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Will Scottish lasers fight off hackers of the future?

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鈥檚 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 91福利社鈥檚 Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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