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Code-breaker Turing to feature on new £50 note

World War II code-breaker Alan Turing has been chosen to feature on Britain's new £50 note, the Bank of England has announced, decades after his tragic death following a conviction for homosexuality.
Business • 15 Jul 19

UK to pardon thousands convicted of homosexuality

Thousands of British men convicted of homosexuality before its decriminalisation are to be pardoned under the "Turing Law", named after World War II hero Alan Turing, the UK government has said.
News • 20 Oct 16

Computer fools humans to pass Turing Test

A “super computer” has duped humans into thinking it was a 13-year-old boy to become the first machine to pass the “iconic” Turing Test, experts have said.
News • 09 Jun 14

WWII codebreaker gets pardon for gay conviction

Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War II by cracking Nazi Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma code, has been granted a royal pardon for a criminal conviction for homosexuality.
News • 24 Dec 13

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