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New Program Removes Name, Age And Gender From Job Applications

This could no longer be an issue in one Australian state, as the Victorian government announced on Friday a trial program that will assess if identifying details should be ...

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This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies

The Beam was designed as a video conferencing tool, allowing instant, face-to-face communication—kind of like FaceTime or Skype, except you can drive the screen on le...

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Gender

I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again)

Every time I write something about diversity in Silicon Valley, and the gross disservice that today’s tech giants are doing to women and people of color by consistent...

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How Would Tech Entrepreneurs Recode The Foreign Aid System?

Foreign aid agencies have started to pay more attention to the world of tech entrepreneurs in seeking solutions to some of the biggest challenges on the planet. But what do...

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Advice For Aspiring Female Tech Entrepreneurs: A Perspective From The Developing World

It is an open secret that women are outsiders when it comes to tech entrepreneurship, both in the developed and developing economies. In 1984, 37 percent of undergraduate c...

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Gender

To Fix The Gender Gap, Startups Need To Think About Diversity From The Beginning

An entrepreneur builds a startup; chances are that he’s a man. And then it’s likely he hires more men as the fledgling business takes on early employees. That s...

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Medical Testing Is So Hot Right Now. This Startup Wants In

THE CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS of Cofactor Genomics is a bright little bungalow a few blocks from downtown Mountain View. Floral vines abuzz with insects and hummingbirds part...

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Sustainable Development

Soylent's Real Plan: Replace Food With Algae

Rob Rhinehart has long dreamed of creating the ingredients of his grey-goo food replacement, Soylent, from scratch. The company’s—and Rob’s—mantra i...

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Gender

You’ll Never Believe Why India Is Better Than Silicon Valley For Women!

This seems rather hard to believe considering the multitude of articles written on gender discrimination against women in India. But India is a land of surprising dichotomi...

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Tech Trek: Themes of Technological Influence in Cinema

Like the ever-present air, we live and breathe technology. Despite our excessive dependence on the array of media at our disposal, we take our options for granted. Neverthe...

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