Quantum computing, which leverages the probabilistic nature of quantum physics to accelerate certain types of computations exponentially, may be the next major technological revolution. While quantum ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After trying out algorithmic trading on a quantum computer, HSBC recently joined a growing list of companies to ...

Quantum chaos used to be the kind of phrase that made experimental physicists wince, a shorthand for fragile devices going off the rails when too many particles started talking to each other. Now a ...

IBM is innovating quickly as it pushes toward useful quantum computing. The company has a clear roadmap and the resources to get to the finish line over the next decade. Quantum computing, which ...

Researchers from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup, published findings on March 31, 2026, arguing that a useful quantum computer capable of running Shor’s algorithm on real cryptographic ...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of ...

Quantum computers are thought to be able to perform processes that are impossible with conventional computers by utilizing properties such as ' Some companies developing quantum computers, such as IBM ...

IBM is innovating quickly as it pushes toward useful quantum computing. The company has a clear roadmap and the resources to get to the finish line over the next decade. Over the next decade, it's ...

Large quantum computers may be able to solve problems impossible for even the best traditional supercomputers – but in order to do so, some of them might need far more energy than those supercomputers ...

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...