China five-year plan aims for supremacy in AI, quantum computing

Posted on 07/03/2021 by Engadget

China's tech industry has been hit hard by US trade battles and the economic uncertainties of the pandemic, but it's eager to bounce back in the relatively near future. According to the Wall Street Journal, the country used its annual party m...

Samsung is using quantum computing to research better batteries

Posted on 12/02/2021 by Engadget

Even the slightest improvement in battery technology could help you decide what gadgets you buy, and Samsung is hoping quantum computing will give it an edge. The tech firm and Imperial College London researchers are using Honeywell's System Mode...

IBM quantum computers now finish some tasks in hours, not months

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Engadget

As much as quantum computers have improved, they’re far from taking the reins from conventional computers in some situations. IBM might have made them more practical, however. The tech pioneer has found a way to combine a new program execution enviro...

BMW tries to get ahead of its supply curve using quantum computing

Posted on 27/01/2021 by Engadget

BMW is starting to embrace quantum computing to optimize its supply chains. The automaker has started testing Honeywell systems to help it determine the best components to buy at the right time without disrupting production. While one supplier might...

Google’s quantum computing division will help develop new drugs

Posted on 11/01/2021 by Engadget

Google’s Quantum AI division is teaming with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to develop new types of drugs, the companies announced. The idea is to research and develop quantum computing tech to do “molecular dynamics” simulations, or the...

Honeywell’s latest quantum computer claims a new problem solving milestone

Posted on 29/10/2020 by Engadget

Familiar names like IBM and Google were among the first to break ground in the field of commercial quantum computing, but Honeywell is claiming for itself today. After a few months of teasing, the company has finally shed more light on its new System...

White House budget proposal would hike AI and quantum funding by 30 percent

Posted on 16/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If the US is going to build a quantum internet and otherwise claim technical supremacy, it’s going to need appropriate funding — and that might be forthcoming. As the Wall Street Journal reports, The White House has proposed a 2021 non-defense budget...

Energy Department unveils roadmap for a national quantum internet

Posted on 24/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US is determined to achieve supremacy in quantum computing, and that now includes plans for a fledgling quantum internet. The Department of Energy has provided a “blueprint strategy” for a prototype national quantum internet that could be complet...

Intel’s ‘hot’ qubits could lead to more advanced quantum computers

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Intel has edged one step closer to practical quantum computers. The chipmaker and its partner QuTech have successfully controlled “hot” qubits (that is, at temperatures above 1 kelvin) that are also coherent and dense, making it easier to put qubits...

Alex Garland on ‘Devs,’ free will and quantum computing

Posted on 14/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Alex Garland's Devs is unlike anything currently on television. The Hulu/FX show starts out as an exploration of a powerful tech company that has cracked the secrets of quantum computing, but it evolves into an exploration of free will, determinism a...

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