Hackers love random numbers, or more accurately, the pursuit of them. It turns out that computers are so good at following our exacting instructions that they are largely incapable of doing anythin… ...

There’s no cheating this random number generator The protocol ensures jury duty selections and other draws are truly random and secure ...

Whether it’s a game of D&D or encrypting top-secret information, a wide array of methods are available for generating the needed random numbers with high enough entropy for their use case. For a ...

Yadolah Dodge, A Natural Random Number Generator, International Statistical Review / Revue Internationale de Statistique, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Dec., 1996), pp. 329-344 ...

A new laser’s chaotic light beam lets the device generate multiple number sequences at once, similar to throwing multiple dice at a time.

Truly random numbers are a goal for computer science - and a new method may be a leap forward.