{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"£50 Million to Move UK Quantum Sensing Toward the Real World — October 19, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/426537b0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":736,"description":"UKRI has announced £50 million for quantum technology projects, alongside separate funding for quantum networks and training. The episode also covers a new ion-trap design, parallel silicon-spin control, a germanium manufacturing bet and an analysis of quantum and AI pressures on cryptography.\nNew monolithic ion trap opens quantum simulations to more researchers — Quantum Physics News\nRIKEN Team Improves Parallel Control of Silicon Spin Qubits — The Quantum Insider\nWhy Groove is betting quantum computing’s future rests on germanium — Bits&Chips\nSecurity Rests on Hard Math Problems. Quantum and AI Are Both Coming for Them — The Hacker News\nUKRI Backs UK Quantum Businesses With Share of £50 Million — The Quantum Insider\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:52 Ion trap design for quantum simulations\n02:04 Five silicon qubits and AC Stark shift\n03:28 Groove Quantum makes a germanium case\n04:36 Quantum and AI pressure on cryptography\n05:39 UKRI's £50 million for quantum projects\n08:42 Hype Check on UK quantum sensing funding\nSource links\nukri.org\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}