National Institute of Standards and Technology

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AI & Tech

New RSA Breakthrough: Faster Attack Than Any Seen Before

Cryptographic researchers have unveiled a novel attack method that lowers the security threshold for RSA encryption by enabling signature forgery…

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AI & Tech

Mythos Exposes Long-Hidden Crypto Vulnerabilities

Anthropic's Mythos AI model claims to have found weaknesses in two cryptographic algorithms, but the findings are incremental and do…

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AI & Tech

NSF adds 5 teams to National Quantum Virtual Lab competition

The U.S. National Science Foundation selected five new teams for its National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program, sharing $20 million in…

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Business

NIST’s management failures plague the National Vulnerability Database

A federal watchdog report found that NIST's management failures led to a massive backlog of unanalyzed vulnerabilities in the National…

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Newswire

The Search for a More Precise Value for Big G Continues

The gravitational constant (Big G) is notoriously difficult to measure precisely, with different experiments over 200 years yielding variations of…

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AI & Tech

First ransomware family confirmed as quantum-safe

A new ransomware strain named Kyber claims quantum-resistant encryption using the post-quantum cryptographic standard ML-KEM, which is designed to withstand…

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Business

Trump Budget Proposes Major Science Funding Cuts

The 2027 budget blueprint proposes deep cuts to nearly all major science agencies, with the most severe reductions targeting the…

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AI & Tech

Google Warns Encryption at Risk From Quantum Computing

Google warns that rapid advances in quantum computing could break current public-key encryption protecting global data as soon as 2029,…

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Artificial Intelligence

Foreign Scientists Reportedly Pushed Out at U.S. Research Lab

New security measures at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could restrict or expel foreign-born scientists, risking a…

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Business

US Research Lab Accused of Pushing Out Foreign Scientists

Proposed new security restrictions at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) threaten to limit or expel foreign-born researchers,…

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BigTech Companies

TikTok Deal Finalized After Months of Negotiations

A new joint venture has been established to protect U.S. TikTok user data and the platform's core algorithm, housing them…

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Artificial Intelligence

NIST, MITRE Launch $20M AI Centers for Manufacturing and Cybersecurity

NIST is investing $20 million to establish two AI research hubs, managed by MITRE, to strengthen U.S. technological leadership in…

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Business

US Government Shutdown Cuts Cybersecurity Staff

The US government shutdown has drastically reduced staffing at key cybersecurity agencies, with CISA losing 65% of its personnel and…

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Business

QuProtect R3: Unlock Full Encryption Visibility Across All Systems

QuSecure has launched QuProtect R3, a production-ready platform to simplify the transition to post-quantum cryptography for organizations, offering a streamlined…

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Business

Natcast Announces Major Staff Layoffs

Natcast, the non-profit managing the National Semiconductor Technology Center, is laying off most staff and closing after the Commerce Department…

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Artificial Intelligence

Exclusive: US Government’s Hidden AI Safety Report Revealed

A cybersecurity conference uncovered 139 vulnerabilities in AI systems during a stress-testing exercise, revealing flaws like misinformation generation and data…

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Health

Plastic Chemical Emerges as Dangerous Fentanyl Adulterant

A plastic additive, BTMPS, is unexpectedly contaminating street drugs in the U.S., despite having no psychoactive effects or known purpose…

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Artificial Intelligence

IBM CEO Calls for More Federal AI Funding, Not Cuts

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna advocates for increased federal AI research funding, warning budget cuts risk U.S. technological leadership and economic…

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