Recent research papers posted to arXiv have sharply reduced the estimated computing power a quantum machine would need to ...

Researchers from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup, published findings on March 31, 2026, arguing that a useful quantum computer capable of running Shor’s algorithm on real cryptographic ...

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...

Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits and time required to crack common online ...

Scientists at California Institute of Technology and startup Oratomic have developed a method to ...

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.

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

In our latest Computing research we look at developments in quantum computing and cryptography, whether UK IT leaders believe ...

Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. The most recent email you sent was likely encrypted ...

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 ...