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• [New] Following a successful one-year incubation period led by the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator, the new, three-year CERN-based pilot will build on the efforts to date to help unleash the full power of quantum computing for the benefit of all. CERN
• [New] While quantum computing technology brings opportunity, the U.S. must ensure it is ready to mitigate the risk that quantum computers present to protect the most sensitive information. Industrial Cyber
• [New] The recent £45m investment comprises £30m from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund and the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre, and will be joined by £15m from the Quantum Catalyst Fund, a fiscal body aimed at leveraging quantum technologies by government agencies. TechHQ
• Rice University physicists have discovered a phase-changing quantum material - and a method for finding more like it - that could potentially be used to create flash-like memory capable of storing quantum bits of information, or qubits, even when a quantum computer is powered down. phys.org
• The new University of Copenhagen research may prove of great importance for the design of quantum computers and could even be a map to superconductors that function at room temperature. phys.org
• Quantum Computing 2024 report, leading industry commentators estimated the quantum computing market's size in 2022 to be between $500m and $1bn, rising to $10bn between 2026 and 2030. Verdict
• ASP Isotopes is currently working on many isotopically pure elements that we believe will help semiconductor companies create the chips that the world will require in the future to enable technologies such as Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Yahoo Finance
• Barely a day goes by without stories of inspirational people harnessing the power of AI to cure cancer, exploring the potential of quantum computing to tackle climate change, or investing in future telecoms to boost Britain's economic productivity. GOV.UK
• The boom in artificial intelligence and quantum computing will drive a spike in energy use, the National Grid has predicted. BBC News
• NVIDIA cuPQC will accelerate a community effort to build communications ready for the age of quantum computing. NVIDIA Blog
• As quantum computing technology advances, traditional cryptographic systems, such as RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography, will become vulnerable to attacks due to their reliance on mathematical problems that quantum computers can solve efficiently. gemalto
• Researchers around the world are currently working hard to answer the question of whether quantum computers will be able to better solve some of the problems presented by conventional machine learning. Tech Xplore
• Researchers at Julich are already using Nvidia GPUs in existing systems to run quantum simulations and will plug neuromorphic and quantum computers into Jupiter. HPCwire
• Join us for the operational launch event of the Open Quantum Institute - a new, three-year CERN-based programme that will help to unleash the full power of quantum computing for the benefit of all. Indico
• Sustainable computing is closely tied to the potential of quantum computing where near-term quantum algorithms offer energy-efficiency and problem-solving potential that could drive quantum technology adoption. Ohsem Tech & Gadget Blog
• The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently chosen a group of quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms that will offer a cost-effective way to secure satellite communications against future quantum computer threats. Scientific American
• Regulatory bodies in the EU and Canada are assessing the potential impacts of quantum computing on various sectors, underlining the need for quantum-resistant algorithms to safeguard data against the threat of quantum computers. Medriva

Last updated: 15 April 2024