It may come as a surprise that despite the power our computers have, they can't achieve true randomness. In fact, they rely ...

What they have created is an algorithm which ensures that seemingly random numbers really are as random as they look.

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If you know the secret numbers, you can predict the output of the random-number generator after collecting just 32 bytes of its output.

There are currently two main methods for generating random numbers. In the first, a computer picks numbers according to an algorithm or from a pre-generated list. This method, while fast and not ...

To accomplish this goal, they selected a new spin-flipping algorithm developed by Ulli Wolff of the University of Kiel in Germany and a “subtract-with-borrow” random-number generator invented ...

But if you know that seed and the algorithm you can perfectly predict what number the computer will generate next so it isn’t truly random. Continue reading → ...

From jury duty to tax audits, randomness plays a big role. Scientists used quantum physics to build a system that ensures those number draws can’t be gamed.