Google's Quantum Computer

Quantum computing is the holy grail of scientists and researchers, but it's still decades away from reality. However, Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., moved the ball down the field last month

Quantum computing has been gaining pace in recent times as tech leaders look to solve scale related problems that need high computing power

Now, scientists in China have done the computation in a few hours with ordinary processors. A supercomputer, they say, could beat Sycamore outright

Xi Jinping's government is building a $10 billion National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences as part of a big push in the field

The ultra-powerful machine has the potential to disrupt everything from science and medicine to national security - assuming it works