Tech Industry Faces Sexism Controversy Again With Ex-Uber Coder's Complaints
Feb 21, 2017 02:50 am UTC| Technology Law
The tech industry is usually regarded as one of the leaders in pushing progressive platforms in the US, but even free-thinking companies are still experiencing their own issues when it comes to matters of equality. A good...
Uber CEO Orders Company Investigation Over Sexual Harassment, Gender Bias Claims By Ex-Programmer
Feb 21, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Technology Law
On Sunday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick issued a comment about matters regarding claims by a former company employee who claimed that she experienced sexual harassment and gender bias multiple times while working at the...
Bill Gates Supports Robot Taxation When Used To Replace Jobs
Feb 20, 2017 08:08 am UTC| Technology Law
Scientists have declared automation as being the biggest threat to jobs in the future. With research into smarter artificial intelligence and more efficient machines progressing smoothly, its expected that millions will...
How much does the Johnson Amendment curtail church freedom?
Feb 20, 2017 05:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
On National Prayer Breakfast day in early February, President Donald Trump repeated a pledge he had made several times on the campaign trail that echoed the 2016 Republican Party Platform: I will get rid of, and...
Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?
Feb 17, 2017 02:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Law Technology
Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers....
Would you resort to bribery? Studies show many would
Feb 16, 2017 08:05 am UTC| Law
its notoriously difficult to gauge how often people are willing to offer someone a bribe to get what they want. A 2007 survey suggested that across a range of industrialised countries, two per cent of the public had...
Feb 16, 2017 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views Law
Winklevoss Capital Management LLC, launched the Winklevoss Investment Trust, the first proposed bitcoin ETF more than three years ago. Consequently, as a matter of regulatory framework, the trusthad filed to trade on the...
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