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Elon Musk just can't seem to resist the dark urge to start beef with Mark Cuban
Musk mocked Cuban after the latter said he would vote for Joe Biden even if the president "was bein…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Google pays out $118 million to female staff who earned less than their male colleagues to settle lawsuit
Search giant was accused of paying more than 15,000 female staff $17,000 a year less than their mal…
Ryan Hogg
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A gaming company just adopted the rare and controversial benefit of period leave. Some women worry it's just another reason for discrimination.
Period leave could be much-needed relief for people with symptoms; others say it will be another re…
Jason Lalljee
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Amazon hit with 5 lawsuits from warehouse and corporate employees alleging discrimination and retaliation
"Amazon can no longer dismiss abusive behavior and retaliation by white managers as mere anecdotes.…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Ex-Apple employee claims company fired him and knew about his past comments on women, people of color
Antonio García Martínez claimed Apple recruited him and asked about his autobiography, which employ…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Google will pay $2.6 million to workers over claims its hiring and pay practices were biased against women and Asians
Google reached a deal with the Department of Labor over claims of racial and gender discrimination …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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AI girlfriends will only break your heart, privacy experts warn
Romantic chatbots foster a toxic dynamic and relentlessly pry user data, The Mozilla Foundation fou…
Geoff Weiss
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A new study shows men in same-gender relationships earn more than both their female counterparts and heterosexual couples and it highlights the ongoing gender pay gap
Men in same-gender marriages earn 27% more than heterosexual couples, and 31% more than women in sa…
Jason Lalljee
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Ex-TikTok executive says she was fired because she 'lacked the docility and meekness' required of women at the company
Katie Ellen Puris filed a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing TikTok and ByteDance of discri…
Natalie Musumeci
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Y Combinator entrepreneurs say they were kicked out of the accelerator for criticizing its founders and slamming efforts to skip vaccine lines
Prolific CEO Katia Damer and Dark CEO Paul Biggar said they were kicked out for criticizing misogyn…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Airbnb suspended almost 4,000 hosts and guests this year for violating its policy against discrimination
Guests perceived as Black had the lowest percentage of their bookings confirmed of all racial group…
Sarah Jackson
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A high-profile engineer at Mailchimp accused the company of 'sexism and bullying' in resignation announcement
Kelly Ellis, who has frequently spoken publicly about gender and racial discrimination, said she qu…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Facebook's job advert targeting algorithm appears to discriminate on gender and age, a nonprofit campaign group has said.
96% of Facebook users shown a job ad for mechanics were men, and 95% shown an ad for nurse jobs wer…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Young queer people 'do gender' differently, and it has a ripple effect on their success at work and school
Academic data shows gay boys outpace their male peers and women's academic advantages mostly apply …
Jason Lalljee
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A former Google engineer said she endured a year of harassment. She's now vowing to 'never love a job again.'
Google's poor handling of Emi Nietfeld's harassment accusations led her to sour on the tech company…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Nike files motion to keep sensitive records in sweeping gender discrimination lawsuit sealed
Nike on Wednesday asked a federal judge to keep some records under seal in a potential class-action…
Matthew Kish
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Pinterest has paid $22.5 million to settle a gender discrimination suit from former executive Francoise Brougher, who claimed she was fired after speaking up
Francoise Brougher, Pinterest's former COO, told The New York Times she hoped the settlement was "a…
Kate Duffy
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Pinterest shareholders are suing the company over allegations of discrimination against women and employees of color
The lawsuit claims that Pinterest's top executives and legal department ignored complaints of haras…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Mailchimp CEO says 'we have work to do' on pay equity after company denies bias allegations
CEO Ben Chestnut told employees Friday that Mailchimp hadn't made enough progress, just a day after…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Robert De Niro admonishes the press during a surprise appearance at his employee discrimination trial
During closing arguments in the actor's dueling legal battle with his assistant, Graham Chase Robin…