A man who was smuggled into the UK has been jailed for running a "sophisticated" cannabis factory - just three years after previously being jailed for the same offence. Klaudjo Lici, who came to the ...

On February 5, 1944, 82 years ago, a large electronic machine at Bletchley Park in Britain became operational and completed its first real codebreaking task. It was called the Mark 1 Colossus. At the ...

Before and during World War II, British cryptologists developed variations on the commercial ENIGMA cipher machine. These were used to encrypt and decrypt messages so that communication could be sent ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a small wired plugboard from ...

A new novel considers the perplexing life and times of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who worked in the shadow of the Reich. By J. Hoberman J. Hoberman is the author of “Everything Is Now: The ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most fascinating things about technology in general is how quickly and explosively it evolves. When one bright-minded tinkerer ...

This piece is part of a series on the great internet letdown. Read the rest of the series. When it comes to our experience of the internet, “the times, they are a-changin’”, as Bob Dylan would say.

The Pacific Northwest is at risk for a mega-earthquake because of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The region is primed for powerful quakes, with a particularly strong one called the Big One happening ...