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2026 Becomes the Year of Quantum Security 🔐 YQS2026

2026 is being framed as the Year of Quantum Security: #YQS2026

After a year in which quantum moved decisively into the mainstream with International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the next phase is already taking shape. The focus is shifting from awareness to execution, and security is emerging as the defining challenge.

An outlook on the year ahead explores how security for quantum and security from quantum will shape how quantum technologies are deployed, protected, and trusted globally.

The Year of Quantum Security officially launches January 12th in Washington, D.C., with participation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), alongside industry leaders and ecosystem partners.

Registration is still open for those who want to be part of the opening conversation.

Read the article. Join the launch. Be part of the year that sets the security agenda for the quantum era.

Learn more: https://t.co/KXOxntENn4

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IQM and Telefónica Plan Quantum Computer for Madrid University

https://t.co/atbOC7r4A9

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Quandela And Quanova Partner to Deploy Vietnam’s First Quantum Computer

https://t.co/LeSbDYexWO

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Credit card fraud costs $34B a year, with $404B projected over the next decade.

HSBC's track in the Global Quantum + AI Challenge applies quantum machine learning to that problem: quantum-enhanced fraud detection for digital payment ecosystems.

84 applicants entered the track, a 13.7% conversion from registration to application.

HSBC experts are now reviewing every submission against the compliance and security demands of a regulated industry. Winners will be announced later this year.

#QuantumComputing #FinancialServices #GlobalQuantumAIChallenge

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Study: AI Could Speed Quantum Threats — And Help Build Defenses

https://t.co/u6peMDt8Kh

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South Korea Expands Quantum Communications Testbeds Through 2028

https://t.co/k4U53tXDRL

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John Martinis, John Preskill and Scott Aaronson are all heading to Chicago this December, with more speakers still to be announced.

At Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit, the conversation moves from research to real-world value:

🔹 Quantum computing and HPC, error correction and quantum AI

🔹 Communications, security, sensing and timing

🔹 Industry case studies, live demos and new announcements

🔹 Connections with companies, investors and public-sector leaders

December 8-10, Chicago. Register here: https://t.co/CjRNo3SawJ

#Q2B26 #QuantumTechnology

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Alice & Bob Reports Cat-Qubit Progress in French Quantum Computing Program

https://t.co/wee8xQIuHe

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Coherence Quantum Raises €2.78 Million in Seed Round

https://t.co/4WZriHRixR

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China’s Tuoyuan Targets Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing

https://t.co/Kt1ZvDkIji

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Quantinuum Reports a 10x Reduction in Logical Error Rate on Helios

https://t.co/KfHcBeEoo8

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Gold nanoclusters could solve quantum’s problem of stability and scalability. But there’s more

Gold-based qubits are tunable.

Each atomically precise gold nanocluster, for example, 25 atoms, 102 atoms, 144 atoms, and many others, acts like its own 'super atom', with spin and optical properties set by its structure.

The shell of ligand molecules around the gold core is a further tuning dial: changing the ligand took spin polarisation from 7% to nearly 40%, and stiffening that shell is how the team aims to extend coherence time.

No other qubit platform offers that kind of built-in flexibility, letting you select the material for the application: sensing, communication, computation.

One base material. Multiple tunable pathways. An entirely new materials platform.

@DeltaGoldTech

#QuantumComputing #QuantumMaterials #DeepTech

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Anderon Releases First Superconducting Quantum PDK

https://t.co/XGsCHe4qsU

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ORCA Computing Launches PT-3, The Latest Generation of Its Photonic Quantum Computers

https://t.co/f8uSmeZpuD

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@RiverLane_io and @nvidia Use AI to Speed Up Quantum Decoder Calibration

https://t.co/TYnQ4NFrjJ

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In ‘Quantum 101’ Session, WTO Trade Officials Hear Quantum Encryption Window May Close Within Five Years

https://t.co/uqSO38QNpw

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Google Demonstrates Method to Cut Errors in Quantum Computing’s ‘Magic States’

https://t.co/hVsJYHRySt

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Some magical progress towards "magic state" in quantum!

Our @GoogleQuantumAI team has demonstrated "magic state cultivation" on physical hardware for the first time. The result is a 40x error reduction on our Willow processor vs. previous methods, achieving a state-of-the-art 99.99% logical fidelity.

It's another step towards useful, error-corrected quantum computers to help solve the hardest problems. The result is published in Science today, watch the video below to see how it works

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SkyWater and D-Wave Sign Multi-Year Quantum Manufacturing Agreement

https://t.co/lKuFw1Pqgv

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Early-stage quantum startups: there's $150K on the table in Chicago this December. 💥

Duality's Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit Pitch Competition is now open for applications.

🔹 Open to pre-seed and seed startups, or those with under $5M raised

🔹 Up to 10 finalists pitch live on December 8

🔹 $150K prize pool in SAFE investment and non-dilutive funding

🔹 Applications close November 20

Duality is the quantum accelerator led by UChicago's Polsky Center and the Chicago Quantum Exchange, with sponsorship from ARI and P33.

Apply here: https://t.co/CjRNo3SawJ

#Q2B26 #QuantumStartups

[Delta Gold Technologies PLC @DeltaGoldTech]

What if every qubit material came out identical?

Fabricated qubits typically need tuning one by one. Useful quantum computers may need millions.

Gold nanoclusters are grown by chemistry: same atoms, same structure every time.

That’s the idea behind Delta’s research @penn_state. Paper in the comments.