An effort in which thousands of people donate their computers' unused processing power uncovers the largest prime number so far known. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

QKD uses photons — the smallest units of light — to securely transmit encryption keys. Any attempt to intercept them disturbs ...

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

Mathematicians have proven the existence of a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, making multiplication and other ...

Quantum computing is coming. When? No one knows for sure. Some experts say 10 years, others say 15 to 20 years. Many believe ...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scale Computing, a market leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions, today announced that CRN ®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named ...

Peer-to-peer or grid computing has been around for quite a few years now. Corporate enterprises have shown little interest, but the scientific community has embraced it as a means to enable its ...

Three, as Schoolhouse Rock! told children of the 1970s, is a magic number. Three little pigs; three beds, bowls and bears for Goldilocks; three Star Wars trilogies. You need at least three legs for a ...

We’ve been reporting on server growth around cloud computing for a while. And now, according to IDC, worldwide server market revenues increased 11 percent in the second quarter. Clearly, this is not ...

More girls chose to take A-level computing this year, despite fewer students taking the subject overall. The number of girls who took A-level computing increased by 3.5% this year, compared with 2024, ...

Three fresh cloud computing surveys, including a major Harvard Business Review report, offer an intriguing snapshot of cloud computing attitudes and adoption You think you’ve heard enough about the ...