Government & Policy
Bolstering Australia’s NSW Quantum Computing and Deep-Tech Companies With $7M
Quantum computing startups and deep-tech companies will be supported to advance their innovations through the NSW Government’s new $7 million Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund.
€10M Irish Project to Focus on Quantum Tech’s Potential to Secure Data
Researchers from universities and institutes around [Ireland] will pool their expertise to examine how infrastructure and the transmission of data in Ireland can be secured using quantum technology.
Regional Spotlight: Quantum Technology in the U.K.
The U.K.’s network of prestigious universities has always made the country fertile ground for research and innovation.
Deloitte Releases Ethics Assessment on Emerging Technologies, Includes Quantum Computing
Companies striving to ride the cutting edge are competing to gain benefits from emerging technologies like improved customer experience, operational efficiencies, and newly enabled use-cases.
A Roadmap for Quantum Interconnects
The roadmap serves as a guide for research and development in quantum interconnects, devices that link and distribute quantum information between systems and across distances to enable quantum computing, communications and sensing.

Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Legislation Passes U.S. Senate
The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act has passed the U.S. Senate’s Wickets and is now only one signature from law.
India, E.U. Sign Pact on Climate Modelling and Quantum Technologies
India and the European Union (EU) on Monday signed an agreement on cooperation in areas such as climate modelling and quantum technologies, building on the Trade and Technology Council launched by the two sides earlier this year.
With Brexit Comes This: UK Faces Exclusion From Horizon Europe Calls in Quantum
The EU moved to exclude the UK from Horizon Europe calls on sensitive quantum projects in October due to doubts over the country’s willingness to provide EU researchers with reciprocal access to UK programmes and to comply with intellectual property rules.
Put a Stamp on It! Quantum Technology Seen as Solution to U.S. Postal Service’s Inefficiency
Vishnu Parasuraman, the Federal Hybrid Cloud Transformation OpenShift Offering Lead and Practice Lead at IBM, told attendees at the Red Hat Government Symposium on Nov. 9 that some quantum computing use cases for the Federal government are already well in focus, with potentially big payoffs as further use of the technology comes online.