{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Cat Qubits Hold Their Bit-Flips for Hours — November 3, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5be1ab8c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":795,"description":"Alice & Bob reports long physical bit-flip lifetimes on cat-qubit hardware, while the remaining error-correction challenges stay substantial. The episode also covers NIST’s post-quantum migration roadmap, practical preparation in Hong Kong, South Korea’s planned hybrid system and new funding for Quint Computing.\nNIST sets post-quantum cryptography migration priorities — Industrial Cyber\nHKUST and HKMA Launch PQC Toolkit for Banks — The Quantum Insider\nSouth Korea Launches Hangang Supercomputer, Plans Quantum Integration — The Quantum Insider\nQuint Computing raises €9.1M to scale quantum computing technology — tech.eu\nOxford Ionics and IonQ post — @TechInnovationz on X\nAlice & Bob Demonstrates Multi-Hour Physical Bit-Flip Suppression — Quantum Computing Report\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:55 NIST roadmap for post-quantum encryption\n02:55 Hong Kong post-quantum toolkit for banks\n04:07 Hangang supercomputer fully operational\n05:22 Quint Computing raised €9.1 million\n06:24 Oxford Ionics electronics on the chip\n07:24 Cat qubits measured bit-flip lifetimes\n09:32 Cat qubit memory active correction\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}