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This week's recap: IBM and UChicago's 70-logical-qubit 'trusted' quantum advantage claim collides with a growing replication-crisis debate, while Brookhaven and Stony Brook debut the first US free-space quantum network link. Plus: the $2 trillion post-quantum migration story, IonQ's scam backlash versus its NVIDIA chemistry results, and a White House critical-tech strategy putting quantum on the national priority list.

• IBM and UChicago Demonstrate Verified 'Trusted' Quantum Advantage with 70 Logical Qubits — The Quantum Insider
• Brookhaven Lab and Stony Brook Demonstrate First US Free-Space Quantum Network Link Across 13 Miles — Quantum Computing Report
• WSJ: Businesses Are Spending Big on Quantum — Allstate CEO Says 'Get on the Train' (Wall Street Journal)
• Fortune: 'Great Quantum Migration' Puts Over $2 Trillion in Digital Assets at Risk (Fortune)
• Quantum computing may be facing a replication crisis (New Scientist)
• Quantum sector called a 'scam' amid IonQ hype backlash (Various)
• IonQ + NVIDIA + qBraid Paper: 54% Error Reduction in Quantum Chemistry Simulation — via X
• White House Critical Tech Strategy Flags Quantum; New FBI Quantum Counterintelligence Team — via X
• Physicists Entangle Quantum Memories Across a Record-Breaking 420 km (Phys.org)

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