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By Grace Buono July 05, 2022 Lost files, computer viruses, outdated software: Tech malfunctions are nothing new in the workplace, and almost half of working America reports that they seek out coworkers at least once a day for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
By Danica Lo June 13, 2022 Last week, Darby Maloney posted a TikTok explaining her job as a product manager in the tech industry—and, in the process, accidentally triggered some dark, misogynistic corners of the internet. Maloney’s 92-second video features her and a coworker speaking direct to camera, explaining their roles: collaborating … Continue reading How the product manager who went viral on TikTok schooled a bunch of tech bro trolls
By Ahryun Moon June 07, 2022 For years, talent acquisition professionals have warned about impending talent shortages due to shifting job requirements and more people exploring the gig economy and other unconventional ways of working. The COVID pandemic turned out to be the great accelerator of the shortage, and the Great Resignation … Continue reading How to use tech to help recruit better candidates
By Michelle Davey June 04, 2022 Over the last few weeks, I’ve taken a trip back to the early 2010s, watching Jared Leto, Amanda Seyfried, and Joseph Gordon Levitt bring some of the most infamous tech founders and their fall-from-grace-stories alive on the silver screen. I was an early employee at food … Continue reading Tech leaders: We don’t know what’s around the corner. Here are 3 strategies for moving forward
Mozilla Endorses Antitrust Bill Targeting Large Tech Platforms by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, June 14, 2022 Browser developer Mozilla on Tuesday endorsed a federal antitrust bill that would prohibit the largest online tech companies from giving their own products and services preferential treatment. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act, introduced last year by Senators Amy … Continue reading Mozilla Endorses Antitrust Bill Targeting Large Tech Platforms
