Quantum Computing
Racing to build utility-scale computer, quantum start-up earns $20m federal investment
Australian taxpayers are backing Sydney start-up Diraq’s ambition to become a global leader in utility-scale quantum computing.
- Tim Biggs
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The Quantum era crept up while you were watching AI
Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder geopolitical power is finally moving out of the lab.
- Catherine Thorbecke
The Sydney mathematician finding a better way to keep your data safe
Quantum computers can decode encryption keys increasingly quickly. Professor Nalini Joshi is developing the mathematics to make your secrets stronger.
- Siena Fagan
- Opinion
- Venture capital
‘I told you so’ moment for Albo as $1b computer bet pays off
The very notion of the Albanese and Queensland governments being ahead of Nvidia or Macquarie at picking an IT winner feels both bizarre and a fluke.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Exclusive
- Science
Why these scientists rejected Microsoft’s riches to stay in Sydney
The salaries were large enough “to buy a house in Sydney without a mortgage”. But these quantum scientists had other ideas.
- Angus Dalton
Powerful quantum computer just years away after chip breakthrough: Microsoft
The quantum computer, more powerful than all the world’s computers combined, could lead to the development of new drugs and chemicals.
- Angus Dalton
Albanese defends $1b start-up bet as Queensland support wavers
The contentious $1 billion project relied on federal and state co-operation, but the new Queensland government is sceptical.
- Paul Sakkal and David Swan
- Exclusive
- Federal
Coalition questions whether close friendship swayed Labor on $470m tech contract
The Coalition has upped its pursuit of Labor on the quantum deal, raising concerns about a ministerial adviser’s relationship with a member of the venture capital firm backing a quantum firm.
- Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Federal
Probe flagged for Labor’s $1b showcase quantum computing deal
The auditor-general has opened the door to scrutiny of public investment of almost $1 billion in high-tech start-up PsiQuantum.
- Paul Sakkal
- Explainer
- Albert Einstein
Chandeliers, ‘qubits’ and Schrödinger’s cat: Inside the bizarre world of quantum computing
In the quantum realm, the laws of physics are different. Now its mind-bending tech could soon transform our lives. How does it work?
- Angus Holland, Jackson Graham and Angus Dalton