February 19, 2024 Quantum computing is advancing from bespoke, made-to-order models towards a more standardized manufacturing approach, signaling a significant shift in the industry. Key developments include: Companies are pioneering the move towards manufacturing facilities, such as a more...
July 5, 2023 Google scientists have completed a task on a quantum computer that would take a supercomputer 47 years to finish. The study, published on ArXiv, describes how they used Google's upgraded quantum computer with 70 qubits, more...
April 27, 2023 Adi Shamir, a renowned cryptographer, feels that fears about quantum computers cracking encryption techniques are exaggerated. Shamir stated during the annual cryptographers' panel at the RSA Conference in San Francisco that while AI and cryptography more...
February 21, 2023 The federal government is giving a Toronto startup an opportunity to prove that its fledgling technology could help protect today’s encrypted Canadian communications from being hacked by quantum computers. Quantum Bridge Technologies (QBT) said this more...
August 17, 2022 A public-private agency that helps Canadian organizations shift to technologies that protect their encrypted data from being broken by quantum computers has been given a federal grant of $675,000 to help its work. Public Safety more...
July 7, 2022 The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected four encryption algorithms to withstand future quantum computer attacks. The four encryption algorithms include CRYSTALS-Kyber, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON and SPHINCS+. The four algorithms more...
July 6, 2022 The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen the first group of encryption tools it believes will withstand the assault of a future quantum computer, a decision welcomed by the Canadian government’s more...
