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

Studying and designing novel materials is a central application of quantum mechanics. Chemists, materials scientists, and ...

Angela Lipps was babysitting her grandchildren on July 14, 2025, when U.S. Marshals burst in with guns drawn. The 50-year-old grandmother spent the next six months behind bars-first in Tennessee, then ...

Long before modern computers existed, scientists and philosophers wondered whether machines could imitate human reasoning. This video traces the evolution of that idea from Aristotle’s logic and ...

The No. 1-ranked Duke Blue Devils (26-2, 14-1 ACC) are riding high heading into a huge Saturday matchup against No. 11 Virginia (25-3, 13-2 ACC) at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils are ...

When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force. His new gig coincided with the release of ...

Match Group, the owner of multiple popular online dating services, Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, and Hinge, confirmed a cybersecurity incident that compromised user data. The company stated that ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.