Daily Quantum Update for Saturday, May 16, 2026
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Last Updated on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 09:05 AM EDT
Today’s quote: “One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.” – Stephen Hawking
Today’s mentions: Hyperion Research; IBM; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Origin Quantum; QuSecure; Xanadu Quantum Technologies
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Recent News
News and announcement items are categorized from top to bottom and are included in only one section. See the latest quantum computing research papers on arXiv.
Investment, Funding, and Financial News
🔗 Xanadu Reports Revenue Jump in First Quarterly Earnings Report
Author: Matt Swayne
Organization Mentioned: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Geography: 🇨🇦 Canada
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
🔗 Overview of 10+ Chinese Quantum Computing Companies – 2026
Author: Mohib Ur Rehman
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 The 2027 Procurement Gate: Why CNSA 2.0 Compliance Starts Now
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 CNSA 2.0: The Complete Guide to NSA’s Post-Quantum Requirements
Author: Marin Ivezic
Organization Mentioned: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
Geography: 🇺🇸 United States
🔗 NIST Narrows the Field: Nine Post-Quantum Signature Candidates Advance to the Third Round
Author: Marin Ivezic
Organization Mentioned: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Other Category: 📰 Newsletters and Blogs
Geography: 🇺🇸 United States
🔗 Q-Day Explained: A Strategic Guide to Quantum-Resilient Enterprise Security
Author: Yasmeen Dao
Organization Mentioned: QuSecure
Source: QuSecure
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 2029 Quantum Computer: Smaller, Faster, and Real!
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Source: Thinking On Paper
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
🔗 Origin Quantum Launches Wukong-180 Quantum System
Author: Mohib Ur Rehman
Organization Mentioned: Origin Quantum
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
Analysts
🔗 Podcast with Bob Sorensen, Chief Quantum Analyst, Hyperion Research
Author: Yuval Boger
Organization Mentioned: Hyperion Research
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Newsletters and Blogs
🔗 Jiuzhang 4.0: China’s 1,024-Input Photonic Processor Claims 10⁵⁴ Speedup
Author: Marin Ivezic
Source: PostQuantum – Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
Geographies: 🇨🇳 China, 🌏 Asia
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Conference and Events Starting in the Next Four Weeks
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Monday, May 18, 2026
Building Fault-Tolerant Quantum Algorithms with PsiQuantum | Evanston, Illinois, USA – 📅 Save the date
Q-EXPO 2026 | Bilbao, Spain – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Device Workshop 2026 | Los Angeles, California, USA – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Energy Initiative Workshop | Barcelona, Spain – 📅 Save the date
Monday, May 25, 2026
Mesoscopic Physics in the Era of Quantum Computing | Pollica, Italy – 📅 Save the date
QUANTUM NOW - DEFSEC | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
IQM: Simulating Complex Materials with Quantum Chemistry and SQD | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
AFQC 2026 | Düsseldorf, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Danish Quantum Industry Day | Frederiksberg, Denmark – 📅 Save the date
Scaling a Chiplet-Based Superconducting Quantum Processor Toward Fault Tolerance | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, May 28, 2026
ZQCS Launch Event: Mastering the Long-Lived Logical Qubit | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Monday, June 1, 2026
2026 Summer Workshop on Quantum Machine Learning | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
9th Annual ScyLight Conference | Tenerife, Spain – 📅 Save the date
Microsoft Build 2026 | San Francisco, CA, USA – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Spintronics 2026 International Conference | Trondheim, Norway – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
EU-wide Community Workshop on Quantum Gravimetry | Potsdam, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Thermodynamics and Decoherence | Rochester, NY – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
London Tech Week | London, UK – 📅 Save the date
Photonics for Quantum | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Computing Summer School Fellowship | Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Technologies for Computation and Communication | Cargèse, France – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Quantum Horizons Conference | Chicago, Illinois, USA – 📅 Save the date
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