Morning Overview on MSN

Study: 10,000 qubits could crack key encryption sooner than expected

Researchers affiliated with Caltech and the quantum computing startup Oratomic have published a preprint claiming that Shor’s ...
Martin Cid Magazine

Shor’s algorithm resource requirements for RSA-2048 fell by an order of magnitude in under a year

The encryption protecting global banking, government communications, and digital identity does not fail when a quantum ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Useful quantum computers may need as few as 10,000 qubits

Researchers from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup, published findings on March 31, 2026, arguing that a useful quantum computer capable of running Shor’s algorithm on real cryptographic ...
Quanta Magazine

New Advances Bring the Era of Quantum Computers Closer Than Ever

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

Google researchers just put a new expiration date on Bitcoin

A team of Google researchers just set a new date for post-quantum cryptography migration: 2029. Among other things, this ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Quantum advance cuts qubit needs from 1000 to 5, brings practical computing closer

Scientists at California Institute of Technology and startup Oratomic have developed a method to ...
Decrypt

Watch Out Bitcoin: Cryptography-Breaking Quantum Computers May Be Closer Than Expected, Says Caltech

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.