Leffen is one of many non-experts who are now using large language models (LLMs) to break historical codes. Their efforts ...

Astra rebuilt the Germans’ secret letter grid, then found a date error historians can’t explain.

In March 1809, Europe was perched on the precipice of war as Napoleon's forces braced for an attack from Austria. Intent on identifying enemy troop positions to his top commanders, Napoleon sent a ...

In the years immediately after his death in 1616, Shakespeare was merely remembered as a good, though not necessarily brilliant, writer. But as literary styles and tastes changed, Shakespeare’s work ...

William Parks is a Game Rant editor who specializes in puzzle games, indie releases, Nintendo titles, and completion-focused guide coverage. Since joining Game Rant in 2019, he has written and edited ...

The cipher controversy is back. The Intercept, an American media outlet known for unearthing secret documents, has claimed to have got hold of the text of the cipher that was at the centre of Imran ...

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Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost is now in full swing, but players swiftly ran into a snag. The new Cipher Decoders needed to open chests and get event-exclusive loot are a tad hard to come by. Bungie ...

Here's your chance to crack ciphers similar to those Bletchley Park's codebreakers faced during World War II. Below, we present three ciphers of different levels of difficulty, from easiest to most ...