Social•Feb 25, 2026
Quantum Algorithms Boost Network Routing Resilience in New Trial
A new trial aims at improving internet delivery by leveraging #quantum algorithms to supercharge network routing resilience. https://t.co/PmOjgQgbaQ #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork #digitaltransformation https://t.co/dTiXObElqY
By Peggy Smedley
Social•Feb 25, 2026
Patent Granted for Quantum Machine Perception at Google
After a very long time this patent is finally out Inventing Quantum machine perception, i.e. combining quantum machine learning with quantum sensors. One of my first contributions at Google. Enjoy 🖖⚛️ https://t.co/xSigOnrl6A
By Gill Verdon
Social•Feb 24, 2026
Quantum Threats Demand Immediate Bitcoin Resistance Upgrade
There are 2 threats that quantum computers pose to Bitcoin, both have the same solution. Threat 1: A QC is built and used to break Bitcoin's cryptography. Threat 2: Even before such computer is here, people will lose confidence in Bitcoin out...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Feb 23, 2026
Mid‑Circuit Measurements Unlock Quantum Advantage in Shallow Circuits
Mid-circuit measurements are a powerful tool for state preparation, and they have generated considerable excitement in condensed matter physics due to their rich and surprising effects. In contrast, their usefulness for #quantumcomputation remains comparatively less well understood. In this work,...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 22, 2026
24 Concise Chapters Showcase Diverse Author Perspectives
Interesting format for a review article. 24 brief chapters, each offering perspective from a small subset of the 69 authors on a particular topic. https://t.co/S49x2Mr1g2
By John Preskill
Social•Feb 22, 2026
Bitcoin Could Be Quantum‑proof with Just Two Steps
“Only two steps” required to make Bitcoin quantum-resistant? In this @Unchained_pod episode, @TheBlueMatt joins me to discuss: ❌ Why he thinks Nic Carter is wrong about the quantum threat to Bitcoin ⛔ Why he disagrees with Nic on his ranking of Bitcoin’s most...
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Register Now for UCLA's 2026 Quantum Device Workshop
🚀 Registration is now open for the 2026 Quantum Device Workshop, held at UCLA on June 15–18, 2026 https://t.co/TpnOviTsh8
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Quantum Cryptography Threat Still a Decade Away, Experts Say
"People keep claiming that we'll have a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer soon. The actual quantum experts are giving 10-year time horizons." https://t.co/CLMWr1HiYS
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Winning AI Race Requires Physics‑driven, Not Just Chatbot, Models
The AI race will not be won with chatbots that predict the next word. In today’s Wall Street Journal, I argue that staying ahead of China requires a new class of AI models built on physics, chemistry, and quantitative reasoning, not...
By Jack Hidary
Social•Feb 17, 2026
TelaQ Launches, Advancing Quantum Network Optimization
New release of telaQ, a flagship product of nodeQ (personal investment) and a leader in the optimization of quantum networks. https://t.co/BkKJK6PVSR
By Nick Farina
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Three Lower Bounds Achieve Near-Exact Ground-State Energies
Variational #quantumalgorithms and classical variational methods, such as #tensornetwork techniques, provide upper bounds on ground-state energies. However, to meaningfully assess their performance and reliability, these results should be complemented by efficiently computable lower bounds. https://t.co/Fxs5ORiqcW This work demonstrates that three distinct types...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 17, 2026
Quantum Breakthrough Makes Once‑impossible Problems Solvable
I’ve been waiting for a moment like this. Google’s new quantum chip solved a 150-year-old problem in 2 hours. 13,000× faster than one of the world’s best supercomputers. That’s not incremental. That’s a different category. Their Willow chip ran an algorithm that models how atoms...
By Pascal Bornet
Social•Feb 16, 2026
Start Crypto Agility Now Before Quantum Day Arrives
⏳ Data stolen today will be cracked tomorrow. Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) isn't a "next year" problem—it’s a multi-year migration that starts now. I’m looking for "Crypto Agility" on the floor at #RSAC2026. Are you ready for the Q-Day countdown? https://t.co/6PIC4o7OmO #QuantumSecurity...
By Tim Crawford
Social•Feb 15, 2026
Government Claim to Crack RSA 2048 Raises Skepticism
If someone tells me on The Post-Quantum World that the government cracked RSA 2048, I will certainly have a followup question.
By Konstantinos Karagiannis
Social•Feb 14, 2026
AI‑Driven Spin Qubit PhD in Barcelona – Apply by Feb 28
PhD grant (4 years) in Barcelona (ICN2/TCN) — AI-Driven Multiscale Modelling of Spin Qubits for Scalable Quantum Devices ~€2,575/month gross | International environment | Apply by 28 Feb 2026 (24:00 CEST) Apply: https://t.co/7CSc9tlGbO Project: https://t.co/CCEbaZFYMG https://t.co/vLapeXaeAe
By Stephan Roche
Social•Feb 14, 2026
QLDPC Cuts RSA‑2048 Attack to 100k Qubits
QLDPC for the win (and also a little bit scary) work by @IcebergQuantum reducing physical qubits to break RSA-2048 to only 100,000 which we probably aren’t that far away from. we aren’t ready for this. https://t.co/DUJQCeG72E
By Nick Farina
Social•Feb 13, 2026
Quantum Computing Threatens Private Encrypted Data, Experts Warn
I asked what else quantum could break @ChrisPeikert pointed out that we are overlooking the potential impact on our private encrypted data 👇 https://t.co/bFsCVAR5YD
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 13, 2026
New Methods Certify Photonic Quantum States Amid Indistinguishability
Photons are indistinguishable, and this makes certification - as it is relevant for photonic state preparations and computing - a subtle issue. We introduce methods and a mindset for certification of linear optical quantum state preparation that work in the...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Threat Looms: Bitcoin Must Embrace Post‑Quantum Collaboration
Are bitcoiners underestimating the quantum computing threat? In this @Unchained_pod episode, @drakefjustin and @ChrisPeikert join me to unpack: 🤖 The quantum computing risk to crypto 🤫 How governments may be the dark horse in the quantum race 👀 Why Bitcoin and Ethereum may need...
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Ethereum Targets Post‑quantum Cryptography Upgrade by 2029
“The plan right now is to upgrade every single piece of Ethereum cryptography to be post quantum secure by 2029.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Threat Undermines Zcash Soundness, Not Privacy
“Quantum computers will break the soundness of these privacy schemes like Zcash, but they will not break privacy.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcB0vh
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Breakthroughs Expected by 2032—Start Building Now
“If indeed I’m right, that 2032 is the date (for quantum to get real), then today’s when we really need to get started.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/bbNeyUmOCj
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Computers Could Extract Private Keys From Public Keys
“With a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, you can take a public key and derive the private key from that.” — Justin Drake (@drakefjustin), Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation https://t.co/fCtfMcBykP
By Laura Shin
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Software Alliance Launches Site to Accelerate Practical Computing
Quantum software is essential to make quantum technology work. The #QuantumSoftwareAlliance is a network of research institutions focused on making quantum computing practical through software, with an emphasis on co-design, algorithm discovery, verification, benchmarking, and interoperability. The web page is now...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 11, 2026
Local Stoquastic Hamiltonians Remain MA-Hard to Solve
Stoquastic Hamiltonians avoid the sign problem in Monte Carlo simulations, so they are often viewed as the easy corner of many-body physics. We show that this intuition fails. https://t.co/zo2Si0xw35 Even under strict physical structure, estimating the ground-state...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 10, 2026
Beyond Surface Code: Exploring Exotic Quantum Error‑Correction Zoo
I like to picture the space of error correction codes as a zoo with many exhibits. Many people are familiar with the surface code, it’s certainly the workhorse of our field. But there exist exotic codes that protect quantum information...
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Feb 9, 2026
Intuitive Quantum Error Correction: Watrous & Qiskit Series
One of my favorite video series on quantum error correction comes from John Watrous and IBM Qiskit. This series does an excellent job of building intuition for how we protect fragile quantum information, beyond simply presenting the formalism.
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Feb 8, 2026
Quantum Tech Startups: Pitch at Quantum Matter 2026
Your are a startup in Quantum Technology? Participate in the pitching competition during Quantum Matter 2026 in Barcelona (April 26-39), see https://t.co/fat2tUzpdt https://t.co/bnAYOyX22G
By Stephan Roche
Social•Feb 5, 2026
Quantum Computing Enters Practical Era with New Breakthroughs
Quantum computers will finally be useful: What's behind the revolution. https://t.co/jfR0QVkWxU An interesting read and good article in @Nature by @dcastelvecchi. https://t.co/iQZYLMQK3Z
By Jens Eisert
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Quantum 2.0’s Promise Requires a Skilled Workforce
The always eloquent Nadya Mason on the promise of Quantum 2.0 and how to build the quantum workforce. https://t.co/mxNu4unDuM
By John Preskill
Social•Feb 4, 2026
Quantum Computing Unstoppable—Develop Responsibly, Hope MAD Holds
I have, indeed, publicly questioned whether we should build quantum computers at all. But that’s a fantasy world; nothing can stop their development so all we can do is develop them responsibly and pray MAD applies.
By Nick Farina
Social•Feb 3, 2026
Oral Submissions Due Feb 11 for Quantum Matter 2026
📣 Quantum Matter 2026 (Barcelona, Apr 27–30, 2026) 🗓️ Oral submissions deadline: Feb 11 Details & submissions: https://t.co/nSZk9pTXos #QuantumMaterials #QuantumTech #CondensedMatter https://t.co/YPTLojzRdF
By Stephan Roche
Social•Feb 2, 2026
Quantum Insights Sparked at Q2B Conference Conversation
While attending the Q2B Silicon Valley conference in December, I had this enjoyable conversation with Antonella Navarro, host of The Quantum Revolution podcast. https://t.co/RtAHIRh8ns
By John Preskill
Social•Feb 2, 2026
Discover the Quantum Error Correction Zoo Resource
If you work on quantum error correction, be sure to check out The Error Correction Zoo: https://t.co/nLv7pmTq3A The Error Correction Zoo is an open, community-driven resource dedicated to compiling, organizing, and explaining known quantum error correction codes.
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Jan 31, 2026
Hardware Investment Surge Revives QC Prospects
hidden in this is the best news for QC: hardware will be (already is) in vogue again for investment
By Nick Farina
Social•Jan 30, 2026
Lattice Surgery Achieved on Superconducting Repetition Codes
Need to perform surgery on your logical #qubits? Here is how to do it with #superconducting #circuits. With lattice surgery you can entangle logical qubits, which is a step required for realizing two-qubit gates between logical qubits. This is particularly useful...
By Andreas Wallraff
Social•Jan 30, 2026
Access Small-Scale Quantum Tanner Codes with Good Parameters
if you want to play with smallist quantum Tanner codes, here is a bunch of codes with fairly good parameters.
By Anthony Leverrier
Social•Jan 30, 2026
Quantum Software Alliance Highlights Software’s Role in Computing
At the rump session of #QIP2026, @ElhamKashefi announced the #QuantumSoftwareAlliance, stressing the importance of research and development of quantum algorithms and software, concomitant with quantum hardware development. A quantum computer needs both hardware and software. This is just a cute...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Jan 28, 2026
Infleqtion: Strong Quantum Play at Fair Valuation
Infleqtion is an excellent quantum computing company at an actually fair price. If I could buy it, I would.
By Nick Farina
Social•Jan 27, 2026
IonQ Shines, but Quantum Thrives on Collaboration over Dominance
this is a brilliant play for ionq. the rest of the ecosystem, well... not so much. which is of course the point, but a thriving quantum ecosystem will rely on mutual collaboration and not dominance by a single firm. luckily...
By Nick Farina
Social•Jan 27, 2026
Efficient Quantum Operations Reshape Entanglement Theory
A wonderful and highly compressed medley on the consequences for quantum information theory when one is limited to computationally efficient steps at #QIP2026, impressively delivered by Lorenzo Leone and Thomas Hahn. If somebody had told me years ago that quantum...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Jan 26, 2026
IonQ's SkyWater Access Claim Faces Feasibility Questions
Will IonQ really allow other QC companies to use SkyWater, as the press release claims? What if someone asks to tape out a device superior to what they have at a given time?
By Nick Farina
Social•Jan 26, 2026
Lorenzo Leone Clarifies Clifford Commutant Research at QIP2026
At #QIP2026, Lorenzo Leone gives a wonderfully clear talk about out work on the Clifford commutant. https://t.co/GAmLOJFMsQ https://t.co/WaBmbW2G63
By Jens Eisert
Social•Jan 26, 2026
FeNNix-Bio1 Delivers Quantum‑Accurate MD, Open for Academia
#compchem #compbio 🚀 𝐅𝐞𝐍𝐍𝐢𝐱-𝐁𝐢𝐨1 enables to perform extremely fast molecular dynamics simulations at hashtag#quantum accuracy under various #GPU-accelerated frameworks. 🚀 As some people asked me, the 𝐅𝐞𝐍𝐍𝐢𝐱-𝐁𝐢𝐨1 #machinelearning foundation model is fully available for academic groups (ASL licence) at various places: - 👉...
By Jean-Philip Piquemal
Social•Jan 26, 2026
Quantum Combs Extended to Continuous‑time Field Limit
Formalising an operational continuum limit of quantum combs Quantum combs or quantum process tensors naturally capture multitime processes in quantum mechanics. We bring such combs to the continuum limit, capturing quantum fields. https://t.co/Kof534d3He Concretely, quantum #combs are powerful conceptual tools for capturing multi-time...
By Jens Eisert
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Evaluating Quantum Advantage Claims in Random Circuit Sampling
In part 2 or a 3-part series, Dominik Hangleiter continues his thoughtful assessment of the evidence for quantum advantage in random-circuit-sampling experiments. https://t.co/xzSyv2MOV2
By John Preskill
Social•Jan 24, 2026
UBS Warns Quantum Computing Threatens Crypto's Future
UBS mentions quantum computing as an existential threat to crypto. Quatum computing continues its rapid rise into the mainstream conversation.
By Nick Farina
Social•Jan 23, 2026
Quantum Metal Offers Designs and Tutorials for Quantum Devices
Did you know that Quantum Metal includes a repository of quantum device designs, along with tutorials on how they’re built? https://t.co/NZe3PLhXhR
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Jan 23, 2026
Marqov Testbed Launches with 10 QPUs,
Marqov TESTBED is up and running with Quantinuum. That’s now 10 QPUs, 9 simulators, and 14 foundation models available 🙌 https://t.co/tdrFC03uGJ
By Anastasia Marchenkova
Social•Jan 23, 2026
Efficient Decoding Redefines Quantum Channel Capacities, Reveals Separation
This is a paper I very much like, for its foundational and somewhat "rebellious" character: We show that notions channel capacities are strongly altered if one simply assumes that all operations one can implement are efficient. https://t.co/WAe4Et1SDy To the point, #quantumchannelcapacities are...
By Jens Eisert