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IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA Cold War

IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA

Workers install Harvest (IBM 7950) at the NSA's headquarters. The two consoles configured settings on both Stretch, the system's general-purpose mainframe, and Harvest's streaming coprocessor, designed for high-speed analysis of intercepts, ciphers, and codes. At the height of the Cold War, one very specialized computer was so secret that the…
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August 25, 2026
Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests Pandemic

Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says psychological distress among Ontario youth appears to have decreased since the pandemic, but still remains high TORONTO — The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says psychological distress among Ontario youth appears to have decreased since the pandemic, but still remains high.…
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August 25, 2026
Speech by FS at reception celebrating 81st National Day of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (English only) (with photos/video) Vietnam

Speech by FS at reception celebrating 81st National Day of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (English only) (with photos/video)

Speech by FS at reception celebrating 81st National Day of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (English only) (with photos/video) ******************************************************************************************      Following is the speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, at the reception celebrating the 81st National Day of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam today (August 25): Consul General…
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August 25, 2026
Syria needs a climate-proof reconstruction plan – one that will make its deserts bloom Syria

Syria needs a climate-proof reconstruction plan – one that will make its deserts bloom

You are seeing this page because our security systems have detected some unusual activity on this connection. To regain access to The Telegraph website please try the following: If you are connected to the internet using a VPN client we recommend disconnecting/disabling it. Visit The Telegraph website using a different…
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August 25, 2026
This 12-year-old schoolgirl designed a solar-powered heated blanket for homeless people after seeing them struggle through winter Homeless

This 12-year-old schoolgirl designed a solar-powered heated blanket for homeless people after seeing them struggle through winter

Synopsis Rebecca Young was 12 when she designed a solar-powered heated blanket to help people experiencing homelessness stay warm without access to mains electricity. Her school idea later became a working prototype through Thales and Primary Engineer, with 150 blankets being supplied to six homelessness charities across Glasgow. This 12-year-old…
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August 25, 2026