Quantum advancements continue to pose risks to public-key cryptography (PKC) algorithms, as highlighted by IBM Quantum and UC Berkeley. IBM also re-released Qiskit, after deprecating the Qiskit Quantum Lab. IBM now capitalizes on their effort and the huge community they have created. What is the future of Qiskit is not known, but it could be a good moment to shape up your skills with other frameworks. The Quantum-Safe Readiness Index (QSRI), a joint survey conducted by IBM and Oxford Economics, found global organizations scoring an average of 21 out of 100, indicating a low level of readiness for quantum-safe standards. NVIDIA's open-source NVIDIA CUDA-Q™ platform is set to accelerate quantum computing at supercomputing centers in Germany, Japan, and Poland. IQM Quantum Computers has also announced plans to construct an industrial production unit for quantum computers and chips in France.The University of Science and Technology of China has developed an artificial quantum system, the Plasmonium qubit, which simulates the fractional anomalous quantum Hall effect at normal temperatures without magnetic fields. LightSolver has developed a desktop-sized optical computer, the LPU100, that rivals the performance of quantum and classical supercomputers. EvolutionQ has launched MultimodalKES, a new cryptographic protocol designed to enhance protection against quantum cyber threats. Alice & Bob, a French quantum computing startup, developed a fault-tolerant Boson cat qubit quantum chip, now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. This chip offers an improved bit-flip time, addressing the issue of qubit decoherence. Q-CTRL is partnering with Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Science and Engineering (CSE) to build Qatar's quantum workforce, while QCentroid and OpenQuantum have announced a strategic partnership to democratize access to quantum computing.