Krown Licenses Quantum eMotion QRNG2 for Crypto Security
Krown Technologies has secured an exclusive worldwide license to integrate Quantum eMotion’s QRNG2 quantum random number generator into its cryptocurrency products. The partnership makes Quantum eMotion the sole quantum‑security provider for Krown, while Krown becomes the exclusive quantum blockchain partner for the vendor. QRNG2’s true quantum entropy will be embedded in Krown’s Qastle software wallet, the upcoming Excalibur hardware wallet, and its Quantum Blockchain‑as‑a‑Service platform. The deal positions Krown at the forefront of quantum‑resistant security as the crypto industry braces for quantum‑computing threats.
NTT Scale Academy: Quantum Startup Incubator
NTT Research unveiled Scale Academy, a startup incubator aimed at turning its lab discoveries into market‑ready products. Its first offering, SaltGrain, is a zero‑trust data security suite built on attribute‑based encryption originally proposed by Sahai and Waters. The suite provides...
Perspectives on World Quantum Day 2026: From CEO of D-Wave
D‑Wave CEO Alan Baratz says the threshold for commercially viable quantum computing has been crossed, shifting the industry from pure development to real‑world adoption. The company cites its Advantage 2 system solving a problem in minutes that would take a classical...
AQT Low Errors Boost Horizon Quantum Software
Quantum software firm Horizon Quantum announced a strategic partnership with Alpine Quantum Technologies to integrate its Triple Alpha IDE with AQT’s trapped‑ion quantum processors via the cloud. The collaboration lets developers compile and run quantum code on AQT’s low‑error hardware...
Quantum Computers: Automated Error Correction Boosts Design
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have introduced KOVAL‑Q, an electronic design automation kernel that formulates surface‑code logical operations as satisfiability (SAT) problems. By exploiting SAT solvers, KOVAL‑Q identifies optimal sequences for CNOT gates and patch rotations, cutting execution time...
90% of Firms Plan PQC Funding, Sectigo Offers Low-Risk Path
Sectigo has added Private PQC to its Certificate Manager, letting enterprises test post‑quantum TLS certificates directly in live PKI workflows. The move responds to a survey showing 90% of firms plan to fund PQC projects within the next 12 months, while...
BTQ, Daou Data Partner on Post-Quantum Security
BTQ Technologies and Daou Data have teamed up to embed hardware‑rooted post‑quantum cryptography into Korea’s payment gateways and value‑added networks. The collaboration builds on BTQ’s prior investment in Keypair, enabling faster integration of dedicated cryptographic modules. By securing key generation...
Aeluma Wins $4M Contracts for Quantum Materials
Aeluma announced it has secured more than $4 million in U.S. government contracts to scale production of quantum‑dot lasers and AlGaAs nonlinear materials. The funding enables a dual‑sourcing strategy with Tower Semiconductor and Sumitomo Chemical Advanced Technology, moving the company from...
ZeroTier Named Cyber Security Solution of the Year 2026
ZeroTier was named Cyber Security Solution of the Year 2026 by The Cyber Security Review. The award highlights its software‑defined networking platform that secures AI‑driven traffic and meets NIST/NSA CNSA 2.0 post‑quantum standards. CEO Andrew Gault said the honor validates ZeroTier’s...
Florance Gift Fuels Princeton’s Quantum Research & Discovery
Andy and Heather Florance have made a substantial, undisclosed donation to Princeton University’s Princeton Quantum Initiative, accelerating its research and education efforts. The gift bolsters work in superconducting qubits, quantum materials, and other quantum information science, aligning with recent breakthroughs...
Quantum States Predictably Distribute with Noise
Researchers at the University of Waterloo, led by Matthew Duschenes, expanded the theoretical framework for quantum expectation‑value distributions to include arbitrary sets of measurement operators and random quantum states. Using combinatorial moment analysis and noisy circuit simulations, they showed that...
Quantum Networks: Unknown State Verification Limit
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Stellenbosch University introduced a framework for distributed quantum inference that sharply reduces the communication needed to certify an unknown quantum state. By leveraging public randomness and shared entanglement, the sample complexity improves to...
Quantum Data Transfer Beats Classical Speeds
Researchers at ITMO University, led by Andrei Stepanenko, experimentally demonstrated quantum advantage in excitation transfer across a honeycomb‑structured qubit lattice. Using the quantum brachistochrone optimization, they achieved transfer times shorter than the classical bound of 2N‑2, leveraging superposition and interference to...
Lighter Quantum Bits Resist Errors During Measurement, Boosting Computer Reliability
Google Quantum AI researchers examined measurement‑induced state transitions across roughly two million fluxonium configurations and discovered that lighter fluxonium qubits can slash readout error rates by up to two million times compared with heavier designs and conventional transmons. The reduction stems from...
Sampling Boosts Quantum Simulation Rates by a Factor of Ten Thousand
NVIDIA researchers led by Taylor Lee Patti unveiled a unified tensor‑network approach that accelerates quantum trajectory simulations by more than 10⁸‑fold compared with traditional methods. The breakthrough combines error‑independent path variation, non‑degenerate sampling, and a flexible contraction framework, delivering over...
