Women in computing

On 1 September 1939, Post Office engineer Tommy Flowers found himself in Berlin to take part in a European conference about telephone systems. Germany invaded Poland the same day. Flowers and a fellow

Danny Bird How did you go about uncovering women’s central – and obscured – role in economic history? Victoria Bateman I’ve taught economic history for 20 years, and I wanted to bring together the man

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RESEARCHERS at Findmypast have embarked on a project to recognise and highlight the contributions of an estimated 68 million women who might otherwise go unrecognised historical records. Findmypast fo

The Seattle-based filmmaker and artist Lynn Hershman Leeson managed to snag Tilda Swinton for a vital but important role in her 1997 feature, Conceiving Ada, about Victorian-era mathmatician, Ada Love

STUART RUSSELL RECEIVES FOUR OR five emails a day from people who seem to be in the grips of psychosis, convinced their AI chatbot of choice is suddenly conscious. “It’s appointing them as its emissar