In 1847, at the age of just twenty-seven, Ada Lovelace became the world’s first computer programmer—more than a century before the first computer was even built. This almost sounds like a myth, or the ...

If your image of a computer programmer is a young man, there's a good reason: It's true. Recently, many big tech companies revealed how few of their female employees worked in programming and ...

The woman credited with being the first computer programmer has scored her own Google Doodle. Augusta Ada King, the Countess of Lovelace - commonly known as Ada Lovelace - is known for her ...