Behind in quantum computer race, Germany gets boost from IBM

The Governor of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, front left, and Martin Jetter, front right, CEO of IBM Europe, attend the official inauguration of the first commercially used quantum computer in Europe in Ehningen, Germany, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 . IBM on Tuesday unveiled one of Europe's most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country's effort to stay in the race for what's considered a key technology of the future. (Bernd Weissbrod/dpa/dpa via AP)