Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

Q-day refers to the day a cryptographically relevant quantum computer becomes powerful enough to break public-key encryption.

Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

Key takeawaysButerin sees a nontrivial 20% chance that quantum computers could break current cryptography before 2030, and he argues that Ethereum should begin preparing for that possibility.A key ...

Vitalik Buterin puts quantum resistance as a part of Ethereum’s roadmap as quantum advances accelerate worldwide.

No one knows exactly when quantum computing will arrive, but accelerating progress is prompting security and IT leaders to recognise the potential risks. So how do organisations begin implementing ...

We experimentally demonstrate encrypted image transmission over 40 km of optical fiber with high decryption fidelity and ...

New Funding Push Accelerates Europe’s Quantum-Safe Digital Ecosystem, Develops a Sovereign Quantum Computer, and Establishes a European Quantum Corridor SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) ("SEALSQ" or ...

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All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...