Day, when an algorithm written more than 30 years ago could run on a quantum computer and compromise the security of data on ...

A quantum computer capable of breaking the encryption that secures the internet now seems to be just around the corner. Stunning revelations from two research teams outline how it could happen, with ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Current quantum computers don’t possess enough qubits to crack classical encryption methods, but a flurry of new research suggests that the threshold ...

Google LLC today published a paper that indicates a quantum computer with 500,000 qubits could be used to steal cryptocurrency. The cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computers were already ...

Powerful quantum computers may be closer than scientists thought. To unleash the technology’s full power, scientists have long thought that quantum computers with millions of quantum bits, or qubits, ...

The dreaded Q-day could arrive sooner than expected, and when it does, experts say we need to be ready. Reading time 8 minutes In 1994, American mathematician Peter Shor developed a quantum algorithm ...

Picture a quantum computer. Are you imagining an ordinary computer, but somehow just better? If so, that would be a mistake, because quantum computers are fundamentally different. They rely on exotic ...

Trump signed two quantum executive orders setting a 2028 computing target and a 2031 federal post-quantum encryption deadline ...

A research paper from Caltech and quantum startup Oratomic found that the cryptography protecting bitcoin and ether wallets could be broken with as few as 10,000 physical qubits, far below earlier ...

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...

Two executive orders set a research-grade target, push the post-quantum cryptography deadline to 2031, and tie $2bn in grants to government equity stakes. President Donald Trump signed two executive ...