Microsoft's quantum computing technology called into question, again

A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing ...
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Quantum Computing Fault Tolerance: Microsoft Majorana 2, QuiX, Japan Move Past Qubit Counts

Quantum computing's fault tolerance race took four concrete steps in the first week of June 2026, as Microsoft, the Dutch firm QuiX Quantum, and a Japan-Denmark photonics alliance each tackled a ...
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China unveils world’s first superfast quantum memory, paving way for practical computing

Chinese scientists have created the world’s first superfast memory for quantum computers, solving a critical data-reading bottleneck and paving the way for big-data challenges such as drug discovery ...
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Microsoft debuts new quantum computing chip: Majorana 2

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a new quantum computing chip, Majorana 2, at the end of his keynote at the Build Developers Conference. The hardware builds off Microsoft’s topological qubit ...
Scientific American

Microsoft’s new quantum computer chip has a fundamental problem

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence Microsoft claimed today that it has improved its ...
Quanta Magazine

Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required

Do we need quantum computers to fully understand complex chemical reactions? A new result, decades in the making, shows the surprising power of ordinary “classical” machines. What Garnet Chan cares ...
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Quantum Computing Stocks Rise As U.S. Stakes $2B On Sector Build-Out

Shares in listed quantum computing groups rallied after the US government announced a $2 billion program to support the sector, including equity investments of about $100 million each in a range of ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. to Award Quantum-Computing Firms $2 Billion and Take Equity Stakes

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is awarding $2 billion in grants to nine quantum-computing companies in deals that include U.S. government equity stakes, the Commerce Department said. The move ...
Government Technology

Federal Government to Invest $2B in Quantum Computing

(TNS) — The U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday that it had signed letters of intent to invest $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies. Two of those companies, Infleqtion and Quantinuum, ...
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U.S. Awards $2 Billion to Nine Quantum Computing Companies

The Trump administration plans to award $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum computing companies, with IBM set to receive $1 billion — half the entire package. Commerce Secretary Howard ...
Reuters

US to invest $2 billion in IBM, other quantum computing firms

US government taking equity stakes in some quantum computing firms IBM to receive $1 bln, GlobalFoundries to receive $375 mln IBM launching quantum chip company called Anderon May 21 (Reuters) - The ...