Welcome to this week’s quantum technology digest. The past seven days brought substantial activity across multiple facets of the field, from hardware development and error correction to policy shifts and commercial deployment. Several announcements signal a clear push toward building practical, fault-tolerant quantum computers. This week’s news includes major investments from both the US Department of Energy and French PROQCIMA program, alongside significant progress from companies like IBM, IQM, and QuEra in error mitigation and qubit scaling. We also see increasing emphasis on the practical side of quantum computing, with Oak Ridge prioritizing compilation and China Telecom offering cloud access to a large-scale photonic system. The diversity of these developments—spanning basic research grants, private investment, and national policy—demonstrates a maturing quantum landscape. Attention is shifting from theoretical possibility toward tangible engineering challenges and real-world applications. 1. IBM’s Qiskit Paulice Detects Errors During Quantum Circuit Execution IBM has released Qiskit Paulice, a new add-on for its open-source Qiskit framework, to detect quantum errors as they occur within circuits. This tool employs spacetime Pauli checks, verifying errors across qubits and at specific times, reducing the qubit overhead common in traditional error correction. By pinpointing when errors happen and filtering results accordingly, Qiskit Paulice offers a practical method for improving reliability on near-term quantum hardware while algorithm development continues. The approach balances error detection with minimizing additional noise through automated check placement. 2. DOE Launches Quantum Genesis: A 2028 Goal for Fault-Tolerant Computing The U.S. Department of Energy launched the Quantum Genesis initiative to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2028. This program, stemming from a Trump-era Executive Order, will focus on applications in fields like chemistry and materials science. Quantum Genesis includes a competition to develop systems with hundreds of logical qubits and a national supercomputing facility offering access to multiple quantum