Two new executive orders set a 2028 finish line, and the fallout could reach your portfolio and your passwords.

A new federal initiative to build a quantum supercomputer could transform everything from encryption to drug discovery, creating the next wave of winners and losers.

The White House issued twin executive orders to accelerate U.S. development of large-scale quantum computers while simultaneously hardening federal systems against quantum-enabled attacks on encryption. One order, focused on building capabilities, directs ...

The executive order is expected this week and tasks the departments of Defense and Energy to build and host a quantum computer for scientific discovery.

President Donald Trump issued two executive orders aimed at accelerating public-private development of a scientifically functional quantum computer by 2028.

Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that’s what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales.

The point at which quantum computers outperform classical ones will arrive. The question is who controls the infrastructure when it does.

Overview: IBM has set a concrete deadline for quantum advantage, and IonQ already delivered a real-world win in 2025.Post-quantum security is not a future risk.

Researchers from the University of Sydney, working with IBM, have identified and quantified important factors limiting the performance of quantum computers and demonstrated ways to overcome their impact.