach to superconducting quantum computing focused on hardware-efficient error correction. Co-founded in 2017 by leading Yale physicists (including Robert Schoelkopf, Michel Devoret, and Luigi Frunzio), QCI’s…
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Leadership
Future of Leadership and Consulting in the Age of AI: A Decade On
Exactly ten years ago, on July 3, 2015, we published the first version of Future of Leadership in the Age of AI. At that time, most discussions about artificial intelligence revolved around automating blue-collar jobs and routine manual tasks. Our…
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Quantum Computing Companies
QuiX Quantum
QuiX Quantum is a Dutch quantum technology company specializing in photonic quantum computing hardware. Founded in 2019 as a University of Twente spin-off, QuiX has quickly grown into a European leader in photonic quantum processors and systems. Unlike matter-based qubit…
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Research
Quantinuum’s Breakthrough Sets Course for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing by 2029
Quantinuum announced a significant technical breakthrough: the company claims to have overcome the “last major hurdle” on the path to scalable, universal fault-tolerant quantum computers. In a press release accompanying two new research papers, Quantinuum declared itself the first to…
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Post-Quantum, PQC, Quantum Security
Quantum Readiness / PQC Migration Is The Largest, Most Complex IT/OT Overhaul Ever – So Why Wait?
Preparing for the quantum era is arguably the largest and most complicated digital infrastructure overhaul in history. Yes, far bigger than Y2K, because back in 1999 we didn’t have millions of network-connected “things” to worry about. Yet despite clear warnings…
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AI Security
Why AI Cannot Break Modern Encryption
AI cannot break modern encryption. The reasons are fundamental: Mathematical Hardness, Cryptographic Design, Empirical Track Record, Quantum Contrast, Expert Consensus.
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Policy & Sovereignty
Preparing for the Quantum Age – U.S. Congressional Hearing Recap and Analysis
On June 24, 2025, a House Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing titled “Preparing for the Quantum Age: When Cryptography Breaks.” This hearing convened government, industry, and academic experts to discuss the looming threat quantum computing poses to our current cryptographic…
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Policy & Sovereignty
Government of Canada Launches Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Migration Roadmap
On June 23, 2025 The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) has issued a new roadmap for migrating the Government of Canada’s IT systems to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Effective June 23, 2025, this guidance, "Roadmap for the migration to…
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Policy & Sovereignty
The U.S. GAO Publishes a Quantum Threat Report – Right on Strategy but Wrong on Timing
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a June 2025 report titled “Quantum Computing: Leadership Needed to Coordinate Cyber Threat Mitigation Strategy” (GAO-25-108590). GAO makes many spot-on recommendations – calling for strong federal leadership, workforce development, investment in post-quantum…
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Post-Quantum, PQC, Quantum Security
What It Will Actually Cost to Break RSA-2048: Energy, Hardware, People, and the Bill Nobody’s Talking About
Breaking one RSA-2048 key on a CRQC could cost $2–5 million when you add up energy, amortization, personnel, and facilities All three approaches share silicon's core advantages: compatibility with semiconductor industry infrastructure, small qubit footprint (~50 nm), and long coherence…
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Policy & Sovereignty
EU Commission Roadmap Targets 2030 for Post-Quantum Cryptography Transition
On June 23, 2025, the European Commission and EU Member States unveiled a coordinated roadmap to transition Europe’s digital infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This plan lays out a clear timeline for moving to quantum-resistant encryption, recognizing the urgent threat…
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Research
Microsoft Unveils New 4D Quantum Error-Correcting Codes
Microsoft Quantum's researchers have introduced a new family of four-dimensional (4D) geometric quantum error-correcting codes that promise to dramatically outperform today’s standard 2D surface codes. Revealed in a new preprint "A Topologically Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer with Four Dimensional Geometric Codes"…
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Q-Day
Q-Day Revisited – RSA-2048 Broken by 2030: Detailed Analysis
It’s time to mark a controversial date on the calendar: 2030 is the year RSA-2048 will be broken by a quantum computer. That’s my bold prediction, and I don’t make it lightly. In cybersecurity circles, the countdown to “Q-Day” or…
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Industry
IonQ’s 2025 Roadmap: Toward a Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer by 2028
IonQ has unveiled an accelerated quantum computing roadmap that, if realized, could deliver a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) as early as 2028. In a June 2025 announcement, the Maryland-based quantum startup – known for its trapped-ion technology – outlined…
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