Scientists at Oxford University Physics have made a major breakthrough in the development of quantum security that could one day pave the way for people to unleash the true power of quantum computing safely and securely, including, potentially, in the home. The so-called blind quantum computing approach was developed and tested in the UK by…
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Apple has rolled out patches to its mobile iOS and iPadOS operating systems to safeguard against four newly disclosed flaws, two of which are under active exploitation as zero-day vulnerabilities, as part of a wider update that also includes significant new features designed to safeguard the iPhone and iPad estate from future quantum cyber attacks.…
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With faster and higher capacity HBM3E memory set to come online early in 2024, NVIDIA has been preparing its current-generation server GPU products to use the new memory. Back in August we saw NVIDIA’s plans to release an HBM3E-equipped version of the Grace Hopper GH200 superchip, and now for the SC23 tradeshow, NVIDIA is announcing…
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The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, has signed a deal with the Republic of Korea to expand collaboration on science and technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Among the focus areas will be what the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) describes as “a new dialogue on…
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VTT recently announced completion of Finland’s second quantum computer, which uses 20 superconducting qubits. The work, accomplished in partnership with IQM Quantum Computers, is another step on the roadmap to build a 50-qubit machine by the end of 2024. The government set out with that end goal in November 2020, when it launched a project…
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Intelligence agencies from across the anglophone Five Eyes alliance have come together to outline guidance on how organisations at risk of cyber intrusions conducted by nation state threat actors can protect themselves. Sharing a public stage for the first time today at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the heads of Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation…
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Kicking off this morning is Intel’s annual technology conference, Innovation. The second year of the revived show once again has Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger leading things off, with what’s scheduled to be a 90 minute keynote. Intel has four major themes for this year’s show: Accelerating the AI Era Transformative Innovation for the Future of…
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Encryption is a key component of everyday life for most people, whether messaging on WhatsApp, shopping online, reading articles over a secure HTTPS connection, or protecting their passwords when logging into an application or website. Within the organisation, preventing unauthorised access and safeguarding privacy relies on the encryption of most of the services used on…
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The government has called for renewed collaboration between government, the private sector and the cyber security industry to do more to help keep the UK safe from cyber criminal and hostile state threat actors, and for organisations across the country to take more accountability for strengthening their defences, all themes that have been high on…
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During the AWS annual Re:Invent conference in 2019, the public cloud provider announced Braket, a service and hardware initiative for quantum computing. The service was introduced in 2020 with support for three machines: a superconducting gate-based machine from Rigetti; a trapped-ion machine and a quantum annealing device from D-Wave. The latest update is claimed to…
