The more random the numbers, the harder the encrypted message is to crack. Both the beauty and pitfalls of computing come down to the machines' exacting nature in "random" number generation.

Researchers demonstrate random-number generation by exploiting the intrinsic randomness of vacuum states. The approach may lead to reliable and high-speed quantum random-number generators for ...

Using a single laser, scientists have built a new system that generates random numbers fast and at scale.