There is real progress on quantum computing: for example http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v526/n7573/full/nature15263.html http://www.nature.com/nature/jour

There is real progress on quantum computing: for example http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v526/n7573/full/nature15263.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v526/n7573/full/nature1... (arXiv preprint for those without Nature subscription: http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.5760 http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.5760), but mostly it's about sustaining quantum entanglement between a handful of qubits. The Google/D-Wave stuff is largely without substance, but makes for nice, breathless media reports. See http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2555 http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2555 for an explanation of the latest report.