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Women With Byte

Technology can empower society, yet the stories of the important women who have shaped technology are often overshadowed or even erased. Women With Byte is a continuing series of articles in which we look at the many contributions women have made to technology — past and present — as well as the hurdles they faced (and overcome) and the foundations for the future they’ve laid for the next generations of women in technology.

Nonny de la Peña wants to put virtual reality within Reach

By Jenny McGrath - Mon April 1, 2019

Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 2)

By Jenny McGrath - Fri March 29, 2019

Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 1)

By Jenny McGrath - Wed March 27, 2019
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Emerging Tech

Nonny de la Peña wants to put virtual reality within Reach

Telling a story in VR can sometimes pack a punch regular films can’t. As a pioneer in immersive journalism, Nonny de la Peña wants to open that experience to everyone with her Reach platform.
Posted — By Jenny McGrath
Women Scientists of the Manhattan Project
Emerging Tech

In the race for an atomic bomb, women scientists couldn't afford to be ignored

Participants of the Manhattan Project went on to win an impressive amount of Nobel Prizes, but the women scientists who worked along with them are often overlooked. They too had Ph.D.s in physics and chemistry but had few opportunities than…
Posted — By Jenny McGrath
women scientists of the manhattan project part 1
Emerging Tech

Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 1)

Participants of the Manhattan Project went on to win an impressive amount of Nobel Prizes, but the women scientists who worked along with them are often overlooked. They too had Ph.D.s in physics and chemistry but had few opportunities than…
Posted — By Jenny McGrath
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Business

4 women innovators who are using tech to help others live better lives

Meet four women leaders who are not only at the forefront of technology today, but also using tech — from robotics and medicine to food and undergarments — to help others.
Posted — By Lina Zeldovich
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Computing

Many pioneers in computing were women of color. Here are 5 you should recognize

The pioneers in the history of computer science include women of color, who brought forth stunning technological innovations that we still benefit from today. We look at the stories of five of these women.
Posted — By Anita George
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Photography

One of Nat Geo’s first female photographers captured stories others ignored

Annie Griffiths has spent 40 years as a photojournalist, starting her career as one of the first women photographers at National Geographic. She now runs her own nonprofit working to empower women around the globe.
Posted — By Daven Mathies
Patsy Simmers, holding ENIAC board; Gail Taylor, holding EDVAC board; Milly Beck, holding ORDVAC board; and Norma Stec, holding BRLESC-I board.
Computing

Long before Gates or Jobs, 6 women programmed the first digital computer

ENIAC was the world's first electronic digital computer, and it was programmed by a team of six women. Remembering their contributions could inspire more young women to pursue careers in the tech industry.
Posted — By Brad Jones, Luke Larsen
Change the Game
Mobile

Google Play’s Change the Game is here to empower women in mobile gaming

Google Play's next initiative, Change the Game, aims to shed light on the underrepresentation of women in the gaming industry. The interactive online experience walks you through the relationship between women and mobile games.
Posted — By Brenda Stolyar
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Computing

Google uses ‘Wonder Woman’ to inspire next generation of female programmers

Google and Made With Code have developed an interactive coding project based on Warner Bros. upcoming Wonder Woman film to introduce teen girls to the fundamentals of computer science.
Posted — By Adam Ismail
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Business

Women working in tech jobs should avoid these cities if they want more equal pay

Women working in the tech industry are sometimes paid less than men doing the same jobs. Data shows that the gender pay gap in the tech industry is much worse in some U.S. cities than others. Here is the breakdown.
Posted — By Dave Palmer
Alexis Tirado
Social Media

Meet Alexis Tirado, the young Latina carrying the flame of Hispanic Millennials

Alexis Tirado, Editorial Director of Univision's YouTube-only millennial video channel The Flama, talks with Digital Trends Español about what it's like to be a Latina in the media, the Hispanic community in America, and how to be a voice…
Posted — By Digital Trends Español
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Computing

Microsoft hosts first ‘Hack for Her’ summit in effort to address tech’s diversity problem

A Microsoft-organized summit made the case that tech companies need women if they want to stay competitive, but Microsoft itself still has some work to do.
Posted — By Justin Pot
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Emerging Tech

Abigail Seldin talks College Abacus and being a woman in tech

Abigail Seldin and her team of power women at Innovation Lab are working to make college more affordable through the power of consumer tech and their free online tool College Abacus.
Posted — By Lulu Chang
Women at E3 2015
Business

Why aren’t women staying in computer science?

50 years ago, nearly half of the programmers in the business were women. Today, only 18 percent of college grads with a computer science degree have two X chromosomes. And in the workplace, it gets grimmer.
Posted — By Lulu Chang
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Social Media

Facebook finally features a woman in front in its friends icon

On Tuesday, Caitlin Winner, a design manager at Facebook, wrote a Medium post about how she changed the friends icon to prominently feature a woman, and perhaps more importantly, why she did it.
Posted — By Lulu Chang
Women at E3 2015
Business

The problem of the lack of women in tech isn’t going away, and may require joint action

The number of women in technology has been described as "disastrous," and perhaps the most problematic aspect of the issue is the glacial rate at which it is improving. Only 26 percent of technical computing jobs are filled by women.
Posted — By Lulu Chang
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Computing

Julie Larson-Green will receive the 2015 Women of Vision ABIE Award for Leadership

Julie Larson-Green has been announced as the 2015 recipient of the Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision ABIE Award for Leadership.
Posted — By Brad Jones
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Mobile

Google admits that it hires too many white guys and not enough women

Google may mostly hire white males, but it does have a few women and ethnic minorities on staff too. Does Google play favorites, or is there another reason for the lack of diversity in tech?
Posted — By Malarie Gokey