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Alan Turing’s Code-breaking Sheets Found Stuffed In Wall

Alan Turing’s Code-breaking Sheets Found Stuffed In Wall

Secret documents from the work by Alan Turing's team of codebreakers have been found stuffed into the walls and roof…

9 years ago

The Chinese Equivalent of Amazon Starts Drone Deliveries

Amazon has talked about it, but now a Chinese online retailer is doing it: using drones to deliver goods to…

9 years ago

The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks Thousand Year-Old Viking Record

How can anyone forget The Mountain from last season's Game of Thrones. We'll post no spoilers, so no worries, but…

9 years ago

Three-Person Embryo Treatment Approved By Lawmakers

British lawmakers have given the thumbs up to a fertility treatment that uses genetic material from three people. The first…

9 years ago

Tablet Sales Take A Dip For First Time

The number of tablets shipped by manufacturers has fallen year-on-year for the first time. Lenovo was the only one of…

9 years ago

Rare Fox Spotted In Yosemite For First Time in One Hundred Years

A very rare breed of fox that hasn't been seen in the wilds around Yosemite park for a century recently…

9 years ago

Ten Mind-Shattering Facts About Time

Time is an illusion put forth to control how we spend our days and ensure we do them as efficiently…

9 years ago

‘Broadband’ Must Now Be At Least 25Mbps

The Federal Communications Commission has changed the "official" definition of broadband to 25Mbps downloads and 3Mbps uploads. But the new…

9 years ago

2000 Degrees and Climbing: Weather Map Goes Insane During Live Report

You may look at this and laugh, but if you read my pieces on this site every day you know,…

9 years ago

Chess Program Coded In 487 Bytes

A new chess program takes up just 487 bytes. It appears to beat a record set on the ZX81 more…

9 years ago