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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Two straight wins over the Milwaukee Brewers has landed the Cincinnati Reds a new magic number. After the New York Mets lost while the Reds won on Sept. 26, Cincinnati held the last wild card spot in ...

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Note: This story is outdated.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 ...

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.” ...

Docker is commonly used for server-side and command-line apps. However, with the right setup, you can also run GUI-based applications inside containers. These containers can include GUI libraries and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is ...

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, ...

If your name gets picked for jury duty, it’s because a computer used a random number generator to select it. The same goes for tax audits or when you opt for a quick pick lottery ticket. But how can ...