The breakthrough addresses concerns that powerful quantum computers could eventually crack encryption standards to leave vulnerable financial systems, government communications, health data and media.

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- A British startup has installed New York City’s first quantum computer at a data center in Manhattan. Oxford Quantum Circuits has placed the system at a data center run by ...

Quantum computers able to defeat the encryption that has long safeguarded confidential electronic data – including that of U.S. state and local governments – might be viewed as a potential threat that ...

Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world’s first ...

What if the most complex problems plaguing industries today—curing diseases, optimizing global supply chains, or even securing digital communication—could be solved in a fraction of the time it takes ...

Quantum computers allow calculations to be performed at vastly greater speeds than current devices. Experts say that we could soon see quantum systems with commercial value. "By the end of the decade, ...