Facebook nominates PayPal exec Peggy Alford to its board, the first African-American woman, and won't nominate Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles for re-election
Facebook nominates Paypal's Peggy Alford to board of directors. She'll become 1st black woman nominated in FB history. — Erskine Bowles & Reed Hastings, both have been on the board since 2011, won't b...
A look at the emergence of Atlanta as the nation's black tech capital, where about 25% of tech workers were reported to be African American in 2016
ATLANTA — Over an iPad and a cup of tea, Marcus Blackwell Jr. is talking up his mobile app that uses music to help kids learn math. Tweets: @jguynn , @carnage4life , @nmsanchez , @usatoday , @geoffdun...
Filing: Amazon names Rosalind Brewer, Starbucks' COO and board director, to its all-white board, making her its second black director and the first since 2009
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How black women founders, long underestimated and overlooked in tech, are now raising millions in venture capital and forcing Silicon Valley to pay attention
Jessica Guynn / USA Today : Tweets: @6gems , @usatoday , @arlanwashere , @blackgirlscode , and @recookie Tweets: Kimberly Bryant / @6gems : Super proud of @blackgirlscode board member @JuliaCollins f...
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good
but ousting her alone wouldn't solve its problems Michael Nuñez / Mashable : Facebook admits hiring PR firm to attack billionaire George Soros Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian : Zuckerberg's control o...
Interviews with more than 50 people show how Facebook stumbled in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure
and that it might be toxic Lauren Johnson / Business Insider : Quartz's new app is banking on big names like Richard Branson to help create a 'constructive … Recode : Recode Daily: Facebook battles re...
Code2040, a San Francisco-based nonprofit working to increase diversity in the technology industry, has raised $5.6M from the Knight Foundation and others
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Steve Jurvetson is leaving Draper Fisher Jurvetson in wake of an investigation into sexual harassment, is “on leave of absence” from boards of Tesla and SpaceX
Explaining What Just Happened at Uber Ari Levy / CNBC : Jurvetson is on leave from Tesla and SpaceX boards after sexual harassment claims Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica : Tesla, SpaceX board member take...
Uber CEO announces new “cultural norms” for company after employee input: celebrate differences, do the right thing, act like owners, make big bold bets
and it looks a lot like Google and Amazon Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNNMoney : New from Uber: ‘We do the right thing. Period.’ Madison Malone Kircher / New York Magazine : Uber CEO Replaces Infamous Core ...
Uber CEO Kalanick tells staff in memo that former US AG Eric Holder has been hired to probe sexism allegations, and Uber will begin publishing diversity reports
We're all outraged at Uber - again. Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg : Uber CEO Apologizes for Company Culture After Harassment Claims Arianna Huffington / Uber Global : Update from Arianna Huffington Alexan...