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Researchers Study How to Make Online Arguments Productive
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Researchers Study How to Make Online Arguments Productive

University of Washington researchers surveyed people about online disagreements then developed design interventions that could make the discussions more productive...

Virtual Agents Match Humans in Role-Playing Practice of Leadership Skills
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Virtual Agents Match Humans in Role-Playing Practice of Leadership Skills

A virtual human can be as effective as a real person in helping individuals practice leadership skills, according to researchers at the Human Interface Technology...

IT Jobs Grew by 50,000 in March as Companies Invested in Cloud, Remote Work
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IT Jobs Grew by 50,000 in March as Companies Invested in Cloud, Remote Work

An recent analysis of federal jobs data found the IT field had its fourth straight month of job growth in March, with U.S. employers hiring 50,000 enterprise technology...

APIs Aren't Just for Tech Companies
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APIs Aren't Just for Tech Companies

APIs would particularly benefit small to midsize companies that now struggle to reach digital audiences through saturated and tightly controlled ad networks and...

Facebook's Ad Algorithms Exclude Women From Seeing Certain Jobs
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Facebook's Ad Algorithms Exclude Women From Seeing Certain Jobs

Facebook's ad-delivery system is excluding women from seeing certain job opportunities without regard to their qualifications. That would be illegal under U.S....

Embed Your Startup In The 'Secret City'
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Embed Your Startup In The 'Secret City'

An entrepreneurship program for national security-related technology startups will provide financial support and access to Los Alamos National Laboratory's resources...

Microsoft's Work Trend Index Reveals Disturbing WFH Truth
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Microsoft's Work Trend Index Reveals Disturbing WFH Truth

Microsoft's Work Trend Index reveals the latest truths about working from home. One is truly disturbing.

Pandemic Is Slowing Efforts to Close the Gender Gap
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Pandemic Is Slowing Efforts to Close the Gender Gap

Low representation of women in fast-growing "jobs of tomorrow" affects efforts to close the economic gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum'sGlobal Gender...

Pandemic Threatens to Damage Careers of Women in STEM
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Pandemic Threatens to Damage Careers of Women in STEM

Ongoing strain of the COVID-19 pandemic and longstanding structural barriers threaten permanent damage to the careers of women in STEM, says Patricia Clark at the...

Biden Lets Trump's H-1B Visa Ban Expire in Win for Tech
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Biden Lets Trump's H-1B Visa Ban Expire in Win for Tech

U.S. President Joe Biden allowed a ban enacted by former President Donald Trump on H-1B visas used by technology companies to expire on Wednesday.

People's Trust In Tech Is At An All-Time Low, Study Finds
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People's Trust In Tech Is At An All-Time Low, Study Finds

Trust in the technology sector hit an all-time low in 17 of 27 countries surveyed for the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer.

Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'
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Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'

A Trades Union Congress official warns that U.K. workers could be "hired and fired by algorithm," and said new legal protections for regulating artificial intelligence...

Major Employers Scrap Plans to Cut Back on Offices
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Major Employers Scrap Plans to Cut Back on Offices

Most major global companies no longer plan to reduce their use of office space after the coronavirus pandemic, though few expect business to return to normal this...

Utah Program Helps Moms Transition to Tech Careers
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Utah Program Helps Moms Transition to Tech Careers

Valerie Witt made the transition from third-grade teacher to area partnership manager for Skill Struck, a provider of  computer science education platforms, with...

White Men Happier With Tech Salaries Than Others, Report Finds
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White Men Happier With Tech Salaries Than Others, Report Finds

More women technologists are dissatisfied with their current compensation than men, and races other than White are less satisfied with their salaries that White...

'Glass Ceiling Hasn't Cracked' for Women in Senior Tech Roles
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'Glass Ceiling Hasn't Cracked' for Women in Senior Tech Roles

Women are still severely underrepresented in senior roles in Israel's tech and innovation sector, according to a Start-Up Nation Central report.

Inside Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree
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Inside Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree

Google's programs are designed to address the unfilled digital positions and unemployment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Large Computer Language Models Carry Environmental, Social Risks
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Large Computer Language Models Carry Environmental, Social Risks

A review of literature on risks associated with the rapid growth of natural language processing finds that the capability comes with real costs, including perpetuating...

'You're Paid What You're Worth' and Other Myths
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'You're Paid What You're Worth' and Other Myths

Jake Rosenfeld at Washington University in St. Louis challenges the notion that compensation depends on productivity and occupation, and instead places power and...

Internships May Help Address Male-Female Pay Gap for STEM Grads
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Internships May Help Address Male-Female Pay Gap for STEM Grads

Researchers from Stanford University found that a confidence gap between men and women in STEM fields aligns with a gender pay gap.
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