EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA model of the interior of a quantum computer at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., June 12, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left: Leah Heath, Petra Hyde and Jeffrey Pelayo during a dance-off at the Wednesday Addams themed party at Quantum in Brooklyn, Jan. 13, 2023. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Joe Biden views the IBM System One quantum computer while touring the IBM factory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Oct. 6, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialBryan Adlam, a real estate agent with Sutton Group Quantum, inside his home in Hamilton, Ontario on July 7, 2022. (Brett Gundlock/The New York Times)
EditorialA floating stage on the Fulda River, built by Black Quantum Futurism, a collective from Philadelphia, in Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany, on June 20, 2022. (Felix Schmitt/The New York Times)
EditorialA visitor runs through Caroline Gueye’s “Quantum Tunneling” installation at the Dakar Biennale’s official exhibition at the former Palace of Justice, in Dakar, Senegal, May 21, 2022. (Ricci Shryock/The New York Times)
EditorialKevin and Jennifer McCoy with “Quantum Leap,” a recent digital image offered for sale as an NFT, projected in their home studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Feb. 15, 2022. (Victor Llorente/The New York Times)
EditorialThe tech industry has grown ever more rich off big ideas that were developed more than a decade ago. New things like quantum computing and self-driving cars could take a while. (Sean Dong/The New York Times)