Google expands Howard West to train more black coders
Last summer Howard University dispatched 26 students to Google's Mountain View, Calif., campus for an intensive twelve-week course on coding.
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Jan 31, 2018
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Survey: US firms losing confidence in China business climate
U.S. companies in China are seeing their sales improve but are frustrated by policies and regulatory barriers that block better access to the country's lucrative market, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Business
Dec 6, 2017
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Facebook, Twitter, Google and where Silicon Valley's money comes from
Tech companies face dilemma after conundrum after balancing act, and now the spotlight is on their funding sources.
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Nov 9, 2017
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Apple, Microsoft vow to shield DACA employees, urge new law over tax reform
Don't mess with DACA. That was the message from major technology companies who are pressuring lawmakers to take swift action on a legislative fix after the Trump administration said it would jettison an immigration program ...
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Sep 7, 2017
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Google CEO slams memo on gender as employee reportedly fired
A memo written by a male engineer at Google about gender differences sparked a quick rebuttal from Google after it circulated widely online.
Business
Aug 7, 2017
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Facebook makes diversity gains but still struggles in key area
Facebook made progress in improving the gender and racial balance of its workers, with women, African Americans and Hispanics all gaining more representation in the Silicon Valley company's ranks over the last year.
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Aug 3, 2017
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As US high tech surges, Silicon Valley becomes a diplomatic outpost
Sometime in August, Denmark's newly appointed ambassador to high tech will settle into Silicon Valley and staff his embassy, a novel kind of diplomatic outpost that recognizes the global clout that U.S. high tech companies ...
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Jul 10, 2017
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Diversity in tech: Lots of attention, little progress
The tech industry has brought us self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, disappearing photos and 3-D printers. But when it comes to racial and gender diversity, its companies are no trailblazers.
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Jan 24, 2017
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White House, US tech giants to discuss fighting terror
The White House's top security officials are to meet with leading Internet companies in Silicon Valley Friday in an effort to build cooperation against terrorism.
Security
Jan 8, 2016
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Silicon Valley aims for Cuba, but treads carefully
If Horacio Nunez grew up in the United States instead of Cuba, the 26-year-old software engineer might have spent hours of his youth surfing the Web. But he had no Internet connection to his Havana home, so he learned how ...
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May 19, 2015
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