







People are moving away from corporate controlled tech, and making their own. How the designs of cyberdecks are being driven by women. And how medieval guilds, Luddites, and the Arts and Crafts movement are all connected to our current moment.
SOFTER
SOFTER invites creative technologists and curious makers to join a new residency to design, build and demystify cyberdecks.
Women in AI: Numbers Behind the Gender Gap in Tech
How is AI changing the game for women in 2026? From job shifts and personal life-hacks to the rise of female AI founders, explore the unique impact of women in tech today.

Thoughts on Cyberpositionality: The Construction of Digital Communities in Digital Spaces, Damien Patrick Williams
I found Rebecca Monteleone, Martin Perez Comisso, and Elma Hajric’s “Cyberpositionality: Sociotechnical Location in the Digital Age” (2024) to be an extremely timely and important article which can…

Glitch feminism: a manifesto
"A new manifesto for cyberfeminism. The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we are within this digital era? Where do we create the space to explore our identity? How can we come together and create solidarity? The glitch is often dismissed as an error, a faulty overlaying, but, as Legacy Russell shows, liberation can be found within the fissures between gender, technology and the body that it creates. The glitch offers the opportunity for us to perform and transform ourselves in an infinite variety of identities. In Glitch Feminism, Russell makes a series of radical demands through memoir, art and critical theory, and the work of contemporary artists who have travelled through the glitch in their work. Timely and provocative, Glitch Feminism shows how the error can be a revolution."--

Women in Tech Stats 2026
The Tech industry has long been a male-dominated world but as we entered a new decade it is time to look at the position of women in tech.

Why Do 87% of Women Leave Tech Within a Decade?
Structural barriers are driving women from tech roles, undermining AI development and weakening cybersecurity resilience across the global industry

The AI Gender Trap: Why Women Face Triple the Automation Risk in the Digital Age
As generative AI transforms the workplace, women face a disproportionate risk of automation—revealing deep inequalities in who builds, controls, and benefits from artificial intelligence.
Women are at risk of being left behind in the generative AI workplace revolution.
Women are already falling behind on generative AI in the workplace. The good news? Companies have the power to change that.
“The more women take part in shaping AI, the more balanced and responsible this techn | Ctech
With the AI revolution still in its relative infancy, leaders from Women in Tech Israel and KPMG say it presents a rare opportunity for women to establish themselves as leaders in a defining new sector. Just as importantly, they argue that to build technology that serves everyone, women must secure their place in the conversation.

Advancing Women & Technology: Empowering Futures Through Digital Skills: 2025: News and Resources: About Us: Center of Excellence for Women & Technology: Indiana University Bloomington
In today’s fast-paced digital world, technology isn’t just a career path-it’s a compelling tool for empowerment.

Women Are Avoiding AI. Will Their Careers Suffer? | Working Knowledge
Women are adopting generative AI technology at a significantly lower rate than men, in many cases because women question whether it's ethical to use the tools, according to research by Rembrand Koning and colleagues. If women are shying away from AI, could the gender gap in pay and job opportunities continue to widen?

Our interfaces have lost their senses
We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.
How Liminalism Became the Defining Aesthetic of Our Time
This crowd-curated digital movement is one of the most pertinent and explicit reactions to our particular slice of dystopian late capitalism.

Lessons From Three Women Founders Using AI To Disrupt Billion-Dollar Industries
Three women founders share how they're using AI to disrupt billion-dollar industries—and the mindset it takes to keep going when everything feels stacked against you.

Why women over 50 are the future of work in the age of AI - Fast Company
And why you should hire them to survive in a world of chaos.

