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 ...

Snapshot: Google's new Willow quantum processor brings real-world quantum computing closer, reviving fears that Bitcoin's ...

Within five years we are likely to start to see real-world applications become possible, even before we get to a large-scale ...

In order to increase the dependability of quantum calculations, study explores the use of Shor’s algorithm in a noisy quantum ...

Breakthroughs from Google, Caltech, and IBM have reignited debate over “Q-Day,” when quantum computers could break Bitcoin’s cryptography.

For now, full-fledged quantum computers are the stuff of science fiction — in last summer’s blockbuster movie Transformers, the bad guys use quantum computing to break into the U.S. Army's secure ...

When the Robert Redford film Sneakers hit theaters in 1992, most moviegoers had never heard of the Internet. They’d have guessed “World Wide Web” was a horror film involving spiders. And nobody knew ...

Google says it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data ...