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Here’s one that slipped through the cracks. Chris Pinkham, who joined Twitter two years ago as vice president of engineering, has left the social networking company. Pinkham is well-known in tech circles as one of the creators of the early Amazon cloud computing service more than a decade ago. Amazon Web Services is now a […]
Carolyn “C.J.” Kanelakos is a woman. And she’s a mechanical engineer at the Johnson Space Center. And while some might think these facts make her a bit of a unicorn, she’s never felt particularly exceptional as a female in the sciences. “Growing up, nobody ever led me to believe there was anything I couldn’t do. […]
HBO Ask Zhenan Bao why she went from designing batteries to creating synthetic, human-like skin and she’ll give you a simple answer. “I decided it was time to start helping people,” Bao, a chemical engineering professor at Stanford, tells Business Insider. Bao’s 17-member Stanford team is developing is flexible, stretchable skin that can sense touch and temperature. In those […]
Microsoft veteran Rico Mariani today announced that he’ll be leaving the company after almost three decades. Mariani has worked on Edge, Internet Explorer, Sidewalk, and multiple releases of Visual Studio. He developed a following inside and outside Microsoft over the years through his blog, Performance Tidbits. The blog’s name points to his longtime focus on […]
The developer of a popular Android Twitter app is leaving the company. After working at the social media site for a year and a half, Joaquim Vergès announced that he is joining game video streaming site Twitch, noting that he’s joining the company’s Android team. @joenrv following my video games passion, I’ll be joining the […]
Kelsey Browne looks for a teammate. Greg Davis – @GregDavis_cmailThe Courier-Mail Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend THE Lightning crashed to earth with a giant thud with GWS claiming a heart-stopping 55-54 win over the Sunshine Coast at USC Stadium. In the clash between the […]
Twitter Long-time Twitter engineering exec Alex Roetter, who left the company a year ago as part of Twitter’s never ending talent exodus, has surfaced at a startup building flying cars, Business Insider has confirmed. He’s working at Kitty Hawk, the secretive startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page. Very little is known about Kitty Hawk, […]
Another former Uber engineer has stepped forward with sexism allegations against the tech company. But this story is different from Susan Fowler’s account in a major way: the harassment came from a woman. “I wasn’t dealing with some white guy in power,” wrote Keala Lusk in a Medium post published Friday. In the post, Lusk […]
Published time: 1 Mar, 2017 04:00 A former female engineer at Tesla is taking the automobile and solar power manufacturer to court over allegations that the company fostered a culture of “pervasive harassment.” She also claimed the company paid her lower wages for the same work done by men. AJ Vandermeyden, who still works at […]
If it wasn’t already evident that Silicon Valley’s issues with sexist culture extend beyond Uber, it is now. Tesla engineer AJ Vandermeyden has revealed that she’s suing her employer over allegations that the electric car maker ignored complaints of discrimination and “pervasive harassment.” She says she was paid less than men she replaced, and that […]
