In the United States in 1951, people were humming the tune of a brand new Christmas hit, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Across the pond, however, listeners were treated to something ...

LONDON — Alan Turing, a founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was revealed Monday as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound bank note. Turing was also famed as a World War II ...

Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tim Berners Lee have all been shortlisted by a nationwide survey, conducted by the BBC, to find the greatest ever Briton. Over 30,000 people took part in the poll, and ...

The Bank of England has announced that legendary British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing will appear on the new £50 note in the UK. Turing was chosen from thousands of names that were ...

Reporting from LONDON — Code breaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing has been chosen as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound note, the Bank of England announced Monday. Gov. Mark Carney said Turing, ...

On Saturday, British mathematician Alan Turing would have turned 100 years old. It is barely fathomable to think that none of the computing power surrounding us today was around when he was born. But ...

LONDON – Alan Turing, a founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was revealed Monday as the face of Britain’s new 50-pound bank note. Turning was also famed as a World War II ...

Alan Turing, the British mathematician who laid the theoretical groundwork for modern computing and cracked coded messages from the Nazis, received a royal pardon on Tuesday. Turing was convicted ...

Alan Turing’s work laid the foundation for modern artificial intelligence, particularly through his concept of the Turing Test, which evaluates a machine’s ability to exhibit human-like behaviour.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The Bank of England has ...

The Bank of England has unveiled the new £50 note featuring mathematician and computer science pioneer Alan Turing, who helped the Allies win World War II with his code-breaking prowess but died an ...

Leading speakers from all over the world will descend on Manchester from June 22nd to 25th to honour the renowned code-breaker, mathematician and computer scientist. The Alan Turing Centenary ...