A newly discovered set of mathematical equations describes how to turn any sequence of random events into a clock, scientists ...

Many attempts have been made to harness the power of new artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) to try to ...

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The universe now has an open, quantum-powered dice roll—free, provable, and ready for anyone to use. Credit: Shutterstock NIST’s CURBy beacon transforms quantum “spooky action” into certified random ...

Hi, I’m Jonathan Clarke, a 38-year-old data analyst and lifelong numbers enthusiast. I’ve always been fascinated by lottery systems—how they work, how people try to beat them, and whether there’s any ...

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The outcome of quantum experiments is intrinsically unpredictable. Now physicists have combined that feature with blockchain techniques to generate random numbers in a fully transparent process for ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Here are the most important concepts developers must know when they size Java arrays and deal ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. If you ask me, GitHub’s removal of support for password authentication on August 13, 2021 was a ...

Summary: Random numbers help us secure everything from bank accounts to classified servers. And yet, that essential layer of security can be spoofed. New research from the Oak Ridge National ...

A new network paradigm can generate meaningfully random numbers—and fast. In network encryption, randomness has huge value because it’s not “solvable” by hackers. Classical computers can’t be ...