President Biden wants to give the US quantum computing industry a boost

President Biden has signed two directives aimed at ensuring the US retains its lead in quantum computing while also safeguarding the country from future attacks carried out using this emerging technology.

For some time now, the US has been a global leader in quantum information science (QIS) which is a broad field of science and engineering and quantum computers are one of the many promising applications of this interdisciplinary field.

Instead of being a…