Much interest in quantum computer development was spurred by Peter Shor's 1994 discovery of an algorithm that showed how ...

New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner than expected—with AI ...

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner ...

“In quantum computers, information is transmitted and stored using so-called qubits (quantum bits). But quantum information ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

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

Quantum computers struggle with a major flaw: their information vanishes unpredictably. Scientists have now created a new method that can measure this loss over 100 times faster than before. By ...

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star.

In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology did something it had been working toward for eight years: ...

Silicon is ubiquitous in modern electronics, and now it is becoming increasingly useful in quantum computing. In particular, ...

The institute will help further embed an enterprise-wide AI agenda, advance its quantum strategy and “[keep] us accountable ...

Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies use an implementation of ECC called secp256k1. According to Google, its ...