“Tang is killing [Kerenidis and Prakash’s] quantum speedup, but then in another sense Tang is giving a big improvement and building on what they did. Tang never would have come up with this classical algorithm but for their quantum algorithm,” Aaronson said.
[The man turning China into a quantum superpower](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/2868/The%2Bman%2Bturning%2BChina%2Binto%2Ba%2Bquantum%2Bsuperpower%2B-%2BMIT%2BTechnology%2BReview.pdf)
## quantum internet
[The Quantum Internet Will Require Quantum Repeaters](https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/quantum-internet-will-require-quantum-repeaters/)
[Quantum Internet from Physics World](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3363/quantum%2Binternet.pdf) compare with [The second half of the internet](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3370/BriefingThe%2Bsecond%2Bhalf%2Bof%2Bthe%2Binternet.pdf)... mostly in EMs (India, Africa, etc. not China and Russia?)
[the protocols of Quantum Networks](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3364/draft-kaws-qirg-advent-01.pdf)
- first steps
[SK Telecom develops quantum key switching tech](https://www.zdnet.com/article/sk-telecom-develops-quantum-key-switching-tech/)
Completion of these technologies will allow quantum keys to be applied to commercial networks.
## introduction
[Explainer: What is quantum communication?](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3489/QComms%2Bexplainer.pdf)
[Explainer: What is post-quantum cryptography?](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3488/PQ%2Bcryptography.pdf)
## research
- QKD
[QKD Doesn’t Encrypt Quantum Computing](https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334765#)
[Improving the lower bound to the secret-key capacity of the thermal amplifier channel](http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141564/2/EPJD_Gan_published.pdf)
[Establishing the ultimate limits of quantum communication networks](https://phys.org/news/2019-06-ultimate-limits-quantum-networks.html)
- [Experimental demonstration of quantum advantage for one-way communication complexity](https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.09154)
Niraj Kumar, Iordanis Kerenidis, Eleni Diamanti (Submitted on 22 Nov 2018)
[Major Quantum Computing Advance Made Obsolete by Teenager](https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-quantum-recommendation-algorithm-20180731/)
> “Tang is killing [Kerenidis and Prakash’s] quantum speedup, but then in another sense Tang is giving a big improvement and building on what they did. Tang never would have come up with this classical algorithm but for their quantum algorithm,” Aaronson said.
- IoT
[Low-Power Cryptography Means Opportunities For The Chip Industry In IoT PQC](https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/low-power-cryptography-opportunities-for-chip-industry-iot-pqc/?utm_source=IQT+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=eac51f4cdf-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8f238b4dd-eac51f4cdf-72195009)
- [the secure storage of crypto assets: The Quantum Vault](https://www.idquantique.com/id-quantique-partners-with-mt-pelerin/)
## simple views
[No! Quantum Computing Will Not Change Everything](https://quantumcomputingreport.com/our-take/no-quantum-computing-will-not-change-everything/)
## Europe
[German quantum project on secure comms gains €165M funding](http://optics.org/news/10/5/43)