The US Department of Commerce has added eight Chinese technology companies to the Entity List because of their efforts to develop quantum computing for use by China's military. American companies are barred from exporting products to members of the Entity List without the US government's explicit permission. That means they have to apply for a special license, but according to the Department of Commerce, those applications will typically be denied. The Commerce Department says these new sanctions are part of its "efforts to prevent US emerging technologies from being used for the [People's Republic of China’s] quantum computing efforts that…