[ NNSquad ] Alt-Right Activists Call for Google Boycott After Employee Is Fired for Anti-Diversity Paper

Alt-Right Activists Call for Google Boycott After Employee Is Fired for Anti-Diversity Paper http://gizmodo.com/alt-right-activists-call-for-google-boycott-after-emplo-1797623429 Some of the most caustic voices have said that "only Jews use" Google now. - - - I've been trying

[ NNSquad ] Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science

Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/07/silicon-valley-weapon-choice-women-google-manifesto-gender-difference-eugenics?CMP=share_btn_gp Bad science routinely slips through the cracks. Occasionally it r

[ NNSquad ] Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science

Silicon Valley's weapon of choice against women: shoddy science https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/07/silicon-valley-weapon-choice-women-google-manifesto-gender-difference-eugenics?CMP=share_btn_gp Bad science routinely slips through the cracks. Occasionally it r

[ NNSquad ] Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo

Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/08/julian-assange-offers-job-fired-google-employee-wrote-anti-diversity/ Julian Assange has offered the Google employee who was fired for writing an anti-diver

[ NNSquad ] Fired Google Engineer Will Have a Tough Time Making Legal Case He's the Victim

Fired Google Engineer Will Have a Tough Time Making Legal Case He's the Victim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/fired-googler-faces-headwinds-making-legal-case-he-s-the-victim What's more, firing Damore may have kept Google on the right side of the law, if the c

[ NNSquad ] The Google "Manifestbro" sexism controversy

The Google "Manifestbro" sexism controversy https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/Vdv1ox64fw2 I can't even begin to explain how incredibly depressing this whole Google Manifestbro sexist ex-Googler story is, especially at this point in my life. Google absolutely did the right thing in

[ NNSquad ] VPN Provider Accused of Sharing Customer Traffic With Online Advertisers

VPN Provider Accused of Sharing Customer Traffic With Online Advertisers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/vpn-provider-accused-of-sharing-customer-traffic-with-online-advertisers/ On Monday, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) -- a US-based privacy group -

[ NNSquad ] Suspected sextortionist hiding behind Tor is outed by booby-trapped video

Suspected sextortionist hiding behind Tor is outed by booby-trapped video https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/how-the-fbi-used-a-booby-trapped-video-to-id-a-sextortion-suspect-on-tor/ As set forth in the search warrant application presented to Judge Lynch, the FBI was aut

[ NNSquad ] The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time

The Guy Who Invented Those Annoying Password Rules Now Regrets Wasting Your Time http://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-invented-those-annoying-password-rules-now-1797643987 The man in question is Bill Burr, a former manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I

[ NNSquad ] Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer's Manifesto

Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer's Manifesto https://www.wired.com/story/internal-messages-james-damore-google-memo Damore's treatise invited derision internally as well. At one point on Friday, on a thread titled "Why the focus on sex instea

[ NNSquad ] Glen Campbell dies at 81

Glen Campbell dies at 81 http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81 Glen Campbell, the indelible voice behind 21 Top 40 hits including "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Wichita Lineman" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," died Tuesday. He was 81. A rep for

[ NNSquad ] Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out

Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/technology/google-engineer-fired-gender-memo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss For a company steeped in a rich history of encouraging unconventional thinking, the problem was not that he expressed

[ NNSquad ] Sexists and racists crawling out from under their rocks

Sexists and racists crawling out from under their rocks https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/dZqQKZ6QADu A lot of closet sexists and racists are crawling out from under their rocks and exposing themselves to me in emails, in the wake of the Googler firing. Keep it up, I save it all. -

[ NNSquad ] WashPost: Decoding the ancient logic of the Google Bro

WashPost: Decoding the ancient logic of the Google Bro https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/08/08/decoding-the-ancient-logic-of-the-google-bro/ What Damore did not have of course, was the permanent right to a job at Google. The tech giant fired him for viol

[ NNSquad ] Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, "Sexist" Skit While at Harvard for which Administration Issued Formal Apology

Fired Google Memo Writer Took Part in Controversial, "Sexist" Skit While at Harvard for which Administration Issued Formal Apology http://gizmodo.com/fired-google-memo-writer-took-part-in-controversial-s-1797658885 According to emails provided to Gizmodo, Andrew Murray and Tim M

[ NNSquad ] Internet Archive blocked by government of India

Internet Archive blocked by government of India https://www.medianama.com/2017/08/223-india-blocks-access-internet-archive-wayback-machine/ --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https:/

[ NNSquad ] Could voting fraud panel create an easy target for hackers?

Could voting fraud panel create an easy target for hackers? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/could-voting-fraud-panel-create-an-easy-target-for-hackers/2017/08/09/122fc09c-7cbf-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html Officials from both parties had a consistent answer last year