The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...

John Martinis is a hardware guy. He prefers the nitty-gritty of doing physics in the lab over the idealised world of textbooks. But you couldn’t write the quantum computing history books without him: ...

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.

Woo responded to an X post by English YouTuber Josh Otten about the potential of a functional quantum computer using Shor’s algorithm to break the encryption protecting Bitcoin’s oldest wallets.

Quantum computing’s accelerating breakthroughs are forcing the crypto sector to confront a long-anticipated question. How long before quantum machines can break Bitcoin security? Blockchain analytics ...

Bletchley Park was more than a place — it was a method. During World War II, the United Kingdom combined science, engineering, operations, and alliance management into a unified codebreaking system ...

Despite the excitement it generates, quantum computing has largely remained in the lab – impressive in chess competitions but less so in practical, real-world business applications. Google's new ...

Signal’s getting ahead of the quantum curve, adding new layers of encryption to keep your chats safe from tomorrow’s supercomputers. The advent of quantum computing poses a significant threat to ...