How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.
SecurityWeek

Quantum Decryption of RSA Is Much Closer Than Expected

The JVG algorithm factors RSA and ECC keys using fewer quantum resources than Shor’s algorithm, accelerating the time needed ...
Scientific Research Publishing

The Grover Dilemma and Three Fundamental Barriers to Oracle-Based Quantum Search Algorithms ()

Those that solve artificially simplified problems where quantum advantage is meaningless. Those that provide no genuine quantum advantage when all costs are properly accounted for. This critique is ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smart Banner Hub Named Key Player in GlobalData’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Report

BEAVERTON, OR, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — BEAVERTON, Ore. — Smart Banner Hub has been named a Key Player in post-quantum cryptography by ...
MarketWatch

College sports has a new money problem — and St. John’s may be the latest example: ‘It’s the Wild West’

Name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have flooded college sports with hundreds of millions of dollars — but universities and team general managers have been operating with little formal oversight, ...
Ars Technica

ULA’s Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...
Scientific American

Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...
jdpower

Vehicle Software Updates Become More Routine, but Fall Short on Perceived Benefit, JD Power Finds

Highest-recorded overall problems experienced since study redesign Premium vehicles less dependable than mass market counterparts Plug-in hybrids and EVs experience more problems than gas-powered ...
Consumer Reports

Hyundai's and Kia’s Charging Unit Issues Cause Problems for EV Owners

Owners’ complaints related to the ICCU, including losing power while driving, hurt the brands' reliability scores in Consumer Reports' rankings. Here's what to do if your car has problems. The ICCU is ...
The Diplomat

Cambodia’s Image Problem

In the hit Chinese film “No More Bets,” Pan Sheng, a programmer from Hunan province, is trapped in a scam compound south of the border. The character wears a gaming-themed T-shirt prominently ...
Seattle Times

South Carolina’s measles milestone is everyone’s problem

A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone last week: It is now the biggest outbreak in the U.S. in a quarter century. It’s the latest public health record to be broken ...