Quantum Wars: Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s Competing Paths to Fault-Tolerant Qubits

Amazon claims its researchers have combined cat qubit technology and additional quantum error correction components onto a microchip that can be manufactured in a scalable fashion.
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Amazon’s Ocelot Chip Slashes Quantum Errors by 90%, Challenging Industry Rivals

Amazon enters the quantum race with Ocelot, aiming to rival Google and Microsoft. The prototype chip could advance error correction and bring practical quantum computing closer. Continue reading Amazon’s Ocelot Chip Slashes Quantum Errors by 90%, Challenging Industry Rivals

What Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip Means for Quantum Decryption

The question is whether Majorana 1 advances progress toward quantum computing – or for security professionals, the arrival of computers powerful enough to break PKE.
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Google Announces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS, Takes “Post-Quantum Computing Risks Seriously”

This news about Google Cloud Key Management Service is part of the tech giant’s post-quantum computing strategy. Continue reading Google Announces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS, Takes “Post-Quantum Computing Risks Seriously”

Microsoft (Again) Claims Topological Quantum Computing With Majorana Zero Mode Anyons

As the fundamental flaw of today’s quantum computers, improving qubit stability remains the focus of much research in this field. One such stability attempt involves so-called topological quantum computing with …read more Continue reading Microsoft (Again) Claims Topological Quantum Computing With Majorana Zero Mode Anyons

Aim for crypto-agility, prepare for the long haul

While organizations have long experimented with various facets of digital transformation, the journey toward crypto-agility is one of the most significant technological transitions of our time. Success in the emerging quantum era will require technical… Continue reading Aim for crypto-agility, prepare for the long haul

Cyber Insights 2025: Quantum and the Threat to Encryption

2025 is an important year – it is probably our last chance to start our migration to post quantum cryptography before we are all undone by cryptographically relevant quantum computers.
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Addressing the intersection of cyber and physical security threats

In this Help Net Security, Nicholas Jackson, Director of Cyber Operations at Bitdefender, discusses how technologies like AI, quantum computing, and IoT are reshaping cybersecurity. He shares his perspective on the new threats these advancements bring … Continue reading Addressing the intersection of cyber and physical security threats