The day when a quantum computer manages to break common encryption, or Q-Day, is fast approaching, and the world is not close ...

Quantum hardware and software are advancing rapidly – and our online encryption systems need to change to stay ahead.

Shares of IonQ surged 20% on April 14 to $35.76 after the quantum computing company landed a U.S. defense research contract, ...

Quantum computing breaktrhroughs including new hardware, smarter algorithms, and clearer signs of “quantum advantage,” bring ...

Quantum computers are shifting from lab curiosities into real machines that can already outperform classical systems on narrow tasks, and the stakes are no longer theoretical. The technology promises ...

Quantum circuits are supposed to gain power as they grow longer, but noise changes the picture. A new study finds that earlier steps in these circuits gradually lose their impact, with only the final ...

New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner than expected—with AI ...

Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

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

Overview: Quantum computing uses ideas from quantum mechanics to solve complex problems much faster than traditional computer ...

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...

In the pursuit of powerful and stable quantum computers, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed the theory for an entirely new quantum system – based on the novel ...