“Quantum safe” cryptography techniques are still under development ...

Quantum computing’s threat to encryption is - conceptually at least – very simple. One day, perhaps quite soon, a quantum computer may be able to ...

Quantum communication and cryptography pose a significant future threat, especially with the possibility of ‘Q-Day’ when ...

Quantum Cloning: In quantum technology, the idea of copying information takes on a completely different meaning. Quantum ...

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 ...

Right now, criminal and state-sponsored hackers are intercepting and storing encrypted data they cannot yet decode. Likely targets include everything from corporate secrets and medical records to ...

For all the hype surrounding quantum computers, the technology can sometimes appear to be a solution in search of a problem. Scientifically impressive, but not yet obviously useful in the real world.

Tucked between a gymnasium and an inflatable amusement park, twenty-five miles north of midtown Manhattan, engineers are building some of the smallest quantum computers the world has ever seen. Based ...

Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world’s first ...

What if the most complex problems plaguing industries today—curing diseases, optimizing global supply chains, or even securing digital communication—could be solved in a fraction of the time it takes ...

For the past year, I kept bringing the same story to my editor: quantum computers are on the edge of becoming useful for scientific discovery. Of course, that has always been the goal. The idea of ...