You know two-factor authentication tokens, the ephemeral, six-digit numbers you use as a second layer of security when logging into, say, your email? Those constantly updating, randomly generated ...

A team of international scientists has developed a laser that can generate 254 trillion random digits per second, more than a hundred times faster than computer-based random number generators (RNG).

For many years, the serial numbers on Apple products have followed a predictable pattern, meaning you could use them to determine the precise model (including colour and storage capacity), and where ...

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 ...

Random numbers are increasingly important to our digitally connected world, with applications that include e-commerce, cryptography, and cloud computing. Producing a large amount of truly random ...

Random numbers are commonly used for data encryption, selecting random samples for research, and of course, for lotteries and gambling. Mads Haahr, moderator and operator of random.org, a random ...

America's greatest unsolved code leads to a $60million treasure - but no one has been able to crack it for 180 years. The mystery of the Beale ciphers begins in 1885, when a small pamphlet with three ...