In Proof-of-Work (PoW) systems, a 51% attack happens when an attacker controls more than half of the blockchain’s hashing ...

The mathematics protecting communications since before the internet remain our strongest defense against machine-speed ...

The first Bitcoin block was mined this day, Jan. 3, exactly 17 years ago. On this date, BTC's pseudonymous creator Satoshi ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Quantum computing presents both a potential breakthrough and a cryptographic threat -- one that Microsoft is tackling through what it calls "progress towards next‑generation cryptography." In a post ...

For the most part, voting patterns across demographic groups in the 2024 presidential election were not substantially different from the 2020 and 2016 elections. But Donald Trump’s gains among several ...

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in a move aimed at jump-starting what’s likely to be the most ...

Difficult to watch, but impossible to look away from, "Adolescence" has been racking up acclaim since its premiere on Netflix on March 13. The final episode of the series hinges on a British slang ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you are one of the millions of people around the world who recently sat down to watch Adolescence on Netflix, you know why the show has captured the attention of, well ...