Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world's ...

In 2018, Aayush Jain, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, traveled to Japan to give a talk about a powerful cryptographic tool he and his colleagues were developing. As he ...

The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, and the world is not close ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought ...

A fully-fledged quantum computer that can be used to solve real-world problems. For many computer scientists, the arrival of such a device would be their version of the Moon landings: the final ...

New research suggests that a quantum computer could crack a crucial cryptography method with just 10,000 qubits.

Report Details Risks and Benefits of Developing a Practical Quantum Computer, Identifies Metrics for Tracking Progress WASHINGTON – Given the current state of quantum computing and the significant ...

Imagine waking up one day to find that all your confidential emails are suddenly an open book for anyone with a powerful enough computer. Sounds like a nightmare, right? Well, with the rapid ...

Quantum computers have been on the horizon for several years, but recent breakthroughs mean we could expect to see enterprise-level quantum computers within 20 years. Given their ability to perform ...