Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography

At the time, their technique was a fascinating but impractical creation. Forty years later, it is poised to become an ...

An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist devised a way to keep secrets safe from hackers

An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography.
Global Voices Online

Iran’s internet blackout as media event: Networks, algorithms, and the politics of visibility

As in earlier shutdowns in November 2019 and during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, the blackout also reshaped who could speak for Iranians abroad. With people inside the country cut off, a ...
Live Science

'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images

Researchers generated images from noise, using orders of magnitude less energy than current generative AI models require. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Efficiency of Classification Algorithms in Monitoring Land Use through Remote Sensing in Sissili Province of Burkina Faso ()

Monitoring of natural resources is a major challenge that remote sensing tools help to facilitate. The Sissili province in Burkina Faso is a territory that includes significant areas dedicated for the ...
Computer Weekly

Chiba University unveils algorithm to reduce blockchain delay in IoT networks

Researchers from Chiba University have developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm that significantly reduces data propagation delays without increasing resource usage on internet of things (IoT) ...
MarketWatch

Vector Acquires YardView to Deepen Yard Management Offering for Logistics Networks

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vector, the logistics industry's leading workflow platform, today announced its acquisition of YardView, a pioneer in yard management and dock visibility.
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
TechSpot

The Tor project is rebuilding one of the oldest cryptographic algorithms powering the dark web

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...
Bleeping Computer

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.