From hand-controlled augmented reality glasses at Meta Platforms, self-driving car commercialization at Alphabet, and robot-controlled warehouses at Amazon, these companies keep extending their technological superiority over the competition,

Microsoft on Wednesday announced Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip. The achievement comes after the company has spent nearly two decades of research in the field.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Amazon on Thursday unveiled its first quantum computing chip, about a week after rival Microsoft announced its first chip devoted to the nascent technology.The new chip, called Ocelot, can cut the “costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90%,

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Microsoft, Amazon, and Google each announced new prototypes of quantum computing chips, but scientists say that the field is still evolving.

A Microsoft research team claims to have built “the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits,” and that it is on track to build a prototype of a scalable quantum computer “in years,

For companies struggling with high cloud costs, talent shortages, and data integration problems, a groundbreaking quantum processor isn’t the answer.

Google's parent company, announced its new quantum computing chip. This started a frenzy of trading in pure-play quantum computing stocks like Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) and D-Wave (NYSE: QBTS).

Quantum computing remains industry of high potential and rapid evolution, igniting investor interest with its promise to revolutionize computational speed. The quantum race is heating up after Microsoft (MSFT) introduced its Majorana 1 chip,