Last Updated on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 08:04 AM EDT
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Today’s mentions: Dell Technologies; IBM; Infleqtion; IonQ; Qarakal Quantum Computing; Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech; QuantumCore; SEALSQ Corp; Serendipity Capital; 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.
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 UK energy security depends on quantum-safe infrastructure
Author: Ali El Kaafarani
Source: UKTN
Geographies: 🇬🇧 UK, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Infleqtion to Test Quantum Sensing in Colorado to Advance U.S. Critical Minerals Security
Author: Lauren Roady
Source: Infleqtion
Organization Mentioned: Infleqtion
Other Category: ⏲️ Quantum Sensing and Timing
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🏔️ Colorado
Source: Investors News Releases [SEALSQ Corp]
Organization Mentioned: SEALSQ Corp
Geographies: 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🌏 Asia, 🌍 Europe
Quantum Computing Applications
🔗 Quantum Algorithms Pt. 4 Optimization | Sabina Dragoi |QGSS26
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 🎼 Quantum Algorithms
Quantum Algorithms
🔗 Choosing between QSP, QSVT, and GQSP
Author: Emily Nobes
Source: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Organization Mentioned: Xanadu Quantum Technologies
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 QuantumCore at CG’s 46th Annual Growth Conference
Source: QuantumCore
Organization Mentioned: QuantumCore
Other Category: 🎤 Conferences and Events
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, 🏢 Ontario
Source: IBM
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
🔗 Why IBM quantum computers are colder than space
Author: IBM Research
Source: The Coherence Times podcast [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
🔗 Burns Healy from Quantum Sky on the Rebrand, the Roadmap and Why We Need More Than Physicists
Author: Amir Rasool
Source: Beyond the Bit: Quantum Pathways
Organization Mentioned: Dell Technologies
Other Category: 🛣️ Roadmaps
🔗 Infleqtion Opens Colorado Quantum Innovation Center, Anchoring “America’s Quantum Peak”
Author: Lauren Roady
Source: Infleqtion
Organizations Mentioned: Infleqtion and Serendipity Capital
Geographies: 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🌎 North America, 🏔️ Colorado
Additional News and Announcements
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 Ideon Technologies Joins Consortium for Laser-Driven Muon Imaging
Author: Mohib Ur Rehman
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 IBM moves closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing at scale
Source: Network World
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
🔗 Inside Qilimanjaro’s Industrial PhD Program
Source: Qilimanjaro [Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech]
Organization Mentioned: Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech
Geographies: 🇪🇸 Spain, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Quantum Startup Qarakal Takes Lessons From Classical Systems With Pangaea Architecture
Source: The Next Platform: In-depth coverage of high end computing
Organization Mentioned: Qarakal Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇮🇱 Israel, 🌍 Middle East
Source: IonQ
Organization Mentioned: IonQ
Other Categories: 👥 Partnerships, ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America
Mathematics and Quantum Science
Source: Boston College
Commentary: “A new nanoscale ‘corral’ from BC researchers could help control charge, photon, and spin quantum states.”.
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Conference and Events Starting in the Next Four Weeks
Check out and bookmark our full listing of upcoming quantum-related conferences, events, and webinars. over the next several months. You can easily add them to your calendar directly from the listing.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Quantum Computational Sensing | Stanford, CA, USA – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Rethinking Energy Demand Forecasting with Quantum Machine Learning | Virtual – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 24, 2026
AQIS 2026 - 26th Asian Quantum Information Science Conference | Daejeon, South Korea – 📅 Save the date
QCrypt 2026 | Ottawa, Canada – 📅 Save the date
YQIS 2026 - 9th International Conference for Young Quantum Information Scientists | Vienna, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) Conference 2026 | Gothenburg, Sweden – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Quantum Error Correction/Detection and Dynamical Decoupling: Better Together or Apart? | Online – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 31, 2026
DeepFest 2026 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 📅 Save the date
EQAI 2026 – 5th European Summer School on Quantum AI | Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy – 📅 Save the date
Photon 2026 | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom – 📅 Save the date
Q-Camp 2026 - Quantum Summer School | Gdańsk, Poland – 📅 Save the date
QALYPSO 2026 | Malta – 📅 Save the date
Silicon Quantum Electronics Workshop 2026 (SiQEW 2026) | Incheon, South Korea – 📅 Save the date
Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (TQC) | Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Post-Quantum Security Summit 2026 | Singapore – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 7, 2026
Atomic Quantum Matter 2026 | Klosterneuburg, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Finnish Quantum Days 2026 | Jyväskylä, Finland – 📅 Save the date
Q2B Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Expo Korea 2026 | Seoul, South Korea – 📅 Save the date
Quantum Roundabout 2026 | Nottingham, United Kingdom – 📅 Save the date
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Quantum Security Awareness (Electricity Edition): Quantum-Safe Grid Operations – OT Trust Anchors, Safety, and Decades-Long Lifecycles | Webinar – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, September 13, 2026
AI for Circuit Synthesis, Optimization, and Discovery (AI4QC) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
AQMCSE 2026 | Delft, Netherlands – 📅 Save the date
IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Monday, September 14, 2026
UIK Summer School: Fundamental Science with Quantum Computers and Simulators | San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain – 📅 Save the date
VCQ & quantA Summer School 2026 - Reaching Quantum Advantage: Foundations to Application | Vienna, Austria – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Quantum Leap Career Nexus 2026 | College Park, Maryland, USA – 📅 Save the date
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