One notable example is the $34 million secured by British quantum algorithms specialist Phasecraft from a group of investors, ...

Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data ...

People have performed many mathematical proofs to show that a quantum computer will vastly outperform traditional computers on a number of algorithms. But the quantum ...

Quantum computing is on the horizon, promising to solve complex problems beyond the capabilities of classical computers. But for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which rely on today’s cryptographic ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in recent years, with tools and algorithms that can analyze data, recognize patterns, and make predictions with an accuracy that was ...

Other quantum computing companies—including D-Wave, Phasecraft, Zapata Computing, and Algorithmiq—are also developing infrastructure and algorithms to optimize today’s quantum hardware.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...

Three weeks ago, panic swept across some corners of the security world after researchers discovered a breakthrough that, at long last, put the cracking of the widely used RSA encryption scheme within ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...