Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as ...

On 8 June 1954, Turing’s cleaner found him dead. He had died the previous day. A post-mortem examination established that the ...

In the early 1950s, most people had never seen a computer. Those who had were unlikely to describe it as anything more than a ...

We want speaking machines because language is the best way to rapidly communicate ideas. Users want their lives made easier and Hollywood wants their 1960s predictions proven right. But computers ...