When random is not actually random enough

What happened

Key facts

• Article URL: https://ersc.io/blog/when-random-isnt-random-enough Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49983404 Points: 19 # Comments: 5…
• Reported by Hacker News and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:12:05 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

What to watch next

• Availability, pricing and rollout regions
• Independent testing or verification of the claims made
• Responses from regulators and competing platforms

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

1. 19:15 UTC · Gizmodo

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2. 20:12 UTC · Hacker News

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