Nah, I think you're overreacting. It seems like every pop-sci article on CS research reads like this one (e.g. "breakthrough in cryptography", "scientists solve

Nah, I think you're overreacting. It seems like every pop-sci article on CS research reads like this one (e.g. "breakthrough in cryptography", "scientists solve quantum computing", etc.). Usually it's just weak journalism rather than researchers trying to overinflate.