DORSET.- To mark 100 years since Alan Turing (1912-1954) arrived at Sherborne School, a new exhibition explores the pioneering British polymath’s formative friendships, school y ...

Having reached the age of 103, Fred puts his long life down to luck, whiskey and stopping smoking in 1963, and believes he ...

Last time, we traced the history of 'identity verification' from ancient times to the early modern period. Passwords, seals, ...

In 2017, a machine sold for €100 at a Romanian flea market turned out to be a German Enigma I used during World War II, after ...

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The exposure of the secret letter dated 217 has sparked widespread public attention and academic discussion, revealing ...

He can be reached at james.titcomb@telegraph.co.uk and on X at @jamestitcomb Published 01 October 2026 2:14pm BST A coded ...

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra helped break MVUEH, an 82-letter German Army Enigma message from July 1941 that had resisted every ...

Used during WWII to encrypt messages, the Enigma Machine has a fascinating history and unique workings. This animation delves ...

Pet Shop boys reveal why they’re revisiting their ode to the wartime code-breaker – a pioneer in computing, human rights and ...

Pet Shop Boys tell Radio Times why they’re revisiting their ode to the openly gay wartime code-breaker – a pioneer in ...

Multiple incidents of AI "agents" going rogue have conjured up fears that they could take down the internet. Should we be ...