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D-Wave Systems opens free access to hybrid quantum computing for coronavirus researchers

Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems says it’s providing free access to its Leap hybrid quantum cloud service to anyone who’s working… Read More

D-Wave Systems launches Leap 2 cloud service for hybrid quantum applications

What comes after a quantum leap? For Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems, it’s Leap 2, the latest iteration of its cloud-based… Read More

Japan’s NEC to invest $10M in D-Wave Systems as part of collaboration on hybrid quantum computing

Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems says it will collaborate with Japan’s NEC Corp. on hybrid services that combine quantum and classical… Read More

Quantum bits: Intel unveils ‘Horse Ridge,’ a cryogenic chip for quantum computers

Microsoft, Amazon and Google aren’t the only companies making headway in quantum computing. Intel is showing off a new type… Read More

AWS launches Amazon Braket service as part of broad quantum computing initiative

Amazon Web Services is leaping into quantum computing with both feet — or maybe more than both feet, in keeping… Read More

How an exec at Amazon Prime became a quantum computing pioneer at IonQ

How does a guy go from being the engineering director for Amazon Prime to serving as the CEO of a… Read More

Microsoft CEO says Azure Quantum will address the big challenges in computing

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today took the wraps off Azure Quantum, a full-stack, cloud-based approach to quantum computing that he… Read More

Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ computing feat earns respect — even from Microsoft

Word that a Google-led team of researchers had achieved “quantum supremacy” with a new type of computer chip leaked out… Read More

D-Wave unveils name of next-gen quantum system (with weapons lab as customer)

D-Wave Systems says its next-generation, 5,000-qubit quantum computing system will be called Advantage, to recognize the business advantage it hopes… Read More

Help wanted: U.S. government is seeking advice from quantum computing experts

The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for experts to guide the White House and federal agencies through the weird… Read More

Microsoft open-sources its Quantum Development Kit, calls on developers to help solve key challenges

Microsoft is asking developers for help in its mission to turn the hype of quantum computing into reality. Today, the… Read More

Here’s what every developer at every company needs to know, according to Microsoft’s CTO

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are popular concepts in the tech world, but one of Microsoft’s top executives sees the… Read More

Quantum computing is coming: Here’s why Seattle needs to get our computer science workforce ready

Editor’s note: Tom Alberg is a co-founder and managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. He is… Read More

What will quantum computing do for us? Programmers, policymakers share ideas

Quantum computer scientist Krysta Svore has a dream. In her dream, she arrives at the week’s Northwest Quantum Nexus Summit… Read More

Sen. Maria Cantwell and Microsoft President Brad Smith put a Northwest spin on quantum computing

The Pacific Northwest may be known for tech icons like Microsoft and Amazon but when U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,… Read More

Newly formed Northwest Quantum Nexus unites pioneers on the wild frontier of computing

Experts in the weird and woolly field of quantum computing tend to concentrate on one slice of the challenge, whether… Read More

Microsoft’s quantum computing network takes one giant leap at Startup Summit

REDMOND, Wash. — Quantum computing may still be in its infancy — but the Microsoft Quantum Network is all grown up, fostered… Read More

Trump signs legislation to boost quantum computing research with $1.2 billion

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation ramping up quantum computing research and development. The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R.… Read More

How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought

A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. For University of Washington computer science grad student… Read More

National Academies report on quantum computing

Experts say it’s high time to create new cryptography for quantum computing age

A new report from computer scientists estimates that it’s likely to be at least a decade before quantum computing tools… Read More

Why Microsoft, IBM, Google and Boeing are taking a giant leap into quantum computing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The small world of quantum physics is a big deal on the frontier of computer science. Microsoft CEO… Read More

Boeing steps up its focus on ‘Disruptive Computing and Networks’ for aerospace

Boeing is raising its profile on computational frontiers ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum communications by setting up a new… Read More

D-Wave’s quantum computing cloud service is now available for developer experiments

After years of hype about the potential of quantum computing, D-Wave is about to let mainstream developers finally take its… Read More

White House issues quantum computing strategy and hosts public-private summit

Federal officials and industry leaders — including representatives from Microsoft and Google — met today at a White House summit to… Read More

D-Wave Systems uses quantum computing to simulate weirdness of superconductors

One of the prime applications for quantum computers is to simulate natural quantum phenomena, and in a newly published study,… Read More

Tech Moves: D-Wave sets up shop in Seattle with new VP; BuildDirect adds Amazon and Microsoft vets; and more

Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems, which claims to be the first company with a commercially available quantum computing system, has… Read More

Microsoft partners with Case Western on quantum computing and Hololens tech that improves MRIs

MRIs are one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, but the technology behind that imaging has remained largely the… Read More

Podcast

Satya Nadella, the full GeekWire Summit interview: Microsoft’s transformation and the future of tech

Satya Nadella is most well known for transforming Microsoft as its third, and current, CEO. He’s taken the company in… Read More

Here’s the line of poetry Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says best describes the future

When he isn’t reimagining Microsoft’s culture and direction, Satya Nadella is a man of many varied interests, from cricket to… Read More

Three technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks will shape the future

With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really… Read More