Darian Kovel
Darian is a tech commentator and analyst who writes about the ideas shaping the future of business and society. His work focuses on connecting emerging technologies with their wide-spanning economic and cultural impact. Known for his opinion-driven style, Darian enjoys challenging assumptions and exploring where technological change may lead next.
Europe Is Building Its Quantum Computer in Public, and in Pieces
Tuna-17 has 17 qubits. The qubit count is the least interesting thing about it. Most quantum computing news is a...
Washington Decided to Become Quantum’s First Customer
The numbers from the White House quantum summit will get the headlines: a quantum allocation inside the national chips program...
Quantum Computing Is a Money Problem, and Most of Finance Hasn’t Noticed Yet
For a long time, we’ve treated cybersecurity as a technology question. Quantum computing breaks that habit. The harder we look...
Trapped Ions Just Caught Up With Superconductors on the Hard Part of Error Correction
The IonQ team ran nine different quantum error-correcting codes on a single 40-ion device without touching the hardware between experiments....
Quantum Computing’s Real Threat to Crypto Isn’t Your Bitcoin Wallet. It’s the Plumbing Underneath
Everyone’s worried about the wrong thing. The fear that grabs headlines, that a quantum computer cracks your private key and...
Crypto’s Quantum Threat Isn’t Where You Think It Is
Most of the conversation about quantum computing and cryptocurrency fixates on the fear that a future quantum machine will crack...
Quantum Vacuum Breakthrough Could Create Matter From Nothing
A team led by researchers at Oxford and Queen’s University Belfast has demonstrated a method to amplify laser intensity by...