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Rachel Slaybaugh stands at the front of her Berkeley classroom, scrawling equations on the whiteboard, occasionally cracking a nerdy nuclear-related joke to her undergraduate students. The undergrads are a tough crowd — but 32-year-old Slaybaugh is unfazed. She’s used to being the odd one out in her field: she’s female, young, LGBTQ, a coder and […]
A former Uber engineer has published an explosive account of sexism and power struggles in the workplace, with allegations beginning from her very first official day with the company. The engineer, Susan Fowler (who left Uber in December and now works for Stripe), posted the account to her blog on Sunday, calling it a “strange, […]
Image: Getty Uber is not known for treating its drivers particularly well, but it gets worse: According to allegations from an ex-engineer Susan J. Fowler, the ridesharing app has a culture of misogyny, and threatened to fire her after she reported sexual harassment. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has already responded to the allegations, saying in […]
It’s called Arrivo, and it plans to put you—or at least your stuff—in a working hyperloop in just three years. The post A Star Engineer Just Launched His Own Hyperloop Outfit, ‘Arrivo’ appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Enlarge (credit: Uber) On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Uber has hired Mark Moore, a senior research engineer from NASA’s Langley Research Center. Moore will work on the flying-car vision, dubbed Uber Elevate, that Uber outlined in a white paper in October (PDF). Apparently Moore won’t be constructing an actual flying car system just yet but will […]
The Crosby-led Metropolitan division all-stars topped McDavid’s Pacific division squad 4-3, capturing not only the three-on-three affair but a $ 1 million US prize that will be split among the players. CBC | Sports News
Apple is to Tesla what Google is to Uber — at least, when it comes to employee migration. On Friday, Amit Singhal became the latest bright mind to bid adieu to Google and bonjour to black cars. The post Google loses another bright mind to Uber: engineer Amit Singhal appeared first on Digital Trends. Cars–Digital […]
