D-Wave Quantum has expanded its partnership with QuantumBasel, aiming to boost quantum application development in Europe. To support this, D-Wave is setting up a European office at QuantumBasel. Meanwhile, Scott Aaronson, director of the University of Texas Austin's Quantum Information Center, has expressed skepticism about the immediate potential of quantum computing to revolutionize areas like machine learning. At the same time Terra Quantum's CEO, Markus Pflitsch, has criticized Germany's lack of support for quantum technology despite the country's plans to invest €3bn in the next three years. In contrast, Ireland has launched Quantum 2030, a strategy to position itself as a global leader in quantum technology. A Texas A&M University team has used quantum computing to map gene regulatory networks, enabling more accurate prediction of gene relationships. ICFO researchers, along with Institute de Recherche de Chimie de Paris and Karlsruher Institute fur Technologie, have demonstrated a new platform for quantum information processing using single ions in nano-sized particles. The UK government's National Quantum Strategy aims to stimulate quantum technology development through ambitious missions, while Austria's Quantum Connect, the country's first national quantum machine learning initiative, brings together machine learning and quantum computing experts.