Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities
Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.
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Lawmakers headed to Silicon Valley to push tech companies on diversity
Three U.S. lawmakers are traveling to Silicon Valley to push tech companies to offer opportunities for African-Americans, an area in which most of these companies have poor track records.
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Cisco's pay package for CEO Robbins is a sweet deal
Cisco will pay incoming CEO Chuck Robbins a higher salary than outgoing chief John Chambers made in fiscal 2014.
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Reddit chief Ellen Pao resigns amid vitriol, protests
Ellen Pao is resigning as Reddit's interim chief executive after a week of tumult on the online message board with many users calling for her ouster.
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OPM director resigns after unprecedented data breach
The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management resigned on Friday, a day after her agency announced hackers had stolen information on 21.5 million current, former and prospective government employees and their families.
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Uber argues in court that drivers want independence, flexibility
Uber Technologies gathered the support of over 400 drivers across California and a law professor to back its argument in court that its platform gives its contractors the flexibility and independence they want.
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The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 9
NYSE down but it's no cyberattack... Microsoft slims down phone business again... IBM makes world's smallest chips... and more tech news
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Microsoft pulls back from phone business, announces 7800 layoffs
Microsoft is scaling down its mobile phone activities, writing off the entire value of the former Nokia smartphone business it bought last year and laying off almost one-third of that business' staff.
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Microsoft said to plan more staff layoffs
Microsoft plans a new round of layoffs that could affect its hardware and smartphones businesses, besides other parts of the company, according to a newspaper report.
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Reddit sections go dark after exit of staffer
The exit of a key Reddit staffer, who apparently played an important role in the bustling AMA (Ask Me Anything) question-and-answer section, has created an uproar on the online discussion website.
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Intel shuffles ranks, President Renée James to exit
Intel president Renée James will step down in order to pursue a CEO role at another company, the chip giant announced on Thursday.
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After Uber ruling, pressure mounts on companies to reclassify contractors
The pressure on app-based companies to reclassify their contractors as employees is picking up, with more of them getting sued this week.
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HP enterprise chief, Bill Veghte, to depart before company split
The head of Hewlett-Packard's enterprise division will leave the company ahead of HP's planned split later this year.
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Facebook like Google makes scant progress in hiring blacks, women
Facebook and other tech companies aren't changing the racial mix or the percentage of women in their workforce fast enough, which has become a matter of concern to civil rights activists.
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Tidal CEO out after three months on the job
Tidal, the music streaming service owned by rapper and music producer Jay-Z, has just lost its second CEO this year.
