Quantum computing has long lived in the realm of lab demos and bold PowerPoint slides, but two of the industry’s biggest players now say the first truly useful machines are less than five years away.

What just happened? Google is taking another step toward making quantum computing publicly useful by offering researchers a rare opportunity to work directly with one of its newest processors. The ...

Google says its quantum computing team has crossed a threshold that the field has chased for years: running a genuinely useful, verifiable calculation far faster than the world’s most powerful ...

Google is opening access to its next-generation Willow quantum processor. The hyperscaler’s "Willow Early Access Program" will give select research partners exclusive use of its hardware, which is ...

In October 2025, there was a groundbreaking scientific breakthrough that might have passed you by. Google claimed its Willow quantum chip ran a task that would take today's best classical ...

Google Quantum AI, part of California-based technology giant Alphabet Inc., announced on Dec. 9, 2024, that it had invented a quantum chip called Willow that was able to make calculations in a ...

Google has urged others to accelerate post-quantum efforts as it continues to develop Willow, one of the most powerful superconducting quantum processors today. Google has set a 2029 deadline for its ...

In a big development for quantum computing stocks, Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google is launching a new project in Colorado seeking a breakthrough in a different type of quantum technology. Google has been a ...

UK Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation Patrick Vallance predicted a tie-up with Google Quantum would help the nation maintain a leading position in developing next-generation ...

Google Quantum Computer - a chandelier-like structure of wires and components - Google Quantum AI / YouTube In October 2025, there was a groundbreaking scientific breakthrough that might have passed ...