Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication, ensuring that only the intended recipient can read the message by converting it into an unreadable format (ciphertext) and back to readable format (plaintext) using a secret key. It plays a crucial role in modern cybersecurity, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access and ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
Source: Conversation with Copilot, 9/23/2024
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Today’s Brief Commentary It’s early August as I write this, and I’ve mostly been trying to take a few days off from my computer. Since Saturday, my brother-in-law and I have been replacing a wooden porch floor, and we’re almost…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s Spotlight paper came out in April and is about quantum computing and agriculture. While qubit makers do work with industry use case experts, they do so from the bottom-up, I believe. That is, they want to…
Today’s Brief Commentary: I was in the UK last week, and although I sent out a newsletter before I left, there’s quite a bit to catch up on today. You might need a coffee and a refill to read it…
Today’s Brief Commentary: The quantum world is on fire this week with acquisitions, roadmaps, and the adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC). I’ve included several curated links, as usual, but I’ve limited myself to a reasonable number of them. My goal…
Today’s Brief Commentary: This major quantum financial news this last week was Infleqtion raising $100 million in its Series C funding round. Congratulations to CEO Matt Kinsella and my friends and former colleagues at the company! Speaking of investments, I’ve…
“I promised you a miracle. Oh, belief is a beauty thing.” – Simple Minds Today’s Brief Commentary: The above image is an example of a “hockey stick graph.” Progress is going well and consistently; then, BANG, some metric shoots up…
What Happened? On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, IonQ announced its financial results for the Q1 2025 quarter ending March 31, 2025. See its press release for the full details. This was the first quarter under new CEO Niccolo De Masi,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s photo above is from the Quantum.Tech USA 2024 event in Washington, DC, in April. Thanks to the organizers for the image. Honestly, I thought I was smiling the whole time. It’s been a busy quantum spring…
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m going to start today’s commentary with a quick thought I posted on LinkedIn: We don’t have a quantum computing workforce shortage. We have too many expert and talented people spread out over too many companies. I’ve…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today’s first link in the post-quantum cryptography section is about OpenSSH adopting one of the NIST PQC standards. OpenSSH is a widely adopted open-source implementation of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, offering secure solutions for remote access,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Prompted by a LinkedIn post by David Ryan and then my comment (and his response), today, I address the topic of a media or press kit for your website. Such a kit is a one-stop page that…
Today’s Brief Commentary: This week, I am Brooklyn-bound, and I’ll be hosting a panel on Thursday at the Forma Prime Demo Day as part of NYC Deep Tech Week hosted by Hyperstition. The panel is called “The Unadorned Truth about…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, we have two links to recent videocasts with me, three regarding post-quantum cryptography, and two for quantum computing. Each of the latter two categories includes variations of quantum hype. The first, from WIRED, is of the…
Welcome to Wine Down Friday! Today, we explore the fascinating world of quantum technology with Bob Sutor, a leading expert in the field. From theoretical mathematics to leadership in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing, Bob shares insights into qubits, superposition,…
Today’s Brief Commentary: Most of the links today concern financial news regarding earnings announcements of public quantum computing companies or funding of private companies. IonQ and Rigetti Computing have already announced their Q4 and Fiscal Year 2024 results, and I…
“Following on from the success and momentum of Quantum.Tech in Washington D.C. in April 2024, we are returning to the US capital once again. Mark your calendar and save the date, April 14 (Cryptography Spotlight Day) and April 15-16 (Main…
What Happened? On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, trapped ion quantum computing and networking company IonQ announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details….
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, I am directing my remarks toward quantum computing companies, particularly small ones. Many of your websites need work. Here are a few suggestions: Be explicit about your quantum computing modality and paradigm. For example: “We implement…
Today’s Brief Commentary: At the Inside Quantum Technologies Quantum + AI conference in October, I gave the talk “Quantum AI: A Quantum Computing Industry Perspective.” In it, I included the following slide: Now, I was joking, sort of, but…