Lava lamps aren't just psychedelic decor. One major internet company uses them to help generate the randomness behind secure encryption keys.

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A new Wharton study explains why stock returns aren’t random. Correlation neglect causes market overreaction, momentum, and reversals investors consistently misprice.

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Spotify has updated its default shuffle to a new “Fewer repeats” algorithm that avoids playing recently heard songs. Premium users can stick with this new mode or switch back to the completely random ...

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AI chatbot responses can be random and varied, and most of us think of that variability as problematic. Are we wrong? Randomness is something that people are not used to coping with, but we should ...