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Small, room-temperature quantum computers that use light on the horizon after breakthrough, scientists say
By Owen Hughes published
Scientists say they’ve cracked a key challenge in scalable quantum hardware after generating an error-correcting, light-based qubit on a chip for the first time.

'Quantum AI' algorithms already outpace the fastest supercomputers, study says
By Tristan Greene published
Researchers have successfully demonstrated quantum speedup in kernel-based machine learning.

Millions of qubits on a single quantum processor now possible after cryogenic breakthrough
By Owen Hughes published
Scientists in Australia have developed a quantum control chip that removes a key obstacle to getting qubits into practical, real-world computing systems.

Breakthrough quantum computer could solve problems 200 times faster than a supercomputer
By Owen Hughes published
Scientists have built a compact physical qubit with built-in error correction, and now say it could be scaled into a 1,000-qubit machine that is small enough to fit inside a data center. They plan to release this machine in 2031.

Microsoft breakthrough could reduce errors in quantum computers by 1,000 times
By Tristan Greene published
Microsoft scientists developed a 4D geometric coding method that reduces errors 1,000-fold in quantum computers.

IBM's monster 10,000-qubit quantum computer coming in 2029 after science behind fault-tolerenance 'solved'
By Tristan Greene published
The quantum computer, called Starling, will use 200 logical qubits — and IBM plans to follow this up with a 2,000-logical-qubit machine in 2033

Alan Turing's seminal papers, almost destroyed by a shredder, head to auction
By Stephanie Pappas published
The trove of papers from pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing was discovered in a loft.
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