More on Google's D-Wave Quantum Machine

Lots of implications for doing things like AI and machine learning faster.   But also breaking encryption codes faster?   Good, extensive,  non technical piece on the topic.  Have written much on this, see tags below.   How long before this is commonly applied?.    In Technology Review.  " .... As recently as last week the prospect of a quantum computer doing anything useful within a few years seemed remote. Then NASA summoned journalists to its Ames Research Center in Mountain View. ... "