At the same time, a March 2026 preprint from a Caltech–Berkeley–Oratomic collaboration explores what might be possible using ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough machine may be built much sooner than previously thought ...

If you’re picturing quantum computing as a giant red button that suddenly shuts off the internet, the reality is a little less theatrical and a lot more technical than that. The main danger isn't that ...

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

Google LLC today published a paper that indicates a quantum computer with 500,000 qubits could be used to steal cryptocurrency. The cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computers were already ...

According to the latest Google research, it could take as few as 1,200 logical qubits for a quantum computer to break ...

The 50-page paper concludes that while today’s blockchains remain secure, a future “fault-tolerant quantum computer” capable ...

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s ...

About eight years ago, toward the end of a panel I was moderating on cybersecurity, I turned to the panelists and asked them to tell me what to expect when quantum computing would come online. I got ...

Coinbase just told blockchain networks to get moving on quantum-resistant upgrades. The exchange’s quantum advisory board put ...

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