How Putin helped Congress rally behind cybersecurity legislation

Startup hopes the world is ready to buy quantum processors

Enlarge (credit: QuantWare) Early in its history, computing was dominated by time-sharing systems. These systems were powerful machines (for their time, at least) that multiple users connected to in order to perform computing tasks. To an extent, quantum computing has repeated this history, with companies like Honeywell, IBM, and Rigetti making their machines available to […]

Snap cuts off Yolo, LMK anonymous messaging apps after lawsuit over teen’s death

Enlarge (credit: stockcam / Getty) Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, yesterday suspended two apps that allowed users to send anonymous messages to other users on the platform. The move came in response to a lawsuit filed Monday against Snap and the two messaging apps. The lawsuit seeks class-action status to represent all 92 million Snapchat users, […]

China’s vaccine diplomacy is failing in Southeast Asia

The Delta variant has caused China’s vaccine donations to lose their luster. Read More