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Because it can easily break traditional encryption methods, the powerful technology could quickly make current cybersecurity methods useless.

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A gold superconducting quantum computer hangs against a black background. Quantum computers, like the one shown here, could someday allow chemists to solve problems that classical computers can’t.

IonQ is investing $100 million in an R&D facility in Boulder, which is expected to be completed in late summer.