The Fraunhofer Institute's SPINNING project has made strides in diamond spin-photon quantum computers, achieving a <0.5% error rate and demonstrating entanglement over 20 meters. QDNL Participations is accelerating the commercialization of quantum technologies by investing in startups like Qu&Co and QphoX, addressing scalability and error correction challenges. This is great because two cities in the Netherlands now have a nice working quantum network. I guess they will be able to quantum facetime themselves soon. (no). Massachusetts has committed nearly $5 million to a Quantum Computing Complex in partnership with QuEra Computing, aligning with the CHIPS and Science Act to bolster U.S. technological leadership. Additionally, the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre has launched a new facility with Rigetti's 24-qubit Ankaa™-class quantum computer, enhancing research capabilities. Research breakthroughs have also been noteworthy. The Max Planck Institute's study on analogue quantum simulators suggests they can outperform classical computers in many-body physics problems, even with errors. A portable quantum memory system developed by Martin Jutisz and colleagues promises practical applications outside controlled environments. The University of Vienna's game-theoretic approach highlights quantum strategies' potential to outperform classical ones. Lastly, new algorithms by Shouvanik Chakrabarti and team offer super-quadratic speedups for combinatorial optimization, showcasing quantum computing's potential in complex problem-solving.