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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment in QuSecure, a leader in post-quantum cybersecurity, through its venture arm, Accenture Ventures. The partnership aims to provide organizations with crypto agility solutions to protect against emerging quantum threats. QuSecure’s QuProtect software offers a quantum-resilient, end-to-end security architecture that safeguards networks, cloud systems, edge devices, and satellite communications with minimal disruption to existing infrastructure. The investment underscores the urgency of transitioning to post-quantum encryption standards, as advised by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Quantum computers, once fully realized, could break traditional encryption methods, posing significant risks to sensitive data. QuSecure’s technology enables organizations to seamlessly [...]

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in quantum computing systems, has introduced the Leap Quantum LaunchPad™ program, an initiative designed to fast-track the deployment of quantum computing applications. The program provides qualified participants with free trial access to D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology and expertise for three months, enabling organizations to explore and implement quantum solutions for complex business and scientific challenges. The program includes access to D-Wave’s Advantage™ quantum computers (featuring 5,000+ qubits and sub-second solve times), the Leap™ real-time quantum cloud service, and technical guidance from D-Wave’s quantum experts. It aims to help customers address optimization problems in areas such as employee [...]

3D Rendering of Aurora Laser and Compute Racks. Credit: Xanadu Xanadu has announced a new quantum computing system called Aurora that is contained in four room temperature laser and compute racks along with a cryogenically cooled photon detection system. The system provides 84 squeezed state qubits and 12 physical qubits all connected together with 13 km of fiber optic cable. Aurora is a follow-on to previous generations of Xanadu device including the X8 and Borealis. One of the big advantages of using photonic based qubits is that it make it easy to implement photonic networking to connect multiple modules together. The four rack as [...]

QuEra Computing, one of the leaders in neutral-atom quantum computing, has released its Quantum Readiness Report 2025, revealing that global budgets for quantum applications are projected to increase by nearly 20% in 2025. The report, based on a survey of over 750 quantum professionals worldwide, highlights growing confidence in quantum adoption, with 65% of respondents feeling prepared to adopt quantum within the next two to three years. Despite this optimism, challenges remain, including high costs (51%), talent shortages (45%), and unclear return on investment (45%). Organizations are prioritizing cost-effectiveness, access to cutting-edge technology, and cloud-based solutions as key factors in their quantum [...]

Pasqal, one of the leaders in neutral-atom quantum computing, in collaboration with GENCI and EDF, has successfully demonstrated the use of quantum computing to optimize energy demand forecasting for electric vehicle (EV) smart charging. The project, part of the Pack Quantique (PAQ) initiative, utilized Pasqal’s 100-qubit quantum system to address the growing complexity of energy supply and demand as EV adoption increases. With 26% of new cars sold in France in 2023 being EVs or plug-in hybrids, the need for accurate energy forecasting has become critical. Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum technology offers a robust solution for managing complex data sets, enabling more precise predictions and efficient resource [...]

ParityQC, a quantum architecture company, and the University of Hamburg have launched the QuADro (Quantum Algorithms for Drug Repurposing) project, aiming to develop quantum computing frameworks and algorithms for personalized medicine. Funded by the Investitions- und Förderbank Hamburg (IFBHH), the project will run from January 2025 to June 2027, focusing on drug development and repurposing using quantum computing. Quantum computing holds significant potential to address complex computational challenges in bioinformatics, such as identifying disease mechanisms and enabling targeted pharmacological interventions. Current methods for analyzing biological data are computationally intensive and often yield suboptimal results, making quantum computing a promising solution for transformative advancements [...]

Quantinuum, the world's largest integrated quantum computing company, is opening a new location in New Mexico later this year to advance photonics technologies critical to its trapped ion quantum computing. The specific R&D focus will be to further develop the integrated photonics needed for controlling and manipulating qubits in trapped ion systems. This move leverages New Mexico's leadership in quantum information sciences and photonics, established through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Tech Hubs program. Several organizations with significant expertise in related areas are currently located in New Mexico including Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and universities, such as The [...]

GQI has been working hard to research quantum use cases along with the algorithms that are used and the performance level of the quantum processor required to successfully provide solutions for the use cases. We are making a major effort on this because almost daily we hear the common question of When will we be able to do something commercially useful with a quantum computer? As part of this effort, we have cataloged hundreds of use cases and are adding to this collection on a daily basis. One of the projects in this effort is that we are writing code and [...]

Operations of a Fluxonium Qubit. Credit: Suppressing Counter-Rotating Errors for Fast Single-Qubit Gates with Fluxonium Published on PRX Quantum MIT researchers achieved a record single-qubit fidelity for superconducting based quantum processors of 99.998% using a superconducting qubit called fluxonium. Although ion trapped based qubits have been able to reach this level, this is the highest we have seen for a qubit based upon superconducting technology. The researchers developed two new control techniques to combat errors, particularly counter-rotating errors, which arise when qubits are controlled with electromagnetic waves. The researchers created "commensurate pulses," applying them at precisely timed intervals to make errors [...]

The Platform for Digital and Quantum Innovation of Quebec (PINQ²) has appointed Marie-Claude Messier as Executive Director, effective January 13, 2025. Messier brings over 20 years of experience in Information Technology, e-Business, and e-Health, with a strong background in business launches and market development. She succeeds Éric Capelle, who resigned to focus on community development projects. Julie Lavoie, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of PINQ², expressed confidence in Messier's leadership to guide the organization toward a promising future in digital and quantum technologies. A news release from PINQ² announcing her appointment can be accessed here. Spectral Capital has made two [...]