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The EU Quantum Strategy also envisages EU countries pooling their expertise and resources in research, quantum infrastructures and the ecosystem of start-ups and scale-ups.

EU turns to private funding to boost quantum technology ambition

July 03, 2025 10:42 am

The European Commission and EU countries have in the last five years provided more than 11 billion euros ($13 billion) in public funding to quantum technology.

On quantum technology, India has much to do. Global partnerships hold the key

July 02, 2025 6:42 pm

India should actively engage with like-minded countries to secure its position within technology anchored geopolitics

The UK's Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood, asked more than two dozen company executives, including those representing Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir for ideas to create a "prison outside of prison". (Credit: X/@ShabanaMahmood)

Trackers under skin, robot prison wardens: In UK, vision for justice takes 'dystopian' turn

July 01, 2025 10:37 pm

UK prison technology: The UK’s Labour government is battling a shortage of both the space to hold prisoners and officials to oversee them.

IBM has built devices with over 100 qubits and is pursuing a 1,000-qubit machine.

Quantum Computing: Journey from bits to qubits still has far to go

July 08, 2025 1:24 pm

The next generation of computers could reshape science, security, and global power. It will not be about what’s possible with bits, but about what we can achieve with qubits.

In 2012, it was estimated that a 2048-bit RSA key could be broken by a quantum computer with a billion physical qubits.

Quantum computers with 1 million qubits can crack RSA encryption in a week, Google study reveals

June 01, 2025 8:49 am

With recent advancements in quantum computing, Google researchers also emphasised an urgent shift to post-quantum cryptography.

Cisco shows quantum networking chip, opens new lab

May 07, 2025 2:08 pm

The chip uses some of the same technology as current networking chips and would help link together smaller quantum computers into larger systems.

As quantum computing race heats up, 5 startups to watch beyond Big Tech

April 30, 2025 8:22 am

Here is a look at startups such as PsiQuantum, Pasqal, and Rigetti Computing that are driving innovation in quantum chip development.

Nvidia to open quantum computing lab, CEO says

March 21, 2025 7:57 am

Nvidia added the program after Huang in January said useful quantum computers are 20 years away.

Abhay Karandikar at Idea Exchange: ‘We need to not only be technologically self-reliant but also develop solutions that are disruptive and game-changing’

March 17, 2025 7:39 am

Abhay Karandikar, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science & Technology, is leading efforts to upgrade the quality of scientific research in the country

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Knowledge Nugget: What should UPSC aspirants know from NITI Aayog’s report on quantum computing?

March 11, 2025 10:45 am

As NITI Aayog’s Frontier Tech Hub (NITI-FTH) highlights the potential of quantum technology for economic growth and national security, let’s understand what quantum computing is. How quantum computing is reshaping national security? What is the National Quantum Mission?