92: Why Do Tech Companies Suck at Diversity Hiring and Orgies?

This week on Supercharged we’re talking about Apple missteps, the Zika virus, and why tech companies suck at diversity! Questions/comments? Visit awkwardhuman.com/ask

This week on Supercharged we’re talking about Apple missteps, the Zika virus, and why tech companies suck at diversity! Questions/comments? Visit awkwardhuman.com/ask

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Apple's Safari Browser Is Crashing on iPhones and OS X Due to Search Glitch
Apple’s Safari for iOS and OS X is experiencing a glitch this morning that’s causing the browser to crash for some users when they search through the address bar. The issue appears to be related to search suggestions that usually come from Apple’s servers, which appear to be down.
Apple Recalls Power Adapters That Might Zap You
Today, Apple announced a recall of AC wall plug adapters found in several countries, due to risks of electrical shock.
Facebook Takes On Periscope By Giving Live Streaming To All U.S. iPhoners
Get ready for the big Live streaming showdown. Finally we’ll see who’s approach wins: Twitter and Periscope with a separate app and replays that can only be watched for 24 hours, or Facebook Live with its feature integrated into the popular social network and allowing replays to live on permanently.
Pandora Revamps Its App To Better Compete With Spotify, Apple Music
Pandora today rolled out a series of new features that, again, are aimed at making the streaming music service more competitive with the likes of Spotify and other competitors. As you may recall, the company recently introduced “thumbprint radio” – a way for the service to create a mix of user favorites and recommendations, which seemed a shot against Spotify’s “Discover Weekly” playlist.
Uber wants to be your express delivery service for everything
The company’s next big play to move beyond ride-hailing.
The US Should Expect 'Limited' Outbreaks of the Zika Virus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says outbreaks of the Zika virus are all but inevitable in the US, but that these outbreaks will be limited in scope. At the same time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced an emergency session to address the “explosive spread” of the disease, which has been linked to birth defects.
Google Paid Apple $1 Billion in 2014 to be Default iOS Search Engine
It's common knowledge that Apple and Google have a monetary agreement that ensures Google's position as the default search engine on Apple's iOS devices, but the details of that deal have been kept under wraps, until now. A recent court transcript from Oracle's copyright lawsuit against Google was obtained by Bloomberg and sheds some light on the agreement, suggesting Google pays out a lot of money to keep its search bar on Apple's iPhones and iPads.
iPad Pro's A9X Chip Rivals Performance of Intel's Low-End Core M Processors
AnandTech today published an in-depth iPad Pro review with detailed hardware and software analysis, including an interesting performance comparison between the tablet's dual-core A9X chip and Intel's Core M processors.
Racial and Gender Diversity at Gawker Media
After the announcement that I was being named permanent executive editor of Gawker Media, and after Buzzfeed’s publication of its diversity statistics last month, we received renewed calls internally from editorial staff members for an accounting of the racial and gender diversity of our teams. We have gathered the data, and are publishing them here.
Dropbox Is 2% Black, 5% Hispanic, According To 2015 Diversity Report
Dropbox just released its diversity report for 2015 on the company’s blog, citing some progress around having more women in leadership positions, with 25 percent of the VPs at the company being women, but an overall decline in percentage of women. Last year, Dropbox was 33.9 percent women worldwide. This year, that percentage has dropped to 32 percent worldwide.

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