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Alice & Bob has integrated NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q quantum development platform into its open-source Dynamiqs simulation library. CUDA-Q provides hybrid quantum–classical computing capabilities, while Dynamiqs is optimized for GPU acceleration to simulate time-dependent quantum systems. Early benchmarks show the combined toolchain can achieve up to 75x speed improvements over conventional simulation frameworks when modeling large-scale quantum dynamics. The integration allows Dynamiqs to simulate complex, rapidly evolving quantum processors more efficiently. By offloading tasks to GPUs, researchers can perform large-scale simulations and parameter sweeps across diverse conditions, significantly reducing compute time. Alice & Bob’s development team collaborated with NVIDIA to create APIs that [...]

On January 17, 2025, President Biden issued Executive Order 14144 which covered among other things requirements for agencies to implement Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms as soon as practicable. On June 6, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order modifying the original one to redirect efforts from proactive development to identifying and managing vulnerabilities, moving away from initiatives perceived as regulatory overreach. Perhaps the best way to show the specific changes is to provide a marked-up version of the relevant subsection 4(f) in this order to show what has been added and deleted. You can view the original Executive Order 14144 [...]

Oxford Instruments has entered into a binding agreement to sell its NanoScience division—its quantum-focused business—to Quantum Design, International Inc. for £60 million ($81 million USD). This figure includes up to £3 million ($4.05 million USD) in deferred consideration based on future revenue performance related to quantum scaling systems. NanoScience, which generated approximately £59 million ($79.7 million USD) in FY25 revenue, specializes in ultra-low-temperature cryogenic systems essential for quantum computing and condensed matter physics applications. The divestment aligns with Oxford Instruments' strategy to concentrate on three core markets: materials analysis, semiconductors, and healthcare and life sciences. The sale is intended to improve [...]

South Carolina Quantum (SC Quantum) has launched the SCQ Summer Sprint 2025, offering free access to selected quantum education platforms through early August. The initiative targets professionals, educators, and institutional leaders in the Southeastern U.S., aiming to build foundational quantum literacy across diverse sectors. Participants are invited to evaluate the platforms and provide structured feedback, which will inform a follow-on research effort focused on improving access and usability of quantum learning tools. The featured platforms include Q-CTRL’s Black Opal, qBraid, and QliteX. Black Opal is a self-paced, visual platform designed to teach core quantum computing concepts without requiring prior technical experience. [...]

At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC25), Apple announced that its next major operating system releases for Mac and Windows,  iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and visionOS 26, will support negotiation of a quantum-secure key exchange algorithm with TLS 1.3 servers that support it. If a server does not yet support one of the quantum-secure exchange algorithms, the operating system will still maintain compatibility and use other key exchange algorithms. The next major operating system releases are expected to be made during Apple's Fall product announcements expected in September. Apple did incorporate support last year for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) [...]

Conceptual Picture of IBM's Starling, Planned to Be the Company's First Fault Tolerant Quantum Computer. Credit: IBM. IBM had previously indicated its intention to create full fault tolerant quantum computers (FTQC) with an ultimate goal to produce a processor codenamed Blue Jay with 2000 logical qubits and support for processing circuits with 1 billion gates by 2033. Certainly, this roadmap will incorporate things that will provide key technologies needed for meeting the goals of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative that IBM is participating in. But what some people may not realize is that moving from their current NISQ to an FTQC architecture [...]

Commvault has expanded its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) framework by adding support for the Hamming Quasi-Cyclic (HQC) algorithm, recently selected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a backup key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) standard alongside ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber). HQC is based on error-correcting codes and offers an alternative cryptographic approach that may improve resilience against quantum-enabled decryption of classical encryption protocols. Commvault’s updated capabilities are now available to customers using Commvault Cloud software version CPR 2024 (11.36) or later. The company’s PQC strategy incorporates cryptographic agility, enabling organizations to switch between multiple cryptographic algorithms without redesigning their security architecture. In [...]

IonQ has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Oxford Ionics, a UK-based quantum hardware company, in a transaction valued at $1.075 billion, marking a strategic move to accelerate the global race toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. The deal consists of approximately $1.065 billion in IonQ stock and $10 million in cash, and is expected to close later in 2025 pending regulatory approvals. Strategic Fit: Trapped-Ion Synergies and Semiconductor Integration This acquisition merges IonQ’s application and systems expertise in trapped-ion quantum computing with Oxford Ionics’ high-fidelity ion-trap technology, notable for its integration onto conventional semiconductor chips. The companies aim to deliver scalable quantum [...]

Infleqtion has been awarded a second UK government grant to scale the performance of its neutral atom-based quantum platform, Sqale, at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The £2.2 million ($3 million USD) project, named SQALE2, aims to boost gate execution rates by 10 to 100 times through advanced optical and control technologies. This acceleration is critical for unlocking deeper quantum circuits and enabling complex algorithms to run more efficiently. The initiative positions Infleqtion’s system as a key component of the UK’s national quantum infrastructure. The 12-month program will be developed in collaboration with leading UK institutions, including the Fraunhofer Centre [...]

IonQ has announced a multi-party collaboration with AstraZeneca, AWS, and NVIDIA to demonstrate a hybrid quantum-classical workflow aimed at accelerating early-stage pharmaceutical development. The workflow, showcased at ISC High Performance 2025, achieved a 20x speedup in time-to-solution compared to previous approaches while modeling catalytic steps in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling—a reaction class essential to small-molecule drug synthesis. The end-to-end solution integrates IonQ’s Forte quantum processing unit (QPU), NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q platform, and AWS cloud infrastructure, including Braket and ParallelCluster. This combination allowed accurate simulation of complex chemical pathways, significantly reducing the expected computational runtime from months to days. The result highlights how quantum acceleration [...]