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.

If you want to start an argument in certain circles, claim to have a random number generation algorithm. Turns out that producing real random numbers is hard, which is why people often turn to stra… ...

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