Business | Quantum Computing went mainstream today after the company run by 2018 Australian of the Year Michelle Simmons published news of a massive breakthrough in scientific journal Nature yesterday.

Although the news made science outlets like ScienceAlert yesterday, Ticky Fullerton at The Australian who has been writing a fair amount of techie content of late, was the first mainstream reporter to jump on the story, landing an interview with Simmons and putting the story on the front page of today’s Aus.

I think she did a nice job of making the news accessible, and communicating its potential impact, without dumbing it down too far. It makes for interesting reading, though, working through coverage in a technology title — see Joseph Brookes’ write-up for InnovationAus, which is ...