Will Scottish lasers fight off hackers of the future?

Scotcast

Laura Miller hears how an Edinburgh-based engineer hopes to use quantum computing to thwart cyber-attacks.

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Sai Venkat (pictured) is a quantum engineer working in Scotland’s booming space sector at a time when computers are about to get smarter.

With so-called 'Q-Day' looming, he tells us about the work he is doing at Edinburgh-based Rhea Space Acitvity to protect us from cyber-attacks.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.

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05 June 2026

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