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Having a regional accent can be bad for your interviews, especially an Indian one: study
The study found that this perceived incompetence can markedly reduce the "hirability" of accented c…
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Sofia Vergara says her accent will never allow her to play a scientist or astronaut
The "Modern Family" star shared that she tried to get rid of her accent when she first moved to LA …
Amanda Goh
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Is 'talking white' actually a thing?
Kang: Voices aren't just sounds. In a lot of ways, they're auditory faces. So, when you hear a voic…
Emmanuel Ocbazghi
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Apple removes Siri's female voice as its default and adds two new voices
To address gender biases, Apple added two new voices that users can choose from.
Fatma Khaled
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An AI startup is selling tech to let call center agents change their accents. They say it's to protect workers from racism, but critics say it's a form of 'digital whitening.'
Tech company Sanas has been accused of racism for its 'accent translation' technology. But some cal…
Lindsay Dodgson,Yoonji Han
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6 important tips for interviewers looking to hire top talent from diverse backgrounds, according to HR and D&I leaders
Feeling slighted during an interview is not a new concept, and neither is overlooking insults to se…
Macollvie J. Neel
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A UN study suggested it's sexist for voice assistants like Siri or Alexa to have female voices - but Google says it wanted to use a male voice from the very beginning
On Wednesday, Google announced that it's releasing a new voices for different languages, including …
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Liza Koshy apologized after old videos of her and David Dobrik mocking the Japanese accent resurfaced
People criticized Liza Koshy and David Dobrik for two videos from 2016 where they spoke mock-Japane…
Lindsay Dodgson
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'Natural hair' and whether other races visit you at home: Here's what Starbucks asked staff on its racial bias training day
There were two rounds of questions. The first asked employees to recall the first time something ha…
Alexandra Ma
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Taika Waititi reveals 'Thor: Love and Thunder' secrets, including the Taylor Swift meme that's in the movie
The director also told Insider which scene was shot in a Best Buy parking lot, and why Russell Crow…
Jason Guerrasio
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As a Black queer journalist, I've dealt with racism and queerphobia throughout my education. Here's why I decided to stop whitewashing my résumé.
Daric Cottingham says even at an HBCU, as a journalism student he felt he had a target on his back …
Daric L. Cottingham
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David Dobrik said he was 'ashamed and embarrassed' about clips that resurfaced of his racially insensitive jokes
David Dobrik has been criticized for old footage showing him using the N-word and mocking the Japan…
Lindsay Dodgson
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You can now have Italy's answer to the BMW M3 for $72,000
For the better part of three decades, the BMW's 3-Series has been the gold standard for compact spo…
Benjamin Zhang
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Professionalism is a bias-making machine that needs to end. Here's how to dismantle it.
The biases that professionalism perpetuate aren't just in people, but in the systems and processes …
Drake Baer
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My husband reads to me at bedtime most nights. It helps me fall asleep.
The author says that she got used to her partner reading her at bedtime during their long-distance …
Tayla Blaire
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Here's why Amazon bringing local languages to Alexa in India matters
While the market for smart speakers and voice platforms is rapidly expanding, artificial intelligen…
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A pregnant startup founder's experience fundraising is exposing a big problem in Silicon Valley
Much of this is paralleled in the broader corporate world, but the topic has become a lightning rod…
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I'm an immigrant founder of a $1 billion tech company. Here are my 5 best tips to overcoming imposter syndrome.
Outreach CEO Manny Medina says he works every day to overcome challenges and micro-aggressions he f…
Manny Medina
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7 ways retailers should work to create a more inclusive shopping experience in their stores, according to the head of diversity and inclusion at Unilever
It's not enough to just train your employees better; stores also need to diversify their vendors an…
Mita Mallick
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The career rise of Nadine Macaluso, from modeling and marrying the 'Wolf of Wall Street' to divorcing him and becoming a family therapist
Nadine Macaluso, ex-wife of the 'Wolf of Wall Street,' is now a therapist using her experience to h…