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Wage equality for women working in technology in the U.S. is making some progress, although sexual discrimination still persists. That’s according to a new report from Hired Inc. The San Francisco-based tech recruiting company released the report today on Equal Pay. Within the tech industry …
Trump’s crackdown on H-1B visas: ‘downward spiral’ or tempest in a teapot?
President Donald Trump’s administration crackdown on H-1B visas got a little more real Monday with the opening of the annual race to hire workers from abroad. But just how real remains in question. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency announced on Friday …
Uber adds much-needed app update: Users can now change pickup locations
Uber Technologies Inc. has made a major adjustment to its app, one that should make aficionados of the ride-hailing giant happy: Users can now change the pickup point after booking a car. Unfortunately, the update is now only available to iOS users …
Will Lyft’s new fixed-route service Shuttle work where Uber’s Smart Routes didn’t?
Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. is looking at making its service a little more attractive to people wanting to share a ride from the same pick-up point each day, rather than take a bus. In an effort to cut down on costs for …
Uber’s unsurprising diversity report: Top execs and tech staff are almost all white men
After taking considerable flak recently for all manner of transgressions, Uber Technologies Inc. has maintained that one thing it’s going to sort out is its reputation as a “bro” workplace hostile to women. That may be why it’s the right time to release …
Half of America’s population is on the FBI’s facial recognition database
Some 117 million Americans are on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s facial recognition database without their knowledge or consent, and 80 percent of them are stored as non-criminal entries. A review by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last week presented …
Advertiser exodus from YouTube catches fire as Google stands to lose millions
Google Inc. stands to lose millions of dollars as more companies boycott advertising on the site after ads appeared next to content promoting hate speech. The U.K. government pulled all of its ads from YouTube last week because some of them appeared on extremist …
Instagram explains why it has started censoring ‘sensitive’ content
Facebook Inc.-owned Instagram said Thursday it will take more precautions to protect people from content that has the potential to upset. The company will now start censoring certain images and videos and leave it up to the viewer if they want to see …
Apple acquires WorkFlow app, a popular automation tool for iPhone and iPad
Apple Inc. has acquired WorkFlow, a utility app that Apple called the “most innovative” app of 2015, for an undisclosed sum. The app, which had cost $2.99, was made free in the App Store Wednesday. Released in 2014 by Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer …
Uber’s female board members say the company is cleaning up its act, but will it be enough?
Bad news seems to be following Uber Technologies Inc. around like a stray puppy these days, but on Tuesday Uber’s female board members turned toward the growing angry mob of Uber critics in an attempt to calm things down. In a conference …