Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional ...

A few years back, Google made waves when it claimed that some of its hardware had achieved quantum supremacy, performing operations that would be effectively impossible to simulate on a classical ...

Quantum computing has long been the technology that always seems to be 10 years away. Now, one of the most senior technology ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After trying out algorithmic trading on a quantum computer, HSBC recently joined a growing list of companies to ...

To improve quantum computers, Zhenjie Yan wants to understand how to efficiently shuttle quantum information.

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of ...

Precise measurements show that future quantum computers may need to correct for errors caused by interference between neighboring quantum dots Figure 1: False-colored scanning electron microscope ...

Earlier this year, IBM disclosed that it was nearing $1 billion in cumulative signings related to quantum computing. The tech giant works with hundreds of partners, including established companies, ...

A vital ingredient for making quantum computers truly useful just might be conventional computers. That was the message from a gathering of researchers this month, which explained that classical ...

The announcement follows a Trump administration decision last week to take $2 ‌billion in ⁠equity stakes ⁠in nine quantum computing companies, with IBM set to receive half of the funding for a new ...