TAMPA, Fla. — Randomly generated numbers will be added to Florida driver's license and identification card numbers to help prevent fraud and increase security. The numbers are changing to follow ...

Social security numbers (SSN)s will no longer be used as student identification numbers, in light of complaints about security of the practice. The class of 2006 will be the first to receive randomly ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Students, faculty and staff at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) will be issued Dawg Tags, random identification numbers, after Memorial Day. The Dawg Tags will replace ...

Whether it’s a game of D&D or encrypting top-secret information, a wide array of methods are available for generating the needed random numbers with high enough entropy for their use case. For a ...

ChatGPT may be an eloquent speaker, bullshit artist, and purveyor of misinformation — but a mathematician it is not. Yes, you may be familiar with accounts of people convincing ChatGPT that 2+2=5, but ...

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 ...