For as much as we know about the pioneering British computer scientist Alan Turing, we know relatively little about his death. Turing was found dead at his home in 1954, two years after he was outed ...

Surprise Turing find Documents belonging to mathematician Alan Turing have been unearthed at the University of Manchester, UK, and made available to researchers, the university announced on 25 August.

On June 23, we commemorate the birth of Alan Mathison Turing, a visionary whose profound contributions laid the very groundwork for modern computing and artificial intelligence. Often hailed as the ...

A file of 148 documents belonging to Alan Turing including correspondence, official letters, and a handwritten draft of a BBC radio program on artificial intelligence has been discovered in a filing ...

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The 50-pound note is getting a facelift. The Bank of England announced renowned mathematician and engineer Alan Turing would be honored by having his image placed on the highest-denomination of ...

The popular Facebook post got most of the facts right. However, there's no evidence that Turing inspired the design of the Apple computer company's logo. Also, Turing's death in 1954 deserves further ...

A few years ago, composer Matthew Suttor was exploring Alan Turing’s archives at King’s College, Cambridge, when he happened upon a typed draft of a lecture the pioneering computer scientist and World ...

When the German military surrendered unconditionally on 8 May 1945, many in Britain savored the first taste of peace. But for ...

The brilliant English mathematician Alan Turing cracked German codes in WWII, revolutionized computer science—and foresaw the moral questions of modern technology. One of Alan Turing's many ...