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Lynn Conway, Computing Pioneer and Transgender Advocate, Dies at 86
New York Times· 1 day agoLynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist who was fired by IBM in the 1960s after telling...
AMD CEO Lisa Su reminisces about designing the PS3's infamous Cell processor during her time at IBM
Tom s Hardware· 4 days agoJust after Computex 2024, AMD CEO Lisa Su sat down with Stratechery to conduct an extended interview...
Empowering Women and Girls in Asia-Pacific: IBM's Commitment to Education
Morningstar· 7 days agoAs announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce today in Singapore, I'm pleased to share that our progress towards this commitment has been remarkable. Nearly 650,000 women and girls have already ...
Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86
Axios· 5 days agoFormer IBM and Xerox PARC engineer Lynn Conway, who helped shape the way chips are designed, died last weekend at age 86. The big picture: Conway broke...
‘The bravest person I ever knew’: Transgender computing pioneer Lynn Conway dies at 86
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoShe thrived on the work, but her personal life was falling apart under the pressure of her...
The Boston hippies who developed technologies that Silicon Valley wouldn’t dare to make - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoNot giants like IBM or Microsoft — neither of which were even really defeated — but quixotic and...
The life and career of Larry Ellison, Oracle's CTO and cofounder, who went from college dropout to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLarry Ellison in 1990.James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images The company started with $2,000 of...
Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender discrimination, dies at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLynn Conway, a pioneer in the design of microchips that are at the heart of consumer electronics who...
Ambassador Cynthia Shepard Perry, ISU grad and Vigo County native, passes at 95
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCynthia Shepard Perry, a Vigo County native and Indiana State University graduate selected by three U.S. presidents to represent the country on the international level, died Thursday. Perry, ...
Lynn Conway, pioneering transgender computer scientist and activist, dies at 86
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 5 days agoConway was fired by IBM in 1968 for transitioning, but she went on to make major advances in her...