Welcome to this week’s quantum technology digest. The past seven days brought developments across multiple facets of the field, from hardware improvements to software advances and strategic funding decisions. This collection showcases a continued push toward building practical, scalable quantum systems and preparing for a post-quantum world. Several companies reported key technical achievements. Quantinuum demonstrated substantial gains in logical qubit performance, while Xanadu and Rigetti focused on improving chip fabrication and modular qubit design. Simultaneously, Microsoft and IQM are investing in software and error correction techniques to maximize existing and near-term hardware. Australia’s SQC secured significant funding, emphasizing the growing international competition in precision quantum manufacturing. This week also highlighted the practical concerns surrounding quantum’s arrival. NIST proposed steps for transitioning to quantum-resistant security credentials, and reports surfaced detailing Google’s decision to prioritize development speed over substantial government funding. The deployment of Pasqal’s computer in Italy, integrated with a supercomputer, signals an increasing emphasis on hybrid classical-quantum approaches. 1. Quantinuum Demonstrates 800x Improvement in Logical Qubit Performance Quantinuum has demonstrated logical qubits that perform 800 times better than their physical counterparts, a result published in *Nature* in June 2026. This achievement utilized Quantinuum’s commercial hardware, differentiating their approach from research focused on prototype systems. The company also achieved logical qubit teleportation and significant error-correction milestones, supporting the development of customer-ready quantum systems with reduced resource needs. Recent computations using these logical qubits show lower error rates in materials science applications, squeezing 48 logical qubits from 98 physical qubits. 2. Microsoft Quantum Boosts Research in Fault-Tolerant Topological Computing Microsoft Quantum is funding research across both hardware and software with its 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program. The program now includes a dedicated Software Track to support simultaneous development of both areas, essential for building a scalable quantum computer, according to Technical Fellows Matthias