Neowin News Feed for: Diversity

The ASWF wants you to ditch these offensive terms when talking about tech

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 06:26:01 +0000

The Linux Foundation project, ASWF, has updated its list of potentially offensive tech terms like "dummy", "hung", and "sanity check", and asked developers to get rid of them. Read more...

Court rules in favor of Apple in ridiculous lawsuit about copying "diverse" emoji

Usama Jawad — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:28:01 +0000

A U.S. District Judge has finally ruled in favor of Apple in a lawsuit that alleged that the company had ripped off racially diverse emoji from an app developer and integrated them into iOS. Read more...

Intel announces global gender pay equity across entire workforce

Mark Schieldrop — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:52:02 +0000

Using statistical modeling, Intel says it closed gender pay gaps across its entire 50-country, 107,000-employee workforce. They've also added stock-based compensation to how they measure pay equity. Read more...

Facebook publishes diversity report for 2018, cites rise in female representation

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:20:01 +0000

Facebook has published its fifth annual report. There has been a marked increase in female representation at the company, but it is still struggling in some areas that it intends to improve upon. Read more...

Uber executive resigns in the wake of racial discrimination investigation

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 19:02:01 +0000

Uber's Chief People Officer has resigned from her post without mentioning any apparent reason. This resignation comes shortly after a probe into racial discrimination charges against her. Read more...

Sacked Google employee files lawsuit against company citing bias

Sharath Ravishankar — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:08:01 +0000

A lawsuit has been filed against Google by an employee it sacked recently, who alleges that the company exhibits bias against white and Asian men in favor of women and people of color. Read more...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's memo details company's stance on Charlottesville violence

Usama Jawad — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:06:01 +0000

An internal memo sent by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has detailed the company's stance on the Charlottesville protest. The executive has condemned the 'senseless violence', and encouraged diversity. Read more...

Microsoft announces results of commitment to ensure equal pay for equal work

Chris Dupres — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:00:01 +0000

In recognition of National Equal Pay Day, Microsoft has released positive numbers regarding its commitment to paying men and women, as well as employees of all racial and ethnic backgrounds the same. Read more...

Twitter says it hired "too many white and Asian men" to fill workforce

Jett Goldsmith — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:30:37 +0000

Twitter's workforce of nearly 3,000 people faces a serious diversity issue, company execs say. Recent data shows that nearly 90 percent of the social media site's employees are white or Asian. Read more...