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  • Monday, 6 January, 2020
    Wall Street banks ramp up research into quantum finance

    Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citigroup eye potentially revolutionary technology

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Special ReportCyber Security
    Race is on to build quantum-proof encryption

    Cyber experts fear data security will be exposed by quantum tornado

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
    Google Inc
    Google quantum feat will help solve ‘impossible problems’

    Tech group claims computing achievement compares with launch of its search engine in terms of significance

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    Google praised by White House for ‘quantum supremacy’

    Processor can perform task in minutes that would take supercomputers 10,000 years to complete

  • Monday, 30 September, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A quantum future could be bright if managed well

    Technology that will disrupt current systems needs careful planning

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Rivals rubbish Google’s claim of quantum supremacy 

    Researchers take aim at tech company for declaring computing milestone

  • Friday, 20 September, 2019
    Google claims to have reached quantum supremacy

    Researchers say their quantum computer has calculated an impossible problem for ordinary machines

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    Anjana Ahuja
    Quantum computing builds on Turing’s legacy

    Scientists are mining mathematics for ‘hard problems’ from which to concoct new algorithms

  • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
    British quantum computing experts leave for Silicon Valley

    New start-up aims to create commercial quantum computer within 5 years

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    International Business Machines Corp
    IBM unveils first standalone quantum computer

    Powerful new system could eventually leave today’s machines in the dust

  • Tuesday, 8 January, 2019
    1 min
    IBM develops quantum computing system

    New computer is designed for scientific and commercial uses

  • Saturday, 20 October, 2018
    Fund management
    Nasa says quantum computing is future for funds
  • Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    Jonathan Margolis
    Fun facts about quantum computing

    Our writer sets out to understand the mysterious technology. Here is what he learnt

  • Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    Special ReportCyber Security
    Why you need to quantum-proof your cyber security now

    The quantum threat comes just as the internet of things and 5G mobile connectivity are arriving, with higher security requirements

  • Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
    Technology sector
    Alibaba steps up push into chipmaking

    Chinese tech group aims to bring its first AI chips to market next year

  • Monday, 3 September, 2018
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Quantum computing: power to think outside the box

    With potential uses in healthcare and finance, the technology promises to revolutionise computing

  • Thursday, 17 May, 2018
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Time to invest in skills for quantum computing revolution

    Practical quantum machines are likely to arrive much sooner than expected

  • Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
    Anjana Ahuja
    Smallest ever chemistry experiment is no mean scientific feat

    Creating a new molecule bodes well for the future of quantum computing

  • Monday, 5 February, 2018
    Special Report50 Ideas to Change the World
    Early quantum computing investors see benefits

    Tech revolution’s promise ranges from online encryption to modelling new molecules

  • Sunday, 28 January, 2018
    Analysis
    Microsoft and Google prepare for big leaps in quantum computing

    Companies set to give big boost to potentially revolutionary technology 

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2017
    AnalysisHedge funds
    Renaissance, DE Shaw look to quantum computing for edge

    Major hedge funds start to experiment with quantum computing as quant investing evolves

  • Monday, 2 October, 2017
    Analysis
    Quantum computing rivals muster software power

    Problem is to persuade developers to make programs for machines that don’t yet exist

  • Thursday, 10 August, 2017
    Satellites
    China sends first ‘unhackable’ message to satellite

    Quantum transmission marks big step in next generation communications

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2017
    Cyber Security
    AI and quantum computing aid cyber crime fight

    Businesses set to spend $100bn on protection by 2020

  • Friday, 24 March, 2017
    FT MagazineMasters of Science 2017
    The future is quantum: solution to the world’s problems

    Quantum computers will solve problems that conventional computers never could

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