Quantum Computing
LBNL simulates hadronization on 104 IBM Heron qubits
A collaboration led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory research scientist Anthony Ciavarella has simulated hadronization — the strong-force process that binds quarks into composite hadrons such as protons and neutrons — on a physical quantum processor, mapping the problem onto 104 qubits of an IBM Heron chip. The peer-reviewed result, published in Physical Review D, extends the recent run of lattice-gauge-theory demonstrations on superconducting hardware to a distinctly harder dynamical particle-physics process.
Quantum Computing
IQM begins trading on Nasdaq as IQMX
Finnish superconducting-qubit maker IQM Quantum Computers completed its business combination with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker IQMX, making one of Europe's largest full-stack quantum hardware companies publicly traded. The listing follows a wave of quantum capital-markets activity, including Pasqal's F-4 filing for its own SPAC combination earlier this month.
Sydney–IBM study pins down mid-circuit measurement as a fault-tolerance bottleneck
A joint study by the University of Sydney Nano Institute and IBM Quantum has identified, isolated, and mitigated mid-circuit measurement as a major hardware engineering bottleneck for fault-tolerant quantum computing, with experiments run on the IBM Quantum System Two in Poughkeepsie. Fast, clean measurement during a running circuit is a prerequisite for real-time error correction, making the quantified bottleneck directly relevant to fault-tolerance roadmaps.
Quantum Sensing
Ohio State-led team wins $4M NSF Phase II award for quantum sensing
The Ohio State University is leading a national quantum-sensing effort that received a $4 million, two-year Phase II design award under the NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program. It is one of the Phase 2 design awards in the NQVL competition, whose latest $20 million round of team selections was announced in late June.
Post-Quantum Crypto
Microsoft accelerates post-quantum cryptography deadline to 2029
Azure CTO Mark Russinovich announced on 2026-06-30 that Microsoft is accelerating its Quantum Safe Program, targeting a transition of critical products and services to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2029 — roughly four years earlier than its prior deadline. Microsoft cited a shifted risk horizon, saying it now believes a cryptographically relevant quantum computer could arrive sooner than previously expected. Priorities include adopting TLS 1.3 for network cryptography, building crypto-agility for stored data, and moving trust chains such as code signing and certificate issuance to PQC. The move lands days after the U.S. executive order setting federal PQC deadlines and aligns Microsoft with Google's and Cloudflare's accelerated schedules.
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AI & ML
Anthropic restores Claude Fable 5 after U.S. lifts export-control order
Anthropic began redeploying Claude Fable 5 globally on 2026-07-01 — across the Claude API, Claude apps, and Claude Code — after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick withdrew a June 12 directive that had imposed export-control licensing and effectively suspended the model. The original takedown followed an Amazon research report describing a jailbreak that could coax Fable 5 into identifying and, in one case, demonstrating exploitation of software vulnerabilities. The returning version ships with strengthened safeguards designed to detect and abort cybersecurity-abuse attempts. Corroborated by independent trade coverage (The Hacker News, VentureBeat, CoinDesk), not just Anthropic's own announcement.