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    • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
      Lex
      Quantum computing: IBM timeline could power up funding Premium content

      The tech group may be a leader in the sector, but progress is slow-moving

      IBM’s quantum system two, the foundation of the company’s next generation quantum computing system architecture
    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      IBM claims quantum computing research milestone

      Use of technology to solve scientific problems still falls short of commercialisation

      Dario Gil, IBM’s head of research
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      John Thornhill
      Time to get serious about the dangers of quantum computing

      ‘Q-day’, when the world’s data encryption codes fail, is already on its way

      Gold and copper wires intertwine in glass tubes to form the workings of a quantum computer
    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      Visual story
      Quantum computing could break the internet. This is how

      We don’t know when. We don’t know who will get there first. But Q-day will happen — and it will change the world as we know it

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Technology
      Tech Tonic Season 6: The Quantum Revolution

      Our new podcast series asks what a future powered by quantum computing could look like

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Tech Tonic podcast25 min listen
      The quantum revolution: First port of call

      The Port of Los Angeles uses a quantum application. Does it work?

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Tech Tonic podcast25 min listen
      The quantum revolution: ‘Spooky action’

      The weird physics of quantum computers

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      The 2023 Budget: as it happened
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Tech Tonic podcast21 min listen
      The quantum revolution: The race to build a quantum computer

      Is hype outpacing reality?

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      UK to invest £2.5bn in quantum computing drive

      Decade-long scheme intended to boost government pledge to make Britain ‘next Silicon Valley’

      A cryostat from a quantum computer
    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast2 min listen
      Introducing Tech Tonic Season 6: The Quantum Revolution

      In this new season, Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill talks about quantum computing

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Google claims breakthrough in quantum computer error correction

      Company’s latest research could signal a step towards overcoming one hurdle to the technology

      A photo from 2019 shows Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai, left, and Daniel Sank examining one of Google’s quantum computers
    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The dawning of the quantum age

      It is time to consider the opportunities, and risks, of a new form of computing

      Graduate students with equipment in a quantum computing lab at the University of Chicago
    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      John Thornhill
      Quantum computing is harder than herding kittens

      Whether the industry will rewrite the future of cryptography and computation is still up for fierce debate

      People gather in a lab with lots of high-tech equipment
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Hype around quantum computing recedes over lack of practical uses

      China claims to have made a major breakthrough but western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away

      Scientists in a quantum computing laboratory
    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Chinese researchers claim to find way to break encryption using quantum computers

      Experts assess whether method outlined in scientific paper could be a sooner-than-expected turning point in the technology

      A silicon wafer of quantum computer chips
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Anjana Ahuja
      What quantum physics tells us about reality

      The new Nobel laureates proved Einstein was not always right

      Andy Carter illustration of a woman walking down a path that has lifted up in front of her and split into many different paths
    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Nobel prizes
      Three physicists win Nobel prize for quantum technology discoveries

      Award shared for work to prove theory of entangled particles, an idea Einstein once dismissed as ‘spooky action’

      Austrian quantum mechanics physician Anton Zeilinger
    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      FT live news
      Live news updates from October 4: Musk re-proposes initial Twitter deal, Opec+ plans deep oil cuts
    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      Danish initiative aims to develop first quantum computer for life sciences

      Novo Nordisk Foundation to spend $200mn over seven years on superfast devices for biomedical research

      The quantum lab at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute
    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Technology sector
      Separating quantum hype from quantum reality

      Are the sceptics too sceptical?

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Technology sector
      The quantum computing bubble

      The industry has yet to demonstrate any real utility, despite the fanfare, billions of VC dollars and three Spacs

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Karina Robinson
      Companies cannot afford to be left behind in the quantum revolution

      The technology may still be in its early stages, but it is already delivering value

      A technician at Q.ant holds a wafer with photonic chips for quantum computing
    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      Encryptogeddon is coming for us all

      If quantum computing takes off, it will be able to break current encryption systems

    • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast32 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part One)

      What brought the FBI to arrest a Chinese-American scientist in the middle of the night?

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