Google says it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and ...

Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic computers cannot. The work could point to future applications.

Once quantum computers mature, they could crack Bitcoin’s ECDSA signatures, threatening over $1 trillion in value. Both require disruptive solutions, hard forks or complex hybrid signatures, to become ...

In 1994, Peter Shor, an American mathematician working at Bell Labs, published a paper with a wonky title and earth-shaking implications. In “Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and ...

A research team from Google Quantum AI has developed a new quantum algorithm that is intended to enable a verifiable quantum ...

One exception to the industry-wide lethargy is the engineering team that designs the Signal Protocol, the open source engine ...

If quantum computers capable of breaking Bitcoin’s algorithm were around today, the network’s security could already be compromised without anyone realizing it.

Project Eleven, a quantum computing research organization, has announced the launch of the Q-Day Prize, a global challenge offering 1 BTC to the first team able to break an elliptic curve ...

Having steered cybersecurity at major global banks for over two decades, I've seen technology change the game time and again. Now, quantum computing is stepping onto the field, bringing with it a ...