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 ...

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 ...

A team of Google researchers just set a new date for post-quantum cryptography migration: 2029. Among other things, this ...

A quantum computer algorithm that is used to find the prime factors in an encryption key. Created by applied mathematician Peter Shor in the mid-1990s, Shor's algorithm may be used to break the codes ...

The rise of quantum computing and its implications for current encryption standards are well known. But why exactly should quantum computers be especially adept at breaking encryption? The answer is a ...

Google warned that quantum advances could break crypto security sooner than expected, with analysts recommending ‘appropriate ...

Three weeks ago, panic swept across some corners of the security world after researchers discovered a breakthrough that, at long last, put the cracking of the widely used RSA encryption scheme within ...