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John Walker, Tech Executive Who Popularized AutoCAD, Dies at 74
He avoided the spotlight, but he helped bring to market an explosively popular computer program that...
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Shafiqah Hudson, Who Fought Trolls on Social Media, Dies at 46
When the hashtag #EndFathersDay began trending on Twitter, she realized it was more than a joke....
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Niklaus Wirth, Visionary Software Architect, Dies at 89
Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler...
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David L. Mills, Who Kept the Internet Running on Time, Dies at 85
He developed and implemented the protocol that synchronizes the digital clocks nestled within billions of networked...
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Vera Molnar, Pioneer of Computer Art, Dies at 99
Experimenting with algorithms, she began to employ the principles of computation in her work even before...
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Luiz Barroso, Who Supercharged Google’s Reach, Dies at 59
In designing warehouse-size data centers that behaved like a single computer, he changed the fabric of...