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Toshiba Secures UK Contract to Develop Quantum Networking Technologies (The Quantum Insider, opens in a new tab)
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Toshiba Europe has been awarded a contract by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to develop technologies that can help unlock the commercial potential of quantum networks. The project will…
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QNu Labs Launches Corporate Training Programme on Quantum-Safe Security (The Quantum Insider, opens in a new tab)
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QNu Labs (www.qnulabs.com), a global leader in end-to-end hybrid quantum cybersecurity solutions, has introduced a specialised corporate training programme in quantum cryptography and security under QNu…
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NIST Finalizes Its Post-Quantum Transition Plan, Deprecating RSA and ECC at All Approved Key Sizes After 2030 (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
In the final version of its post-quantum transition report, NIST added a deprecation step after 2030 for P-256, RSA-3072 and other 128-bit classical parameters. NIST also confirmed that hybrid key exchange can be FIPS 140-validated after…
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Israel Innovation Authority Says the Country’s Quantum Edge Is Software and Control, on the Day Intel Announced a Deal to Buy Classiq (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
Israel's quantum sector grew from about five companies in 2019 to more than 20, with over $1 billion in private funding. A new national review explains how, but its budget and funding-ratio figures need qualifying. The post Israel…
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Intel Agrees to Buy Quantum Software Maker Classiq Before It Has a Quantum Computer to Sell (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
Intel has agreed to buy Tel Aviv quantum software company Classiq, reportedly for about $2.3 billion, while its own spin-qubit hardware is still in research. Intel now has to show that a chipmaker can keep a quantum compiler neutral. The…
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Iceberg Quantum Estimates 72,000 Qubits Could Break RSA-2048 in 3.7 Days but Hasn’t Published the Circuits or the Decoder (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
In Pinnacle 1.2, Iceberg Quantum reports direct simulations of its logical error rates and cuts its estimated spacetime cost of factoring RSA-2048 about tenfold. The circuits and the Crevasse decoder behind the numbers remain unpublished.…
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Sectigo Reports 38% Have Fully Assessed Their Quantum Exposure, but Only 4% Say Their Certificate Management Is Fully Automated (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
In its 2026 survey of 500 IT and security leaders, Sectigo reports more quantum assessments and fuller certificate inventories than in 2025. Reading its appendix alongside Chrome's post-quantum certificate plans, I see certificate…
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Key Ceremonies: What They Are, What Good Looks Like, and What PQC Changes (PostQuantum.com, opens in a new tab)
A key ceremony produces the main evidence that a CA key was generated correctly. What the rules require and miss, what a good ceremony looks like, the skills it needs, and what PQC changes. The post Key Ceremonies: What They Are, What Good…