IonQ's Third MOU in Five Days: Moat or Marketing?

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IonQ signs its third government-and-industry MOU in five days, this time with Sandia National Laboratories, prompting a hard look at whether the pattern is a real national-security moat or a well-run press cycle. Also today: Israel names its national quantum tender, an X thread guts IBM's 'quantum advantage era' claim, Fujitsu-Monash-CSIRO link up, Argonne pinpoints a silicon qubit defect, and a profile of Oxford Ionics founder Chris Ballance. IonQ and Sandia National Laboratories Sign MOU — IonQ Israel Launches National Quantum Computer Tender — The Quantum Insider and Ynetnews IBM Claims Verifiable Quantum Advantage — IEEE Spectrum and The Next Platform Fujitsu, Monash University, and CSIRO Form Australia–Japan Quantum Research Partnership — Quantum Computing Report Uncovering Hidden Disorder in Silicon Quantum Computers — U.S. Department of Energy and Quantum Zeitgeist Chris Ballance, The British Quantum Entrepreneur Who Put Ion Traps On A Chip — Quantum Zeitgeist Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.