Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.

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Across cultures, early spring is a time to let loose and play pranks—but historians can’t agree on who invented the custom of April 1 fun. Dutch artist Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's "Laughing Fool," ...

Before smartphones, before transistors, before written language, the Inca were running an information system. Scientists just proved their knotted cords can power spreadsheets, encryption, and file ...

WASHINGTON – A former top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, who oversaw the purchase and deployment of a flawed computer system that led to patient harm after it was launched in Spokane, ...

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President Donald Trump was asked Monday whose idea it was to deploy ICE agents to 13 airports around the country. The president responded that it was his idea, but he also went on a bizarre tangent ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they’ve been awarded the highest honor in computer science. Those water-logged scientists, Charles Bennett and Gilles ...

A HEARTWARMING MOMENT INSIDE A DEBARY CLASSROOM IS GOING VIRAL AND FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. WHEN ONE STUDENT WAS STRUGGLING WITH CONFIDENCE, HER CLASSMATES STEPPED IN. DO YOU SEE THIS? THEY COVERED ...