An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.

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Mar. 16, 2026 Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova ...