The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

GameFreak’s “Pokémon Legends: Z-A” was released on October 16, 2025 on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide. Since this game is currently just over one month old, it is important to take ...

ED has raided the offices of WinZO and GamezKraft across Bengaluru, Delhi and Gurugram over allegations of algorithm manipulation and suspected laundering through crypto wallets. Investigators are ...

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

The Enforcement Directorate is raiding two online gaming firms – Winzo and Gamezkraft (pocket52.com) – that operate from Bengaluru and Delhi, respectively, after complaints of “manipulated algorithms” ...

American cybersecurity company SonicWall urged customers today to patch a high-severity SonicOS SSLVPN security flaw that can allow attackers to crash vulnerable firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2025-40601, ...