How can you generate random bits? Some people think it’s not easy, others will tell you that it’s pretty damn hard, and then there are those who wonder if it is possible at all. Of course, it is easy ...

Even though rand() may be a good enough random number generator for making a video game, the patterns of random bits it spits out may not be sufficient for applications requiring truly random data.

To simulate chance occurrences, a computer can’t literally toss a coin or roll a die. Instead, it relies on special numerical recipes for generating strings of shuffled digits that pass for random ...

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the International Cryptographic Module conference (ICMC23), ID Quantique (IDQ) announced that its Quantis QRNG chips have just received NIST ESV ...