Peter Thiel steps down from Meta's board, which he joined in 2005 after investing $500K; Meta announced in February 2022 that Thiel would be leaving
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In a 2020 diversity report, Twitter says women make up 43% of its staff and have equal salary to men in equivalent jobs, but only earn ~37% of its total payroll
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Google data center contractors say they sign up for two year contracts, but to keep the same job they are required to leave for six months before reapplying
Shannon Wait felt a muscle pull in her shoulder as she knelt to lug a 50-pound battery into its rack, but she ignored the pain and kept going. Tweets: @owenthomas , @techwontsaveus , and @issielapowsk...
Interview with Stanford comp lit professor Adrian Daub on the naiveté of undergrads eager to work in tech, “useless” VC Twitter, and challenges to SV narratives
In the early 2010s, professor Adrian Daub began noticing changes in some Stanford undergraduates that troubled him. Tweets: @toddwalker , @dancharvey , @issielapowsky , @protocol , and @chrmanning Twe...
Tech companies often rely on their Black employees to help address their response to systemic racism, giving them more work without additional pay or time off
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post : Tweets: @cbridge_chief , @keithkurson , @laarnid1 , @peard33 , @nitashatiku , @heatherkelly , @kirstinestewart , @jackiehluo , @sesmith , @worldwise001 , @katrina_hrm...
Tech companies often rely on their Black employees to help address their response to systemic racism, giving them more work without additional pay or time off
As Black Lives Matter protests captured national attention, tech companies have leaned heavily on black employee resource groups … Tweets: @nitashatiku , @peard33 , @heatherkelly , @kirstinestewart , ...
Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first 20 members, out of a total of 40, who will oversee challenging content issues
“We want to make sure the content people … Steven Levy / Wired : Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg Chinmayi Arun / Just Security : The Facebook Oversight Board: An Experime...
Q&A with CA Rep. Ro Khanna on COVID-19's impact on tech industry, how stimulus' SMB loans work for VC-funded companies, unemployment protections for gig jobs
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol and @demianbulwa Tweets: @protocol : .@RepRoKhanna says tech workers and the companies that employ them will need support beyond the new stimulus package...
Several former TripActions employees say ~100 staff members were fired en masse during a Zoom call, without being told the reason behind the meeting beforehand
Hundreds of tech employees are getting laid off amid the coronavirus outbreak — but now it's all happening over Zoom. Tweets: @edbott , @chrisparry , @pluginfud , @issielapowsky , @djadequate , @ahmed...
Inside DOD's Jyn Erso initiative that is giving technically skilled soldiers an opportunity to build tech for the Army alongside experts from the private sector
Issie Lapowsky / Wired : Tweets: @dinodaizovi , @doctrine_man , @alexhern , @mattcutts , @hitpol , and @caitlin__kelly Tweets: Dino A. Dai Zovi / @dinodaizovi : “According to DDS, the Jyn 1 project c...