Introducing Tech Tonic Season 6: The Quantum Revolution
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 3 March 2023
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Summary
Tech companies and labs around the world are building a revolutionary new computer. Quantum computers harness the mysteries of quantum physics to perform calculations that seem impossible. The people building them say they’re going to change the world.
In a new season of Tech Tonic, FT tech journalists Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill investigate the race to build a quantum computer, the impact they could have on security, innovation and business, and the confounding physics of the quantum world.
Are we really on the brink of a quantum revolution? And what will a future powered by quantum computing look like?
Check out stories and up-to-the-minute news from the Technology team at ft.com/technology
Presented by Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill, produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon and Edwin Lane. Executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:09.9 | Hi there, just dropping by a second time in your podcast feed this Friday to let you know |
| 0:14.3 | that a new season of the FT podcast, Tectonic, is coming soon. |
| 0:18.7 | Tectonic tells stories about the biggest technology trends affecting our world today. |
| 0:23.6 | This new season is all about quantum computers. |
| 0:26.8 | They're supposed to change computing forever and impact everything from the security of the internet |
| 0:31.6 | to the development of new drugs, even solutions to climate change. |
| 0:35.4 | My FT colleagues, Matamita Mergia and John Thornhill will have a six-part season on everything |
| 0:40.1 | you need to know about this quantum revolution, whether it's coming and what it might look like. |
| 0:44.7 | The first episode drops on Tuesday. You can find it by searching for Tectonic. |
| 0:48.4 | That's two words in your podcast app. For now, here's the trailer. |
| 0:53.1 | In a new season of Tectonic, are we on the brink of a quantum revolution? |
| 1:00.0 | Quantum computing will have a major impact on our society. |
| 1:04.0 | It is happening and it is absolutely profound and fundamental. |
| 1:08.6 | I'm John Thornhill and I'm Matamita Mergia. |
| 1:11.5 | Around the world today, tech companies are building quantum computers and they say their |
| 1:17.2 | impact will be seismic on everything from the way we develop new drugs to the security of the |
| 1:23.2 | internet. Quantum computing will enable us to solve problems that impact all of us. |
| 1:29.0 | If somebody builds a big quantum computer, then yikes, this is a gigantic threat. |
| 1:33.9 | Is that true? And what would a quantum future really look like? |
| 1:38.0 | In a new season of Tectonic, we'll ask if quantum computers are really going to change the world. |
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