Encryption is the secret sauce that keeps private information private as it travels across the internet. Apps like Apple’s iMessage use it to protect the contents of your communication, as do other ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out ...

IBM scientists entangled 120 qubits in a single coherent “cat state,” a record-breaking feat in quantum computing.

NEW YORK: Right now, messages you send in messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Threema are encrypted to guarantee that nobody else can read them – but what if, one day, a computer is invented that ...

One of the most well-established and disruptive uses for a future quantum computer is the ability to crack encryption. A new algorithm could significantly lower the barrier to achieving this. Despite ...

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal two NSA programs that seek to build a "useful quantum computer" that can break all known forms of classical encryption. Such a quantum computer would ...

Computers are essentially problem-solving machines that perform logical and arithmetic operations. Classical computing is essentially behind all of our daily tech operations whereas quantum computing, ...