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July 22, 2026 — Hewlett Foundation's $100 Million Bet on Quantum Security
Episode 17
The Hewlett Foundation commits $100 million over five years to security research across AI, biotech, and quantum computing, landing the same week the…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
July 21, 2026 — Google's Self-Calibrating Qubits: A Live 31% Error Cut
Episode 16
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind show a reinforcement-learning agent can recalibrate a quantum chip's controls live, mid-error-correction — cutting log…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
July 20, 2026 — Britain's Quantum Gamble Meets a New Prime Minister's Axe
Episode 15
Britain's tech sector erupts as new PM Andy Burnham reportedly moves to dissolve the department that funds UK quantum research — plus a rack-mounted …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
July 19, 2026 — The NISQ Trap: Was Quantum Advantage Doomed From the Start?
Episode 14
This week a philosopher of physics and one of quantum computing's most influential complexity theorists went head-to-head over whether eight years of…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
July 18, 2026 — IBM's 25% Plunge Meets Quantinuum's Anyon Breakthrough
Episode 13
This week's recap: Quantinuum published a genuine Nature-verified first — a universal gate set built from braiding anyons — the same week IBM posted …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
July 17, 2026 — IBM's $67 Billion Wipeout — and Its $10B Quantum Bet
Episode 12
IBM's worst single trading day in over a century collides with its long-term quantum bet, while quantum stocks give back post-executive-order gains a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
July 16, 2026 — Quantinuum's Anyon Fusion Trick Chases Universal Quantum Gates
Episode 11
Quantinuum's H2 trapped-ion processor prepares a 54-qubit non-Abelian topological state and shows that fusing anyons, not just braiding them, unlocks…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 10: IBM's $10 Billion Quantum Bet Survives a 25% Stock Drop
Episode 10
IBM reaffirms its $10 billion, five-year quantum roadmap and 2029 fault-tolerance target in the same letter admitting a rough Q2 miss and a 25% stock…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 9: Can an Ordinary Chip Factory Build a Quantum Computer?
Episode 9
Diraq and imec show eight coherent silicon spin qubits made on a standard 300mm chip foundry line — a real manufacturing milestone with an aggressive…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep 8: Israel's $5 Billion Quantum SPAC Bet
Episode 8
Two of Israel's best-funded quantum startups, Quantum Art and Classiq, are reportedly in advanced SPAC talks worth up to $5 billion each — we dig int…
2 months, 4 weeks ago