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 ...

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From 1832, when she was 17, Ada’s remarkable mathematical abilities began to emerge, and her interest in mathematics dominated her life even after her marriage in 1835 to William King, 8th Baron King, ...

As Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) strengthens its position in the AI hardware market, the company is quietly paying tribute to some of history's most influential scientists by naming its powerful chip ...