Topic: Quantum Computing
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Trump Weighs Government Takeover of Quantum Computing Firms
The Trump administration is considering taking equity stakes in quantum computing companies to accelerate advancements in this critical field, with firms like IonQ and Rigetti Computing in discussions for potential funding. Government equity participation is not unprecedented, as seen with Intel ...
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Nobel Prize Honors Pioneers of Quantum Computing
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis for their foundational 1980s experiments that first demonstrated quantum tunneling in a physical circuit, moving the concept from theory to practical proof. Their discoveries laid the groundwork for mode...
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Archer's Qubit Breakthrough: EMDR Tech Advances Quantum Computing
Archer Materials has achieved key engineering milestones, including reproducible device performance and wafer-scale synthesis of carbon quantum material, advancing toward a functional qubit demonstration by mid-2026. The company has refined device designs for consistent performance in controlling...
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Abu Dhabi Debuts World's First AI Public Servant at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi aims to become the world's first fully AI-native government by 2027, introducing innovations like TAMM 4.0 with AutoGov, the first AI-powered public servant that handles services from license renewals to utility payments. The emirate showcased advanced infrastructure and public safety s...
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Expand North Star 2025: A Decade of Startup Innovation
Expand North Star 2025, the world's largest startup and investor event, is set to take place in Dubai from October 12-15, aiming to boost funding, partnerships, and digital growth, particularly in AI economies. The event will connect over 2,000 startups with 1,200 investors managing $1.1 trillion...
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Abu Dhabi Unveils 15 Strategic Partnerships at GITEX 2025
Abu Dhabi announced 15 strategic partnerships and 55 projects at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, aiming to become the world's first fully AI-native government by redesigning public services around citizen needs. The emirate showcased AI-driven innovations across sectors, including Smart Hotel Check-In using f...
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GITEX GLOBAL 2025 Sets Record with Global Tech Dialogues
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 set records as the world's premier tech event, featuring 6,800 enterprises and showcasing innovations in AI, quantum computing, and digital health across five days at Dubai venues. The event emphasized international collaboration and policy discussions on AI, with key dialogues ...
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Birds' Quantum Sense Could Prevent GPS Disasters
GPS failures are increasingly disrupting aviation due to vulnerabilities like jamming, spoofing, and satellite congestion, creating risks for flight safety. Birds navigate using quantum mechanics in proteins like cryptochromes, which detect Earth's magnetic field and offer a blueprint for resilie...
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GITEX 2025 Day 3: Groundbreaking Tech & Industry Partnerships
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, in its 45th year, attracted over 6,800 exhibitors and 180 nations, reinforcing its role as a leading tech and investment hub in the Middle East. Healthcare and biotechnology were key themes, featuring innovations like CRISPR for genetic diseases, brain-computer interfaces for c...
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IonQ Unveils Quantum Breakthroughs at GITEX Dubai 2025
IonQ will present quantum computing advancements and commercial applications at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai, alongside partner ID Quantique, to drive enterprise adoption worldwide. The company is expanding globally through strategic partnerships and acquisitions, with its IonQ Forte systems delive...
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Nokia Bell Labs Breaks Ground on New Jersey Headquarters
Nokia Bell Labs is establishing a new headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, marking a significant chapter as it celebrates its 100th anniversary and continues its legacy of innovation. The ten-story HELIX 2 facility, set to open by 2027, is part of an innovation district designed to foster c...
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OpenAI, G42, Microsoft Lead AI-Native Society Talks at GITEX 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025 in Dubai will serve as a key forum for defining comprehensive national AI strategies, bringing together technology pioneers and policymakers to discuss infrastructure, governance, and societal integration. The event features influential leaders like Sam Altman and senior officia...
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Microwave Ion Control Unlocks Quantum Computing
eleQtron has developed a novel quantum computer using microwave radiation instead of lasers to control trapped ion qubits, simplifying the design and reducing power and cooling requirements. The system employs Arbitrary Waveform Generators from Spectrum Instrumentation, which generate precise mul...
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GITEX 2025: AI Revolution in Digital Health and Biosciences
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, scheduled for October 13-17, will highlight AI's transformative role in healthcare, featuring advancements in gene-editing, brain implants, and pharmaceutical research. The event broke attendance records and included discussions on nation-scale AI infrastructures, quantum compu...
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GITEX Ai India Debuts April 2027 as Tech Economy Nears $350B
India will host its first GITEX Ai India event in April 2027 in Bengaluru, focusing on AI, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing to boost its tech sector, which is projected to reach a $350 billion economy by 2026. The event aims to strengthen India's position as a global tech leader by fost...
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Boosting UAE's Cyber Security and Digital Innovation
GITEX GLOBAL is a key event for the UAE, establishing it as a global hub for technology and cybersecurity by bringing together international leaders and innovators. The event emphasizes advanced technologies like AI and quantum computing, highlighting their dual potential for innovation and new s...
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Sheikh Mohammed Opens Gitex Global 2025, Highlights UAE's Tech Progress
Gitex Global 2025, inaugurated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, emphasizes the UAE's commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build a robust digital economy, with Dubai aiming to contribute AED100 billion annually from digital transformation by 2033. The event has evolved in...
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2025 Nobel Prize Honors Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in electrical circuits. Their work is foundational for advancing next-generation quantum technologies, including quantum...
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Expand North Star 2025: Digital Finance & Deep-Tech Innovations
Expand North Star 2025, held at Dubai Harbor, gathered thousands of visitors and industry leaders to explore digital finance and deep-tech innovations, featuring 2,000 startups and over 1,200 investors managing assets exceeding $1.1 trillion. Key discussions at the event focused on the integratio...
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UAE Leads Cybersecurity and Digital Innovation at GITEX 2025
The UAE is showcasing its leadership in cybersecurity and digital innovation at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, emphasizing international cooperation and investment in its growing digital ecosystem. Key technologies highlighted include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced cybersecurity, wh...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Use Cases Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025, scheduled for October 13-17 in Dubai, will showcase transformative AI applications and position Dubai as a central hub in the global AI economy, focusing on data, algorithms, and interconnected digital systems. The event will feature over 6,800 companies and 2,000 startups from...
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Tech Leaders Unite on Future Industries at GITEX 2025
GITEX GLOBAL 2025, the world's largest tech and AI exhibition, will take place from October 13-17 in Dubai, featuring over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 countries focused on AI infrastructure and critical sectors like biotech and quantum computing. The event highlights record inte...
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Electrons Floating on a Helium Sea
Quantum computing is advancing from scientific challenges to engineering issues, with companies developing systems of dozens to hundreds of qubits and reducing error rates. Some ventures are exploring new qubit platforms, such as using electrons levitating above liquid helium, which could enable ...
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GITEX Global Rebrands as 'TechCation' in 2026, Transforming Dubai's Tech Show
GITEX Global is rebranding as TechCation in 2026, merging technology innovation with Dubai's lifestyle and moving to Expo City Dubai during the peak tourism season in December. The event will transform the city into a connected ecosystem through partnerships across tourism, hospitality, and welln...
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Microsoft and IBM Use AI to Revolutionize Battery Tech
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the discovery of new battery materials, as demonstrated by Microsoft researchers who identified a substance reducing lithium use by 70% from 32 million candidates in under 80 hours. Scientists are using AI to develop safer, more efficient batteries with abu...
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Gitex Global 2025: AI Breakthroughs Take Center Stage
Gitex Global 2025 in Dubai is the world's largest tech and AI showcase, focusing on biotechnology, quantum computing, and semiconductors to address global challenges like disease and sustainability. The event unites over 6,800 enterprises and 2,000 startups from 180 nations, featuring industry le...
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PwC: AI Leads Cybersecurity Spending as Top Priority
Artificial intelligence is now the top cybersecurity spending priority for businesses, reflecting a strategic shift toward AI-driven defense mechanisms against evolving digital threats. AI-based security solutions lead budget priorities at 36%, surpassing other areas like cloud security and netwo...
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BCG: Quantum Computing to Unlock $50B+ in Industry Value
Quantum computing could generate over $50 billion in value across industries, with major opportunities in energy and transportation, including up to $30 billion in savings for oil and gas operations. The technology poses significant cybersecurity risks, threatening current encryption and enabling...
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DigiCert CEO: Quantum Computing's 'ChatGPT Moment' Is Coming
Quantum computing's rapid development threatens current encryption standards, with industry leaders warning that a breakthrough could occur suddenly and demand urgent organizational readiness. Many organizations remain unprepared for quantum risks, and delaying the transition to quantum-resistant...
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Moon Helium-3 Mining Could Make Oil Obsolete
Helium-3, a rare isotope abundant on the Moon but scarce on Earth, is driving a new space race for its potential in quantum computing and clean nuclear fusion energy. It is essential for cooling quantum computer qubits to near absolute zero and offers a path to low-waste fusion power, though extr...
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Sam Altman and Quantum Computing Pioneer Propose Turing Test 2.0
A new benchmark for AGI was proposed by Sam Altman and David Deutsch, suggesting the true test is an AI's ability to formulate and explain a theory of quantum gravity, not just hold conversations. The discussion highlighted differing philosophies on AGI, with Altman favoring scaling existing mode...
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AI Funding Crisis: $800 Billion Shortfall Threatens Scaling
Meeting global AI demands by 2030 requires $2 trillion in annual revenue, but a projected $800 billion funding gap threatens to stall infrastructure development and progress. AI's compute needs are growing faster than Moore's Law, straining power grids and requiring massive capital investment, wh...
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ADX Launches Middle East's First Quantum Computing ETF
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has launched the Middle East's first quantum computing ETF, trading as QUANTM, to broaden regional access to global leaders in this transformative technology. This ETF tracks a specialized index and offers exposure to major tech companies like Alphabet, Ama...
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U.K. and U.S. Strike $42B Tech Prosperity Deal During Trump Visit
The UK and US have announced a $42 billion technology partnership focusing on AI infrastructure, quantum computing, and civil nuclear energy to reinforce their global tech leadership. Major private investments, including NVIDIA deploying 120,000 GPUs and Microsoft committing $30 billion, aim to b...
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UAE Cybersecurity Council Announces Second 'CyberQ' Conference in November
The UAE Cybersecurity Council will host the second CyberQ conference in Abu Dhabi on November 26–27, focusing on the convergence of quantum computing, AI, and cybersecurity. The event aims to address emerging threats like AI-driven cyber risks and the need for post-quantum cryptography, fostering...
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Meet the AI Innovators & The Hidden Risks of AI Therapy
AI is being used covertly by some therapists in sessions without patient consent, raising ethical concerns about privacy and transparency. Current AI tools lack specialized training in psychology, crisis handling, and confidentiality protocols, making their unvetted use risky. Responsible innovat...
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Microsoft's Light-Based Computer Could Boost AI Efficiency 100x
Microsoft researchers have developed a prototype analog optical computer (AOC) that uses light and voltage intensities instead of electricity, significantly boosting energy efficiency for AI tasks and complex problem-solving. The AOC avoids converting analog signals to digital, achieving up to a ...
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IQM Quantum Computers Expands Global Ambitions Beyond Europe
IQM Quantum Computers has reached unicorn status after raising $300 million in a Series B round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, fueling its global expansion and focus on the U.S. and Asia-Pacific markets. The funding will accelerate R&D in chip fabrication, software development, and error correction ...
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Building the Qubits for Tomorrow's Quantum Computers
Nokia Bell Labs is developing topological qubits, which encode information in the spatial arrangement of matter for greater stability compared to fragile conventional qubits. These qubits could remain coherent for days instead of milliseconds, offering a significant longevity improvement and pote...
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IBM and AMD Bet on Quantum Computing After AI Setback
IBM and AMD have partnered to develop next-generation computing architectures that combine IBM's quantum systems with AMD's AI-optimized processors. The collaboration aims to create a scalable, open-source quantum computing framework for applications in drug discovery, materials science, and logi...
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IBM and AMD's Strategic Pivot to Quantum Computing
IBM and AMD are joining forces in a strategic shift towards quantum computing, aiming to blend IBM’s quantum systems with AMD’s AI-specialized chips. This collaboration seeks to create scalable, open-source solutions, promising new possibilities in computing, innovation, and commercial viability, potentially revolutionizing industries like drug discovery and logistics.
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Quantum Radar Breakthrough & US Chipmakers' New Deal
Scientists have developed a quantum radar system that detects underground objects with high precision using quantum mechanics, offering applications in utilities, archaeology, and more. The tech industry is advancing in quantum computing, with IBM, Amazon, and others making strides in scalable an...
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Top Tech Skills Employers Want, According to McKinsey
Python is the most in-demand tech skill, with talent pools meeting only half of corporate demand, especially in AI, semiconductor, and cloud projects. Emerging fields like quantum computing face severe talent shortages (5:1 imbalance), while prompt engineering and blockchain expertise currently e...
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Beyond AI: Top Tech Trends of the Year by McKinsey
Agentic AI and broader AI applications are driving rapid adoption and investment, with job postings for AI-related roles surging by nearly 1,000% in a year, showcasing AI's expanding influence across industries. Semiconductors, connectivity, and computing are foundational to tech advancem...
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Beyond the Screen: What the New Age of Computing Means for You
▼ Summary - Quantum computing is advancing rapidly, using qubits to solve complex problems far beyond traditional computers' capabilities, with applications in medicine and cryptography.- AI and machine learning are…
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Europe's Top 20 Startup Funding Rounds of 2025 (So Far)
Europe’s startup ecosystem thrived in 2025, with €19 billion invested in AI, biotech, clean energy, and space tech despite global economic uncertainties. Top funding deals included Helsing (€600M for AI-driven defence tech), Isomorphic Labs (€508M for AI drug discovery), and NEoT (€350M for susta...
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Hausi Müller: Pioneering Quantum Computing Breakthroughs
Quantum computing has transformative potential across industries like healthcare and finance, with experts like Hausi Müller bridging theory and real-world applications. Mastering quantum computing requires skills in linear algebra, qubits, programming (e.g., Python, Qiskit), and error correction...
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Scientists Generate Light From Quantum Vacuum in Breakthrough
Scientists have demonstrated how ultra-powerful lasers could theoretically produce light from the quantum vacuum, advancing both theoretical understanding and potential applications in energy and technology. Researchers used simulations to model how intense lasers interact with virtual particles ...
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Top 7 Must-See Sessions at TNW Conference
The TNW Conference 2025 in Amsterdam will feature groundbreaking sessions on defence tech, quantum computing, and AI, bringing together top tech minds on June 19-20. Key discussions include defence tech startups disrupting military innovation, deep tech advancements with AI and geopolitics, and A...
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Top 11 YC Demo Day Startups Catching Investor Attention
Y Combinator Demo Day highlighted AI as the dominant theme, with startups focusing on AI tools, robotics, and specialized versions of existing platforms like "Cursor for lawyers." Standout startups included Anvil (SEO for LLMs), Atum Works (3D chip design), and Auctor (automated enterprise softwa...
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