Facebook reportedly investigated over ‘systemic’ racism in hiring

Posted on 06/03/2021 by Engadget

Facebook has publicly committed to fighting racism, but there are concerns that isn't translating to its recruitment practices. Reuters sources say the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is investigating possible "systemic&quo...

Netflix pledges $100 million to improve the diversity in its shows

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

After releasing its first diversity report in January, Netflix has also published the results of a study of its US-commissioned films and series over 2018 and 2019. While the earlier report covered the makeup of Netflix's employees, today's f...

Facebook’s AI team expands post-grad courses for Black and Latinx students

Posted on 22/10/2020 by Engadget

Facebook says that it will expand an online course in deep learning to more students to help improve the diversity of its AI division. After a successful pilot program at Georgia Tech, the company will roll out this graduate-level course in deep lear...

Pinterest says its skin tone searches are now more accurate

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Pinterest is improving its skin tone search function, which it initially rolled out in 2018. Skin tone searches should also deliver more accurate results. You’ll be able to filter search results by skin tone too.The company says that its technology i...

Twitch is helping to create an esports league for HBCUs

Posted on 30/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitch has announced that it is partnering with Cxmmunity, an organization that encourages participation of minorities in esports and the video game industry, to create the first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities esports league. The l...

Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell launches a game studio

Posted on 01/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s been a while since Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell left Facebook, and now it’s clear what he’s doing next. TechCrunch reports that Mitchell has launched a new game studio, Mountaintop, with the help of industry veterans who’ve worked at Double F...

NASA names its DC headquarters after its first Black female engineer

Posted on 24/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

From this point forward, NASA’s Washington DC headquarters will be known as the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, named after the agency’s first Black female engineer. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the change today.Jackson was one of...

Microsoft will double its Black senior leadership by 2025

Posted on 23/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Following the likes of Google and some of its other peers in the space, Microsoft unveiled a racial equality initiative on Tuesday. In a letter signed by CEO Satya Nadella, the company said it's "committed" to addressing racial injustice and inequity...

Facebook pledges $200 million to support Black-owned businesses

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would give $10 million to groups working on racial justice. Since then, Apple has pledged $100 million to foster racial equity, Google said it will contribute $175 million and YouTube has committed $1...

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