The black box of algorithms in public and private life can be impenetrable for journalists, constrained by trade secret exemptions and situational awareness — despite the fact that they can have a ...

The danger is not science fiction. The core algorithms that would let a powerful quantum machine tear through today’s public‑key encryption already exist, and governments and companies are racing to ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing that the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a popular encryption algorithm, lose its certification for use in software products sold ...