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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
🔗 D-Wave Awarded National Research Council of Canada Funding
Source: D-Wave Quantum
Organization Mentioned: D-Wave Quantum
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America
🔗 Quantinuum Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Source: Quantinuum
Organization Mentioned: Quantinuum
🔗 Peter Sarlin-led PostScriptum invests in quantum hardware developer SemiQon
Source: SemiQon Oy
Commentary: ICYMI.
Organization Mentioned: SemiQon Oy
Geographies: 🇫🇮 Finland, 🌍 Europe, 🌍 Nordics
Sovereign and Government Initiatives
🔗 Cuba-Based Team Builds Open Platform Aimed at Making Quantum Computing Easier to Use
Author: Matt Swayne
Source: The Quantum Insider
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
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Regional Initiatives and Activities
🔗 QuiX Quantum enters the Netherlands’ Top 250 high-growth companies
Source: QuiX Quantum
Organization Mentioned: QuiX Quantum
Other Categories: ⚛️ Quantum Computing Systems and Components, 🔦 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Photonic Qubits
Geographies: 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🌍 Europe
🔗 Gov. Cox launches Utah Quantum Initiative
Author: Julia Pappas
Source: Governor Spencer J. Cox
Geography: 🌎 North America
Education, Training, Skills Development, and Workforce
Source: Bloq Quantum Pvt Ltd.
Organization Mentioned: Bloq Quantum Pvt Ltd.
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geographies: 🇮🇳 India, 🌏 Asia
People News
🔗 Girls for Science 2026: Making quantum careers visible
Source: News - Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science]
Organization Mentioned: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Geographies: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
Analysts
🔗 Oracle set to bring quantum computing to OCI for hybrid AI workloads
Source: Network World
Organizations Mentioned: Forrester Research; Oracle Corporation; and Quantinuum
Other Category: ⚛️ Quantum Computing
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Security
🔗 How IT leaders can start the shift to quantum-safe security: ComputingWeekly.com
Source: News | PQShield
Organization Mentioned: PQShield
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
🔗 QuSecure’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Solutions Now Available on Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule Contract
Author: Trina Mabunay
Source: QuSecure
Organization Mentioned: QuSecure
🔗 Post-Quantum Deadlines Collide With OT Reality
Source: GovInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication
Quantum Computing Applications
🔗 Zapata Quantum Partners with QuEra to Advance the Commercial Viability of Quantum Applications
Source: Zapata Quantum
Organizations Mentioned: QuEra Computing and Zapata Quantum
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🎓 Massachusetts
🔗 USC Scientists Are Using Quantum Computing to Rethink Cancer Detection
Author: Marc Ballon
Source: USC Viterbi | School of Engineering [University of Southern California]
Organization Mentioned: University of Southern California
Other Categories: 💊 Quantum Computing Applications: Drug Discovery & Pharmaceuticals, 🏥 Quantum Computing Applications: Healthcare & Medical, 🔬 Mathematics and Quantum Science
Geographies: 🇺🇸 United States, 🌎 North America, 🐻 California
Quantum-HPC Integration
🔗 Quantum + HPC: Hybrid Workflows | Vincent Pascuzzi | QGSS26
Source: Qiskit [IBM]
Organization Mentioned: IBM
Other Category: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars
Quantum Computing Systems and Components
🔗 Julien Camirand Lemyre in La Presse: ‘Anchoring the Economic Value of Emerging Sectors in Quebec’
Author: Alina Morkin
Source: Nord Quantique™
Organization Mentioned: Nord Quantique
Other Categories: 🎙️ Additional Podcasts, Videos, Webinars, and Online Seminars, 🔲 Quantum Computing Systems and Components: Superconducting Qubits
Geographies: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🌎 North America, ⚜️ Québec
Quantum Sensing and Timing
🔗 Aquark augments networked radars with quantum-based timing in first-of-its kind trial
Source: Aquark Technologies Ltd
Organization Mentioned: Aquark Technologies Ltd
Geography: 🇬🇧 UK
Conferences and Events
🔗 Register now for the NMR Summit
Author: Verena Kretschmer
Source: News - HQS Quantum Simulations
Organization Mentioned: HQS Quantum Simulations
Geographies: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🌍 Europe
Additional News and Announcements
Source: Quantinuum
Organizations Mentioned: Oracle Corporation and Quantinuum
Other Category: 👥 Partnerships
Research
🔗 Photon subtraction using a three-level emitter coupled to a chiral waveguide
Author: Michal Bajcsy
Source: npj Quantum Information
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
🔗 High probability multiplexed multi-port single-photon source based on combinatorial heralding
Author: Jianyi Yang
Source: npj Quantum Information
Other Category: 🔦 Photonics
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
Texas Quantum Summit 2026 | Richardson, TX, USA – 📅 Save the date
Friday, August 14, 2026
Quantum AI Conference 2026 (QNLPAI 2026) | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA – 📅 Save the date
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Quantum Machine Learning | Bad Honnef Physics School, Bad Honnef, Germany – 📅 Save the date
Monday, August 17, 2026
Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control – CQIQC-XI | Toronto, Canada – 📅 Save the date
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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
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
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