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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 ...

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A Chinese state-backed crew leaned on U.S.-made AI to run one of the most advanced espionage hacks on record, using Anthropic’s Claude Code to automate as much as 90% of the grunt work, according to a ...

Is 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727 prime? Before you ask the Internet for an answer, can you consider how you might answer that question without a ...

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A record 5.7 million more American women of "prime childbearing age" were child-free in 2024 than was expected based on historical trends. This is a significant increase on the previous figures of 2.1 ...

The odds are not in your favor when it comes to winning the Powerball’s staggering $1.3 billion jackpot on Wednesday night, but there are a few things you can to tip the scales ever-so-slightly in ...

The odds of winning the Powerball are a dismal 1 in 292,201,338. Still, millions of people take a shot at a dream three times a week and play for a chance to match the numbers on the five white balls ...