According to the latest Google research, it could take as few as 1,200 logical qubits for a quantum computer to break ...

At the same time, a March 2026 preprint from a Caltech–Berkeley–Oratomic collaboration explores what might be possible using ...

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...

​For much of the past decade, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) lived primarily in academic journals and standards committees.

The very prospect of the quantum apocalypse has driven various stakeholders to consider what that could be like and how to ...

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Every time you send an email, shop online, or log in to your account, your information is vulnerable to being intercepted.

A police body camera records an arrest. A surgeon consults a specialist over a live video link. A corporate board meets on a ...

One of the most well-established and disruptive uses for a future quantum computer is the ability to crack encryption. A new algorithm could significantly lower the barrier to achieving this. Despite ...

An encryption algorithm that was supposed to stand up to attacks from the future's most powerful computers was recently laid low by a much simpler machine. Reading time 2 minutes It turns out that ...