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Quantum Elements and USC today announced the publication of a new Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm in Physical Review Letters, ...

From ransomware and boss scams to AI-powered phishing and data theft, cybercrime is becoming a boardroom concern as companies ...

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered impossible for even the most powerful conventional supercomputers. The ...

If you logged onto your bank account this morning, the security protocols still seem secure – but things are changing quickly in the tech world. A team in China just showed that the math behind RSA ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel method to obtain non-power-of-two (NP2) fast Fourier transform (FFT) flow graphs based on a new prime factor algorithm (PFA). The FFT flow graph is crucial for ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a ...

A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography. Everyone knows that a prime number is one that cannot be ...

Julia Ingram is a data journalist for CBS News Confirmed. She uses data analysis and computation to cover misinformation, AI and social media. At his first solo appearance at a pro-Trump rally in ...

Recent headlines have proclaimed that Chinese scientists have hacked "military-grade encryption" using quantum computers, sparking concern and speculation about the future of cybersecurity. The claims ...

In 2020, it was revealed that Dutch tax officials wrongfully targeted thousands of parents as tax cheats after racially profiling them. The government had manipulated an algorithm to flag individuals ...