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A woman wrote the first computer program - 100 years before computers existed

Some minds were so far ahead of their time that the world couldn’t even understand them. This story focuses on a 19th century ...

From a garage in New Mexico to every desk: How Microsoft became iconic

As American approaches its 250th anniversary, Microsoft has been part of the last 51 years. We look at how it started and how ...

Inside the innovations that made IBM an American icon

From its origins to its cultural influence today, this is how IBM helped shape America as one of the nation’s most iconic ...
The Irish Times

Aidan O’Brien will be allowed supplement horses for 2,000 Guineas after computer error

The betting market for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 2nd was thrown into confusion on Tuesday when two significant candidates from the Aidan O’Brien stable, Gstaad and Albert Einstein, were ...
The Guardian

‘The computer went bananas’: error at O’Brien yard removes horses from 2,000 Guineas

BHA later permitted horses to be re-entered in race The betting market for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on 2 May was thrown into confusion on Tuesday when two significant candidates from the Aidan O ...
Hackaday

See The Computers That Powered The Voyager Space Program

Have you ever wanted to see the computers behind the first (and for now only) man-made objects to leave the heliosphere? [Gary Friedman] shows us, with an archived tour of JPL building 230 in the ’80s ...
NBC News

Conservative voter fraud hunters pitch new computer programs to state officials

The creators of a controversial program designed to hunt for voter fraud that was promoted by conservative activists are pitching two new programs to state election officials ahead of the midterms.
The New York Times

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...
9to5Mac

Perplexity’s Personal Computer is a cloud-based AI agent running on Mac mini

Apple’s Mac mini is back in the AI headlines. Last month, Perplexity released its own version of the OpenClaw “personal AI assistant” idea with a feature called Perplexity Computer. Now the company is ...
tech2geek

The ILOVEYOU Virus: How a Simple “I Love You” Email Crippled the Pentagon and Infected 45 Million Computers

On May 4, 2000, just after midnight in Manila, a 24-year-old student clicked “send” on what looked like a harmless love letter. Within hours, that email would shut down the Pentagon’s mail servers, ...
9to5Mac

Computer History Museum to celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary with special programming

With Apple’s 50th anniversary fast approaching, the Computer History Museum is planning a series of programs and a temporary exhibit to celebrate the company’s history. Here are the details. The ...
AOL

10 Common Programs That Are Slowing Down Your Computer

Man sitting before Windows 11 PC - Alex Photo Stock/Shutterstock It's a common misconception that simply having more programs on your drive slows down the computer. That is a relic of the time when we ...