ST. PAUL, Minn. (Tribune News Service) — Thanks to a group of World War II code breakers, St. Paul will be cemented in history as one of the birthplaces of modern computing technology this week. Born ...

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Editor's note: This story was updated on Sept. 7, 2021 to reflect Jeuel Bannister Esmacher's alma mater. Jeuel Bannister Esmacher, 97, kept for decades the secret of her role in America’s World War II ...

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BLETCHLEY PARK, England -- During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence. Now gray-haired and using walking sticks and ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England unveiled the design of a new banknote celebrating mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War Two with his code-breaking skills but is believed ...

Best-selling author Kate Quinn probes archives for inspirational people to write about. “I look for untold women’s stories in history — women of the past who wow me with their courage and unsung ...