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 ...

Hackers are exploiting a new, undocumented vulnerability in the implementation of the cryptographic algorithm present in Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox products for secure remote file access and ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...

This JavaFX-based application visually demonstrates core computer graphics algorithms — DDA Line Drawing and Midpoint Circle Drawing — implemented from scratch using low-level pixel plotting directly ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a ...

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

A look inside Quantinuum's quantum computer. Quantum computing is still in the early stages of development, but it has proven to be an extremely powerful tool for various applications. While most ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything the Louisiana parole board asked of him to earn an early release ...

Abstract: This article investigates the adaptive optimal output regulation of completely unknown linear time-invariant systems. First, a dynamic state feedback control policy with assured convergence ...