Aside from their quantum computing processor development, both of these companies look like good long-term bets in the ...

Microsoft ($MSFT) is making quantum computing a core part of its long-term cloud strategy. During the company’s ...

Rigetti Computing shares jumped after Microsoft signaled quantum computing as the next leap in cloud technology.

As quantum computing moves closer to practical implementation, there are three areas in particular to keep an eye on.

According to David Weston, corporate vice president of enterprise and OS security, the company is working toward making input hardware, like mice and keyboards, less central. Instead, Weston says ...

Microsoft has claimed a major breakthrough in quantum computing with its first quantum chip. However, the announcement has been met with deep skepticism by experts.

However, Microsoft sees a path to scale up the number of qubits to 1 million. At that scale, quantum computing would likely be useful for solving real-world problems. Progress on a thorny problem ...

The decision simultaneously delights and frustrates Charles Marcus, professor of physics at the University of Washington, a ...

Atom Computing, the startup with which Microsoft has partnered on the new quantum computer, is backed by more than $100 million in funding. It will supply qubits and related technologies for the ...

Microsoft has started working on quantum applications in chemistry, and recently published some research on using quantum computers to design a catalyst that could take carbon out of the atmosphere.

Quantum computing may someday blow away today's smartest machines. It's weird and heavy on the physics, but Microsoft thinks you can handle it. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems ...