The Enigma code was a fiendish cipher that took Alan Turing and his fellow codebreakers a herculean effort to crack. Yet experts say it would have crumbled in the face of modern computing. While ...

The process of looking for a job can be obtuse. You might feel the need for a genius like the one Benedict Cumberbatch plays in “The Imitation Game,” which is about breaking the Nazis’ enigma code in ...

While efforts in Europe focused on Enigma, the outcome of the Pacific War hinged on intercepting and breaking Japanese naval ...

Before we all had what are essentially little powerful computers in our pockets at the ready to solve any problem via search engines and AI, analog machines combined with pen-and-paper math was the go ...

ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A challenge with trillions of potential combinations yet only one right answer may seem unsolvable. The challenge the Allied Forces faced in World War II was cracking ...

BAY SHORE, Long Island (WABC) -- A 92-year-old war hero was honored Friday on Long Island for his work during World War II. Michael Feeney from Bay Shore was recognized for his role in helping crack ...

Elizebeth Friedman, a pioneering cryptographer, played a crucial role in U.S. intelligence during World War II. She cracked three Enigma machines, transformed cryptographic units, and made key ...

pt. 1. Enlightenment and the anti-Bayesian reaction -- Causes in the air -- The man who did everything -- Many doubts, few defenders -- pt. 2. Second World War era -- Bayes goes to war -- Dead and ...

This sealogged Nazi machine will undergo restoration. German divers for the environmental group World Wildlife Fund were searching the ocean floor for abandoned nets threatening marine wildlife. What ...

Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker and visionary mathematician who was convicted under Victorian-era homophobic laws, will be the face of Britain's new £50 note. Alan Turing, a crack code-breaker and ...