Q-CTRL Expands Team to Advance Real-World Quantum Navigation
Insider Brief Q-CTRL has appointed quantum sensing expert Dr. Malo Cadoret as Principal Scientist to strengthen its quantum navigation and gravimetry capabilities. Dr. Cadoret will focus on advancing mobile quantum gravimeters to support applications including navigation, resource exploration, and underground target detection. The appointment supports Q-CTRL’s development of resilient, GPS-independent navigation systems validated across air, […]
Infleqtion And NASA to Fly The World’s First Quantum Gravity Sensor to Space
Insider Brief Infleqtion is collaborating with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder mission to fly the first standalone quantum gravity sensor in low Earth orbit, with a planned launch around 2030. The mission will demonstrate a neutral-atom quantum sensor that measures Earth’s gravitational field and gradients from space, enabling more sensitive […]
Citi Puts a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Price Tag on the Quantum Cybersecurity Threat
Insider Brief A Citi Institute report estimates that a quantum-enabled cyberattack disrupting a major U.S. bank’s access to Fedwire could put $2.0–$3.3 trillion of U.S. GDP at risk, reframing quantum computing as a systemic financial threat rather than a distant technology issue. The report argues that the primary risk is already active through “harvest now, […]
From Quantum Threat to AI Exposure: Why Security Is Converging Faster Than Enterprises Expect
Insider Brief: Quantum and AI security risks are converging faster than expected. Enterprises now face immediate exposure from AI systems handling sensitive prompts, models, and training data, while long-term cryptographic assumptions are simultaneously eroding. Traditional security architectures do not protect data in use. AI-specific threats such as prompt leakage, model extraction, and training data inversion […]
New App Teaches Players About Quantum Computing as They Build a Quantum Computing Company
Insider Brief Researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have launched Quantum Tycoon, a free educational game designed to introduce quantum computing concepts to a general audience through interactive gameplay. The app places players in charge of a simulated quantum computing company, where they manage resources and complete […]
India Reveals National Plan for Quantum-Safe Security
Insider Brief India is moving to secure its digital infrastructure against future quantum-enabled cyber threats through a national roadmap that prioritizes post-quantum cryptography, testing, and phased migration across critical and commercial systems. The task force recommends accelerated adoption timelines for defense, telecom, energy, and other critical infrastructure, alongside mandatory cryptographic inventories, crypto-agile system design, and […]
Podcast with Joe Ghalbouni – Ghalbouni consulting, formerly with Point72 hedge fund
Joe Ghalbouni is interviewed by Yuval Boger and describes his journey from quantum communication research and teaching in Lebanon to leading quantum and AI initiatives at Point72 and founding Ghalbouni Consulting. They discuss how to educate non-technical audiences, identify sector-specific use cases, and build roadmaps for quantum, AI, HPC, PQC, and QKD, including quantum risk […]
Time (Crystals) on Hand: NYU Scientists Discover Levitating Time Crystals You Can Hold in Your Hand
Insider Brief Researchers demonstrated that two particles levitated by a steady sound wave can enter a self-sustaining, repeating motion known as a classical time crystal without external timing or quantum effects. The system relies on nonreciprocal sound-mediated forces between slightly different particles, allowing energy from a static acoustic field to balance friction and maintain long-lived […]
Los Alamos Forms Quantum Computing-Focused Research Center
Insider Brief Los Alamos National Laboratory has established a new Center for Quantum Computing to consolidate its quantum research capabilities across national security, algorithms, computer science, and workforce development. The center will bring together up to three dozen researchers and support ongoing collaborations tied to DOE, DARPA, NNSA, and state-level quantum initiatives. It will also […]
Researchers Demonstrate Fault-Tolerant Quantum Operations Using Lattice Surgery
Insider Brief Researchers demonstrated lattice surgery on superconducting qubits, enabling a fault-tolerant quantum operation between logical qubits while correcting errors during the operation. The experiment used surface-code error correction to split a single logical qubit encoded in 17 physical qubits into two entangled logical qubits, addressing constraints of fixed, two-dimensional qubit layouts. While not yet […]