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 critical to encryption algorithms, but they're nigh-on impossible for computers to generate. Now, Swedish researchers say they've created a new, super-secure quantum random number ...

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What we know so far: AMD has revealed that its Zen 5 processors are affected by a critical security vulnerability that compromises the reliability of their hardware-based random number generator, ...