Neowin News Feed for: Inclusivity

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...

Microsoft to strengthen its anti-harassment practices with a new implementation plan

Fiza Ali — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:00:01 +0000

Microsoft shows its commitment to providing a safe, inclusive work environment for its employees by announcing an action plan to counter gender discrimination and sexual harassment. Read more...

Language Interpretation is now generally available for Microsoft Teams Meetings

Fiza Ali — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:06:01 +0000

In an effort to break language and communication barriers and to ensure inclusivity in Teams Meetings, Microsoft has announced the general availability of language interpretation feature. Read more...

Real-time human language translation ensures inclusivity in scheduled Teams meetings

Fiza Ali — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:40:01 +0000

In an effort to enhance the user experience, and to ensure inclusivity for the attendees of scheduled Teams meetings, Microsoft has developed a new resource that will translate languages in real-time. Read more...

Instagram announces survey to study race and ethnicity in order to remain fair and inclusive

Fiza Ali — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:42:01 +0000

Instagram's new initiative will ask a random assortment of people in the United States to take part in a survey, hosted by YouGov, where they can share information such as race and ethnicity. Read more...

Google: Here are all the things we learned while building 100 major versions of Chrome

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:48:01 +0000

Following the release of 100 major versions of Chrome, Google executives have penned their thoughts on their key learnings regarding performance, security, privacy, and more since 2008. Read more...

Ubuntu maker, Canonical, says it's trying to make 'inclusive language' stick

Paul Hill — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 18:32:01 +0000

Canonical has said that it has been replacing contentious terms in its code and documentation to make its project more inclusive. It said this isn't a cure-all but just a first step. Read more...

Google is removing the term "whitelisted" from its Admin console

Usama Jawad — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:52:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is removing the term "whitelisted" from its Admin console. It will now be referred to as "allowlisted", similar to how "denylist" is used instead of "blacklist". Read more...

IBM, Red Hat and others want inclusive language in software

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:12:01 +0000

IBM and Red Hat are among firms pushing for more inclusion in the software industry. The Inclusive Naming Initiative will look at terms like blacklist and whitelist and suggest alternatives. Read more...

Phil Spencer commits to making gaming more inclusive, announces upcoming features for Xbox

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 20 May 2019 19:42:02 +0000

Phil Spencer stated today that video games are a unifying force for the world. Noting Microsoft's commitment to inclusive gaming, a number of steps have been outlined to improve this aspect. Read more...

Microsoft introduces live captions and subtitles in Skype and PowerPoint

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 23:22:01 +0000

In celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Microsoft is introducing live captions and subtitles for both Skype and PowerPoint, aiming to make communication more inclusive. Read more...