A small mathematical revision to quantum mechanics could effectively limit the purported infinite capacities of quantum ...

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

New research estimates that it could be 20 times easier for quantum computers to break current encryption Experts urge software developers to advance their work in developing next-generation ...

Nation-states and malicious actors are collecting encrypted data so they can read it with future quantum computers. These ...

The pair will share the $1 million prize for their pioneering work in quantum cryptography and the broader field of quantum ...

Quantum computers could solve certain problems that would take traditional classical computers an impractically long time to ...

RSA encryption is a major foundation of digital security and is one of the most commonly used forms of encryption, and yet it operates on a brilliantly simple premise: it's easy to multiply two large ...

A recent report finds that quantum computing poses a genuine threat to Bitcoin, while efforts to safeguard the network are ...

By Cade Metz Cade Metz has reported on quantum technologies since the 1990s. In the mid-1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles ...

Developers are already working to address quantum risks, and investors shouldn’t mistake a long-term challenge for an ...

Researchers say quantum breakthroughs could eventually expose millions in Bitcoin unless the network adopts post-quantum ...