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

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 ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology finalized its first three post-quantum cryptography standards on August 13 ...

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

Google just issued a 2029 deadline to encrypt its systems against quantum computers. Bitcoin may not have the same luxury of ...

A fully-fledged quantum computer that can be used to solve real-world problems. For many computer scientists, the arrival of such a device would be their version of the Moon landings: the final ...

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

Quantum computers will likely be able to crack current encryption algorithms earlier than once thought, posing a serious ...

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 ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.