Quantum computing represents a major threat to encryption, and the inflection point may be less than five years away.

Real-time security clearances are becoming increasingly common in manufacturing of advanced-node semiconductors, where data ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab and Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), opens new tab on Thursday said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of ...

Computer science is the study and development of the protocols required for automated processing and manipulation of data. This includes, for example, creating algorithms for efficiently searching ...

Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. d3sign / Getty Images A blockchain is a secured ...

A network's topology is the arrangement, or pattern, in which all nodes on a network are connected together. There are several common topologies that are in use, but today the most common topologies ...