
Small Chinese satellite sent quantum messages to 12,900 kilometers hack through space. Is it a quantum Internet around the corner?
In the fresh air of October 2024, two snapshots, a portion of the Great Wall of China and a patio bathed by the Sun at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, enter through space, encrypted in pulses of quantum light. The photos were not notable. The way they traveled was the opposite. From a…