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Industry
QuantWare unveils Contralto‑A, a QPU designed for quantum error correction experiments
QuantWare has introduced Contralto‑A, a new superconducting quantum processing unit aimed specifically at advancing practical quantum error correction (QEC) development. Announced in Delft, The Netherlands, the processor is positioned for teams working on surface-code style QEC demonstrations and early fault‑tolerance…
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Research
Silicon Runs Its First Real Algorithm: Grover’s Search on Four Qubits With Every Gate Above Threshold
24 Feb 2025 - There is a difference between proving you can throw a ball and proving you can play a game. For three years, silicon spin qubits have been proving they can throw: individual gate operations above the fault-tolerance…
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Industry
Microsoft’s Majorana-Based Quantum Chip – Beyond the Hype
In February 2025, Microsoft unveiled “Majorana 1,” an eight-qubit quantum chip built on a topological qubit architecture – a first-of-its-kind design leveraging exotic Majorana quasiparticles. This chip uses a new material called a “topoconductor” (a specially engineered topological superconductor) made…
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Quantum Security & PQC
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Quantum Security & PQC
South Korea Selects Four Domestic PQC Algorithms, Running a Parallel Track to NIST
South Korea has selected four domestic PQC algorithms through its KpqC competition, none of which are NIST standards. The choice to run a parallel standardization process alongside NIST adoption raises interoperability questions that multinationals cannot ignore.
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Quantum Computing
Quantum of Flapdoodle: A Guide to Quantum Hype and Scams
The gap between the hard reality of quantum engineering and the sensational way it’s often portrayed has created a fertile breeding ground for misinformation and fraud. It ranges from innocuous exaggeration, to willful marketing spin, to serious financial scams and…
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Quantum Security & PQC
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act Doesn’t Say “Post-Quantum” but Its Crypto-Agility Requirement Will Shape PQC Migration
The EU Cyber Resilience Act doesn't mention "post-quantum" by name. But its requirement that products support cryptographic updates throughout their lifecycle effectively mandates the architectural capability that PQC migration depends on: crypto-agility.
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Policy & Sovereignty
Executive Order 14144: Biden’s Big Swing at Cybersecurity Modernization
On January 16 2025 President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14144, “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The 17‑page directive is the administration’s most comprehensive cyber policy since EO 14028 in 2021 and, for the first time, embeds post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) migration deadlines directly…
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Quantum Computing
Quantum Use Cases in Healthcare & Medical Research
Quantum computing has the potential to reshape global healthcare and medical research in the coming decades. From our current vantage point, we can see glimmers of its future impact: prototype quantum algorithms already accelerating drug discovery, early collaborations bringing quantum…
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Post-Quantum, PQC, Quantum Security
Hybrid Cryptography for the Post-Quantum Era
By combining classical and post-quantum cryptographic primitives in tandem, hybrid schemes provide defense-in-depth during this transition period. In practice, a hybrid approach might mean performing both a traditional elliptic-curve key exchange and a post-quantum key exchange inside the same protocol,…
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Quantum Security & PQC
Bank of Israel Tells Banks: Map Your Cryptographic Exposure and Submit Quantum Preparedness Plans Within a Year
The Bank of Israel's Banking Supervision Department has issued a directive requiring every banking corporation to map its cryptographic exposure, assess quantum risks, and submit a formal preparedness plan within one year. Among the earliest binding financial-sector directives globally.
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Policy & Sovereignty
NIST Releases NIST SP 800-227 IPD
NIST has just released the initial public draft of CSWP 48, part of its Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography project: "Mappings of Migration to PQC Project Capabilities to NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and to Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems…
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Post-Quantum, PQC, Quantum Security
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) 101: A Guide for Cybersecurity Professionals
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a cutting-edge security technology that leverages quantum physics to enable two parties to share secret encryption keys with unprecedented security guarantees. Unlike classical key exchange methods whose security rests on computational assumptions, QKD’s security is…
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Research
First Successful Factorization of RSA-2048 by Quantum Computer? Not Even Close!
Chinese researchers published “A First Successful Factorization of RSA-2048 Integer by D-Wave Quantum Computer.” To get straight to the point - the title is misleading. The authors did NOT factor a general RSA-2048 key (as used in real cryptography); instead,…
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Quantum Computing
Entropy-Driven Photonic Quantum Computing: A Critical Look at QCI’s Approach
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) has introduced an unconventional paradigm in quantum computing called Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC). Unlike the standard approach of isolating qubits in pristine, ultra-cold environments, QCI’s method intentionally embraces environmental noise and loss as part of the…
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