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Denise Young Smith, VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Apple has resigned.

Good News

Silas Adekunle—the founder of Reach Robotics—announced that his company will sell its gaming robots at Apple stores.

Good News

Google granted the Hidden Genius Project $1 million to develop a stronger Black male presence in tech.

Biz/Media

African-American publishers have expressed concern that Internet companies are able to engineer the popularity of many types of stories.

For all of the technological progress that they have introduced, Silicon Valley companies like Google have become bastions of White male privilege, where Blacks, Hispanics and women have had a hard time gaining a foot in the door.

Tennis pro Serena Williams is joining the board of online polling service SurveyMonkey in an effort to push for more workplace diversity and inclusion in Silicon Valley.

Nation

The named companies view Trump's order as discriminatory and damaging to industry growth, who rely on talent from around the world.

Nation

Apple’s workforce is still predominately White and male.

Nation

Mourners gathered at St. Paul Cathedral on Thursday to pay their respects to Philando Castile, the 32-year-old Minnesota man who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. During the service, several people who were close to Castile spoke highly of his character. Rev. Steve Daniels Jr. spoke out: “Once again we have the […]

Google.org's decision comes after the Mountain View, California tech giant announced plans this spring to recruit more women and people of color into one of the best paid growth industries in the nation.

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Workplace diversity is about more than simply hiring people from underrepresented groups. Hugh Molotsi, vice president of the Intuit Incubator, says it’s also about being free to be who you are, regardless of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. In an interview at the First Annual Diversity Affluence Brunch in Silicon Valley, in Palo Alto, Calif. earlier this […]