We can learn a lot by looking at how writers and filmmakers imagine technology. While some are closer than others, there are some definite lessons like never make a killer computer without an off ...

(1) For Elon Musk's AI computer, see Project Colossus. (2) A British computer that was designed to break German encryption codes in World War II. Installed at the historic Bletchley Park estate in ...

Britain's hush hush Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence and security organization has released new images never before made public of Colossus, the world's first digital ...

British intelligence has released new photos showing the World War II era "Colossus" computer. It marked the 80th anniversary of the code-breaking computer's invention. The device's existence was ...

On Thursday, UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) announced the release of previously unseen images and documents related to Colossus, one of the first digital computers. The release ...

The rebuilt Colossus computer at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park (all images courtesy Matt Parker) “For preservation sake, often the objects of our past become confined to clear ...

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In honor of the 80th anniversary of the development of Colossus — arguably the first programmable computer ever made — the U.K. intelligence and security organization known as the Government ...

Kidwell, Susan M. 2007. "Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's codebreaking computers." Technology and Culture, 48, (3) 663–664. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech ...

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