Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

CompariTech on Thursday released a report detailing the most-used passwords of 2025, which reveals that "123456" is the worst password of the year. More than 7.61 million accounts out of 2 billion ...

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Note: This story is outdated. The Reds currently do not possess a magic number for the wild card. The Cincinnati Reds have a new magic number to make the MLB playoffs with six games remaining in the ...

We investigate how current noisy quantum computers can be leveraged for generating secure random numbers certified by Quantum Mechanics. While random numbers can be generated and certified in a device ...

A ruling on a dispute over shortening “groceries” to “grosh.” Sarah writes: My husband shortens words. Groceries become “grosh,” uterus is “utes,” the Spanish word for sandals (chanclas) is “chanks.” ...

The odds are not in your favor when it comes to winning the Powerball’s staggering $1.3 billion jackpot on Wednesday night, but there are a few things you can to tip the scales ever-so-slightly in ...

SAP SE today addressed two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in its SAP Graphical User Interface client applications following their discovery in coordinated research by Pathlock Inc. and Fortinet Inc.

The best way to create strong passwords is by using a password manager. A password manager is capable of generating passwords that are strong and secure. When using a password manager, you will need ...

A team including CU PREP researchers and scientists from CU Boulder and NIST have built the first random number generator using quantum entanglement to produce verifiable random numbers. Dubbed CURBy, ...