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IonQ’s 74x qLDPC Speedup: What the Number Actually Shows — October 7, 2026

IonQ's qLDPC work reports up-to speedups for logical operations, while Xanadu, Pasqal, Infleqtion, and Cisco announce manufacturing, component, and network developments.

Netherlands Links Quantum Strategy to Cybersecurity — October 6, 2026

Quantinuum and The University of Western Australia Partner to Advance Australia's Quantum Capability — QuantinuumNetherlands's Quantum Strategy Sets 2035 Goals, Links Ind

Can Better Fabrication Make Qubits More Consistent? — October 5, 2026

Scientists Break 3 World Records With Giant Atoms Built for Quantum Computing — SciTechDailyNew quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate o

Logical Qubits: Does the Count Tell You Enough? — October 4, 2026

Today’s think piece examines why logical-qubit totals need clear definitions and performance context. It considers how scorecards can recognize early progress while disti

Weekly Recap: $215M and 2028 Set Quantum's Clock — October 3, 2026

This weekly recap follows the push to put quantum computing on concrete timelines, from federal security measures to logical-qubit targets. It also looks at an IBM benchm

D-Wave's Gate Simulator Beta Buys a Ticket to the Gate Race — October 2, 2026

D-Wave opens a gate-model simulator beta with BBVA, FAU and Julich ahead of hardware, while NSA sets 2027 and 2030 post-quantum markers and Quantinuum pushes real-hardwar

Diraq Plans Albuquerque Lab to Expand Silicon Qubit Testing — October 1, 2026

California has paired fusion legislation with a joint quantum and deep-space research allocation. We also cover Diraq's planned New Mexico lab and an Alice & Bob cat-qubi

Can NATO Turn Quantum Plans Into Military Capability? — September 30, 2026

Infleqtion and Riverlane MOU — Infleqtion on XProject Eleven Acquires Riva Labs for Post-Quantum Security — The Quantum InsiderCloudflare and Merkle Tree Certificates — Q

Can $215 Million Buy a Quantum Finish Line by 2028? — September 29, 2026

Today's episode looks at the Department of Energy's Quantum Genesis Q Competition and asks whether its 2028 goal can deliver a scientifically useful, error-corrected mach

10x and the Q-Day question — September 27, 2026

This Sunday think piece examines the warning that quantum risk to Bitcoin could arrive before commercial quantum viability. It separates that warning from classical facto

Weekly Recap: From Logical Qubits to Field-Ready Sensors — September 26, 2026

This week's recap follows quantum computing from a commercial logical-qubit milestone and a topological gate demonstration to a DOE roadmap and new research. We also sepa

IonQ’s Campus Installation Is Still a 2027 Promise — September 25, 2026

IonQ's planned Superion 256 installation at Florida International University puts the promise and limits of on-campus quantum access in focus. Also: Qambria funding, QuiX

Who Gets the First Quantum Seat at NVIDIA? — September 24, 2026

NVIDIA selected IonQ's Superion 256 for its first planned on-premise quantum installation at the Accelerated Quantum Research Center. Today's episode also covers a Europe

QuEra Crays Up, Microsoft Hands DARPA 15,000 Sq Ft of Proof — September 23, 2026

QuEra and HPE plan on-premises neutral-atom QPUs with Cray supercomputers while Microsoft opens a 15,000-square-foot Maryland center giving DARPA hands-on Majorana 2 acce

IonQ's Korea Stack Bet Plus RSA-260 at $400k — September 22, 2026

IonQ bundles a Superion 256 and SiV memory with SDT and a planned Gumi facility, plus a classical RSA-260 claim, and Phasecraft's Virginia move. IonQ and SDT Partner on

Quantum assist inside crash simulation, Swiss post-quantum chip plan — September 21, 2026

A Swiss post-quantum chip MoU, a D-Wave board move, a Chicago reality-check, and IonQ-Ansys in LS-DYNA. SEALSQ, WISeKey and Jura Sign MoU for Swiss Post-Quantum Semicond

The Week Quantum Money Got Real — And Real Small — September 19, 2026

The weekly recap: PsiQuantum's CHIPS Act award goes final, a new benchmark humbles the whole industry, DOE launches a $215 million fault-tolerance prize, EPB fires up a t

Washington's Quantum Moonshot Bets on Physics Meeting a Deadline — September 18, 2026

DOE launches a milestone-based prize race toward fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2028 — plus surface-code scaling on IBM hardware, a real-world IonQ/Synopsys engineer

Quantum's TSMC Problem: IBM's $1B Foundry, No Customers — September 17, 2026

Today: IBM's quantum foundry spinout Anderon finalizes a $1 billion CHIPS Act award, matched by IBM, to build a neutral wafer fab for the industry — but no rival has sign

Bonus: Meet Concrete Compute

A bonus introduction from Quickly Quantum to Concrete Compute, another daily show created by Brian Lampert. This cross-promotion features a short recommendation in this s