Coombs was the only woman out of a dozen internal candidates who applied to work on LEO (Mike Hally, LEO Computers Society) “It’s said that I’m the first female commercial programmer. It’s really ...

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Resembling the myths of the ancient Greeks, romanticised stories about science feature brilliant geniuses who make spectacular breakthroughs. Apart from Marie Skodowska Curie, virtually all these ...

The computing industry is dominated by men but this wasn’t always so. Coding was once considered a female job. While men were responsible for the building of machines, females programmed them. The ...

Computing is part of everything we do. Computing drives innovation in engineering, business, entertainment, education, and the sciences—and it provides solutions to complex, challenging problems of ...

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A German computer programmer has been given a five-month jail sentence for making a false complaint to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) that a garda sergeant planted drugs on him at a ...

When Sania, 25, fled Afghanistan in August 2021, she had a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a dream of creating websites that bring people together. With support from the International Rescue ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Computer programming is the bedrock of the computer systems, ...