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9 Nov 2024
Peter Martin and his partner standing in front of the Colossus computer at the National Museum of Computing. Peter has grey tousled hair and a beard and is smiling cheerfully at the camera. He is wearing navy jeans and a blue coat. He has his arm around his partner, a woman with a bob haircut and fringe, wearing a red anorak and blue jeans.
The computer is a about 4m long x 1.5m tall and has multiple sets of valves and buttons. It is mostly silver with red valves.

'Our dad helped to build the Colossus computer'

Fred Martin’s family only discovered after his death he had worked on the WW2 codebreaking machine.

9 Nov 2024
Beds, Herts & Bucks
27 Sep 2024
AI Clone of BBC Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy

Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?

Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy has an AI clone of himself built to see how sophisticated they can be.

27 Sep 2024
Technology
22 Jul 2024
: Travelers rest where they can in the McNamara terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on July 21, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

CrowdStrike shares hit again as IT disruption continues

Shares in the cybersecurity firm drop a further 13% after last week's global IT outage.

22 Jul 2024
Business
3 Jul 2024
A child's hands on a keyboard.

Schools roll out 'state-of-the-art' IT systems

Windows 11 will be installed on computers and new classroom machines are to be provided, staff say.

3 Jul 2024
Guernsey
28 Jun 2024
A robotic hand gripping a red plastic apple

University makes robotic hand 'breakthrough'

The university teamed up with three others in the US to achieve robotic hand dexterity.

28 Jun 2024
Bristol
19 Jun 2024
st thomas hospital

Don't blame us for people suffering - London hospital hackers

They claim the cyber attack - which has disrupted more than 1,000 procedures - was politically motivated.

19 Jun 2024
Technology
29 May 2024
Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar

'The chatbot has transformed my life'

How AI tools are helping people with neurodiversity live their lives.

29 May 2024
12 May 2024
A stock image of a young woman with pink hair looking at a smart phone

Internet access linked to higher wellbeing, study finds

The Oxford study comes as concern about the impact of internet use prompts laws in many countries.

12 May 2024
10 May 2024
Brockington College Year 10 pupil Archie, left, and Year 9 pupil Isaac, right

Pupils miss classes as school cyber attacks rise

A school in Leicester says it is still feeling the effects of a "sinister" attack several weeks ago.

10 May 2024

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