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 ...

The approach is known for high accuracy, but scaling it up while preserving that accuracy is technically difficult. Helios ...

Donald Trump signed two executive orders Monday aimed at accelerating the development of quantum computing, a cutting-edge ...

There are currently about 80 companies across the world manufacturing quantum computing hardware. Because I report on quantum computing, I have had a chance to watch it grow as an industry from up ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these machines here and see an illustrated field guide to qubits here. Inside a ...

The leading US firms developing quantum computers, including IBM, Microsoft and Google, each aim to deliver the first ...

Quantum computers are powerful, but a practical quantum machine that’s useful for everyday tasks remains elusive. In fact, proponents of quantum computing say it could be another 10 years before there ...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Science and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) are prioritizing collaboration over competition to advance quantum computer development ...

At the Microsoft Build conference, the company unveiled Majorana 2, a quantum computing chip aimed at developing a commercially viable quantum computer by 2029. The Majorana 2 quantum chip was ...

Quantinuum has unveiled a third-generation quantum computer that could be easier to scale up than rival approaches. The US- and UK-based company Quantinuum today unveiled Helios, its third-generation ...

Software firm Horizon Quantum claimed it is the first private company to deploy a commercial quantum computer in Singapore. The deployment also makes it the first quantum software company to deploy ...

Paris-based quantum computing startup Alice & Bob has announced a stunning breakthrough in quantum computing: its qubits can now resist bit-flip errors for more than an hour. That’s four times longer ...