Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer

A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. This is something to take seriously. It might not be correct, but it’s not obviously wrong. We have…

A French Perspective on Elon Musk’s Twitter

Elon Musk (https://csmapnyu.org/news-views/news/how-to-evaluate-elon-musk-s-potential-impact-on-twitter) A lot has happened since Elon Musk made a sensational entrance in Twitter headquarters by carrying a sink. As soon as Musk took control of Twitter on Oct. 28, he fired a large part of the compa…