This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. A $5 million prize awaits proof that quantum computers can ...

After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups are hoping to hit paydirt. But there can be only one big winner—if there is a winner at all.

Although the potential applications of quantum computing are widespread, a new feasibility study suggests quantum computers ...

One of the biggest promises of quantum computing is the ability to simulate molecules ...

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck, together with partners from Sydney and Waterloo, have presented a new diagnostic ...

The future of science may be quantum-classical hybrid computing ...

Ever since Academia Sinica announced a 5-qubit superconducting quantum computer in January 2024, and National Tsing Hua University unveiled a photonic quantum computer capable of integer factorization ...

IBM offers expanded access to quantum processors as developers prepare for the eventual challenge to Bitcoin's cryptography.

NbRe may be a long-sought triplet superconductor, offering zero-resistance spin transport and major advances in quantum computing.

The Bitcoin network took its first step towards quantum-computing resistance with the addition of BIP 360 to its repository.

Quantum computing won’t break Bitcoin in 2026, but the growing practice of “harvest now, decrypt later” is pushing the crypto industry to prepare sooner rather than later. Quantum computing has long ...