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UK banks are still using software code that was written in the 1960s and 1970s, with only a handful of employees who understand them. According to a survey of 200 UK banks, 16% rely on software from ...

As we pause to honor our veterans during the month of May, I am reminded of the many women veterans who have played large roles in the history of our armed forces. Although I have had several men in ...

Whenever the topic is raised in popular media about porting a codebase written in an ‘antiquated’ programming language like Fortran or COBOL, very few people tend to object to this notion. After all, ...

Elon Musk and his Department of Government of Efficiency are tearing through the Social Security Administration, vowing to root out fraud and to rewrite the entire system’s code in a matter of months.

The Social Security Administrations' already-fragile computer systems are suffering more glitches than usual, according to reports. One breakdown recently resulted in the agency sending an erroneous ...

Elon Musk and a sign in front of the entrance of the Security Administration's main campus. Elon Musk has turned his attention to the Social Security Administration, the latest agency that his team of ...

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to migrate the Social Security Administration’s computer systems from the COBOL programming language to something more modern, ...

(NEXSTAR) – In an apparent example of government waste, Trump drew laughs during his congressional address when he alleged that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had millions of beneficiaries ...

March 2025 TIOBE Index: Legacy ‘Dinosaur’ Languages Are Making a Comeback Your email has been sent Legacy programming languages remain vital in modern computing, evolving to stay relevant. Their ...