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Two research groups say they have significantly reduced the amount of qubits and time required to crack common online ...

This team effort converges expertise to leverage quantum computing for an important, practical outcome.”— Marco Cerezo, ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

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In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

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With Apple’s 50th anniversary fast approaching, the Computer History Museum is planning a series of programs and a temporary exhibit to celebrate the company’s history. Here are the details. The ...

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.