The Quantum Revolution – Why You Should Pay Attention Now

If you haven’t heard about quantum computers yet, you may have been spending too much time in the server room, but you will be forgiven if you have missed the numerous recent news articles demonstrating the pace of advancements in quantum computing and just how close we are to them becoming reality. And the answer is ‘sooner than you think’.  The technology giants we are familiar with today such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and IBM are investing hugely in this revolutionary technology, alongside an increasing multitude of innovative well-funded start-ups. But why bother?

Size Matters: Toshiba Shrinks Quantum Key Distribution Technology to a 2x6MM Wafer

Toshiba Shrinks Quantum Key Distribution Technology to a Semiconductor Chip Toshiba develops world’s first QKD system based on quantum transmitter, receiver and random number generator chips. Quantum chips manufactured using standard semiconductor processes. Significant advance towards mass deployment of quantum communications. Toshiba Europe Ltd announced it has developed the world’s first chip-based quantum key distribution […]

Strengthening Cybersecurity With “Toy Algorithms”: Helping Benchmark Quantum Algorithm Speedups, Brute Force Attacks for the Better

Researchers at Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in the United Arab Emirates have demonstrated a new approach to simulate cryptographic hacking algorithms on a quantum simulator that runs on classical computers. One of the key discoveries was a way to model the complexity of such computations that could be scaled to a full-sized quantum computer. The research enabled them to create more secure cryptographic designs.

$50M Into Quantum-Secure Privacy-Preserving Computing on Encrypted Data Sets in the Cloud

Softbank Leads $50M Series C Funding for Cornami to Bring Real-Time Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to Market Cornami (named for a “tsunami of cores”) announced today it has completed an early close to its currently over-subscribed $50M Series C financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to bring Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to market. Others participating […]

When – If Ever – Quantum Computing Arrives, Could it Kill Blockchain?

The introduction piques our interest. Quantum computing may be here in 5 years – or 15 years – and that has been said for a number of years now.  The spectre of quantum computing over blockchain may be more myth than reality — at least for a long time to come. Or maybe not. But […]