By William MacAskill and Ben Todd August 22, 2022 The coming decades will be marked by extraordinary new technological innovations. They could provide us with enormous benefits—or bring us to the brink of disaster. What happens next hinges on whether we can figure out how to handle the risks. So, if you’re aiming … Continue reading How to choose a career in tech that benefits humanity
Look for skills and potential instead of specific experience. Constantine von Hoffman on August 17, 2022 Despite layoffs at high tech companies, hiring people with tech skills doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. There are currently 695,077 open computing jobs nationwide, according to Code.org. Compare that to the 79,991 computer science students who graduated … Continue reading A new way to find the tech talent you need
By Fast Company Staff August 01, 2022 The tech sector’s massive cost-cutting mission doesn’t appear to be slowing anytime soon. Once high-flying companies, with unprecedented valuations and growth-at-all-costs strategies, have started to scale back, as the economy appears to be heading for a slowdown. The efforts, which started in May, have resulted in massive … Continue reading Tech layoffs continue across the board: Here’s the latest
By Tigran Sloyan July 28, 2022 We’re all scared, and we should be. Thousands of people in our industry have lost their jobs, and thousands more may still do so. But it’s not surprising, or ahistorical, or anything other than the same cycle of hubris that high-growth companies has been experiencing for years. … Continue reading How to stop the tech layoff cycle from happening again
By Sam Becker July 26, 2022 With the economy in questionable shape, all eyes are on earnings this week to try and get a sense of how well some of America’s corporate giants are faring in an increasingly tough economic environment. That includes a smattering of tech giants: Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and … Continue reading Big Tech earnings will decide the fate of the stock market this week
By Grace Buono July 05, 2022 Lost files, computer viruses, outdated software: Tech malfunctions are nothing new in the workplace, and almost half of working America reports that they seek out coworkers at least once a day for tech assistance. While computer struggles may feel universal, troubleshooting tech issues is far from a … Continue reading Gen Z employees have become the default office tech support—and they’re not happy about it
As The Flow Goes: Email Senders Facing Complex Tech Sector, Apple-Google Duopoly by Ray Schultz , Columnist, July 11, 2022 Email, once a direct channel between sender and recipient, is now subject to an ever-more complicated flow. And this is largely due to the mobile-duopoly battle between Apple and Google, judging by Email Flow Structure: … Continue reading As The Flow Goes: Email Senders Facing Complex Tech Sector, Apple-Google Duopoly
By Eva Galperin June 29, 2022 Roe v. Wade is no more, but this is not 1972, the year before it was passed. In some ways, it’s even worse. When the Supreme Court ruled last week that banning abortion is not unconstitutional, abortion immediately became illegal in several states with “trigger … Continue reading Now that Roe has been overturned, it’s up to the tech industry to protect our data
By Sy Mukherjee June 20, 2022 Ling Shao’s 3-year-old autistic son struggles to communicate. “My youngest son, he has almost a calcified part of his forehead because he bangs it on the floor so much because he’s frustrated, and he can’t communicate what he wants,” she says. “It’s heartbreaking.” Shao, who is the … Continue reading How a tech startup is using AI to find better treatments for autism
By Wilfred Chan June 15, 2022 The tech industry has not been kind to worker organizing. While federal law grants American employees the right to unionize without retaliation, tech giants and video game studios have established a norm in recent years of fighting back hard—often illegally, federal labor investigators allege—against workers who have … Continue reading How Microsoft’s union agreement could shape the rest of the tech industry
