The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...

In today's edition of The Edward Snowden Files, The Washington Post reports that the National Security Agency, with a plan that sounds like something Lex Luthor cooked up, is racing to build a quantum ...

Gov. Wes Moore (D), who calls quantum computing a “lighthouse industry” for Maryland, has secured more than $1 billion in funding to help create a local industry hub.

Even as quantum computing advances steadily, it will not replace classical computers in the near future. Most current systems ...