Lynn Conway, Computing Pioneer and Transgender Advocate, Dies at 86
She made significant contributions at IBM, but she lost her job because of her conviction that she inhabited the wrong body. She later fought for transgender rights.
The Orion capsule’s splashdown in the Pacific Ocean moved NASA into the next stages of the Artemis program, which will rely on Elon Musk’s rocket company to build a moon lander for astronauts. https://nyti.ms/3YcuUYn
Some of the industry’s critics are skeptical, however, about a new flexibility to changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. https://nyti.ms/34ey2si
A committee took its first vote in the early afternoon, advancing a bill that would increase the money companies pay government agencies when getting some mergers approved. https://nyti.ms/3d7WhN7