An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking ...

It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.

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 ...

China plans to establish national standards for post-quantum cryptography within three years, emphasizing the strategic role of quantum technology. With the global push for secure algorithms against ...

New techniques could stand up to the power of a quantum computer — if we implement them in time New techniques could stand up to the power of a quantum computer — if we implement them in time In 2016, ...

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 ...

New estimates suggest it might be 20 times easier to crack cryptography with quantum computers than we thought—but don't panic. Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has chosen the first group of encryption tools designed to withstand the attack of a future quantum computer, which could potentially crack ...

The coalition includes Google’s sibling company SandboxAQ and the University of Waterloo. IBM Quantum and Microsoft have formed a coalition to tackle post-quantum cryptography alongside not-for-profit ...