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Enter Israel

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office is purportedly setting aside $80M (U.S.) for quantum computing research and development. The Israeli’s intend to join the elite group of nations capable of producing quantum computing systems. The preponderance of funding is ear-marked for the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

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Taking Up Microsoft

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is the first non-U.S. organization to take Microsoft up on its quantum program. The two aim to accelerate the water authority’s goals. Specifically, the organization’s ability to optimize energy use. 

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Microsoft, OpenVPN, Post-Quantum Computing

Recently, Microsoft made virtual private networks (VPNs) and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) cryptosystem experimentation available for public study. Making use of the widely acclaimed OpenVPN software, MS combined OpenVPN with a PQC kit. The present iteration only protects data tunneling between the client and the VPN server with purportedly PQC-safe encryption algorithms. As data exits this trusted network onto the internet (public), classical cryptography takes over the encryption, increasing risk to the data’s confidentiality. The MS project complements the Open Quantum Safe project and NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography endeavors. Read on for further detail. 

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Writing Quantum Computer Code

Writing Quantum Computer Code Seems inevitable that quantum computers will be available in much greater capacity than the current cloud-based offerings from Alibaba and IBM,

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