In January 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Niccolo De Masi, the chairman and chief executive of IonQ, delivered a warning of the “Q-Day” that should have dominated front pages. The "Q-Day", as he highlighted, refers to a moment when quantum computers become capable of breaking the public-key encryption that currently secures virtually all modern digital communication. Illustration by The Geostrata As per his estimation, this condition could arrive within three ye