Ada Lovelace Day Celebrated

The second Monday in October is Canadian Thanksgiving Day, and the second Tuesday is traditionally Ada Lovelace Day, the celebration of Women in Science and Technology. Thus today — Oct. 11, 2016 — is Ada Lovelace Day. Lovelace is widely regarded as the...

A Tale of Two Lawsuits

Former UPS driver Kathy Young, who accused thatĀ firm of pregnancy discrimination, will have her day in court again, but Ellen Pao, who accused her firm of gender discrimination and retaliation, is walking away empty-handed. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled...

Ada Lovelace Day Celebrated Today, Oct. 14

Ada Lovelace in 1833 developed what was arguably the world’s first programming language, or algorithm, for mathematician and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage, who was working on two prototype computers called the Difference Engine and the Analytics Engine....