🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2025-03-27
This week, I explore random number generation and their evolution over time!
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One headline for Thursday Throwback caught my eye.
⚛️ + 🔮 It takes time to make the random… more random?
2025…
Techmeme: JPMorgan researchers say they have generated and certified truly random numbers using a quantum computer, a world-first with potential security and trading uses (Isabella Ward/Bloomberg)
By Isabella Ward / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
2019…
Techmeme: Cloudflare announces The League of Entropy, a project that provides public random numbers using eight independent, globally distributed randomness beacons (Dina Kozlov/The Cloudflare Blog)
By Dina Kozlov / The Cloudflare Blog. View the full context on Techmeme.
2014…
Techmeme: NIST Finally Removes NSA-Compromised Crypto Algorithm From Random Number Generator Recommendations (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
This story, by Mike Masnick / Techdirt, appeared on Techmeme.
2011…
Techmeme: Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator (IEEE Spectrum)
This story, by IEEE Spectrum, appeared on Techmeme.
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