Welcome back to Human Capital, a weekly newsletter that looks at the latest in diversity and inclusion in tech, as well as labor. This week, Google made headlines a couple […]
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Back to news home3 ways the pandemic is transforming tech spending
Eric Tan Contributor Eric Tan is Senior Vice President of IT and Business Services Coupa, a leader in business spend management and a former Battery portfolio company. Scott Goering Contributor […]
Enter new markets and embrace a distributed workforce to grow during a pandemic
Sarah Cole Contributor Sarah Cole is a senior associate in Taylor Wessing’s Silicon Valley office. She advises mostly North American technology and life sciences companies on their investments into the […]
Google’s co-lead of Ethical AI team says she was fired for sending an email
Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher and voice in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, says Google fired her for an email she sent to her direct reports. According to […]
VCs who want better outcomes should use data to reduce founder team risk
Janneke Niessen Contributor VCs expect the companies they invest in to use data to improve their decision-making. So why aren’t they doing that when evaluating startup teams? Sure, venture capital […]
Google faces complaint from NLRB alleging surveillance of employees and other labor violations
The National Labor Relations Board today issued a complaint against Google after investigating the firing of several employees last November. The complaint alleges Google violated parts of the National Labor […]
Human Capital: Uber’s Black employee base shrinks
Welcome back to Human Capital, where I break down the latest in diversity, equity and inclusion, and labor in tech. TL;DR: This week, Apple announced its third head of diversity […]
Facebook content moderators demand safer working conditions
A group of more than 200 Facebook content moderators are demanding the tech company “stop needlessly risking moderators’ lives,” they wrote in an open letter to Facebook and the company’s […]
Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry
Allison Xu Contributor Allison Xu is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures, where she focuses on investments in the fintech and property tech sectors. In the wake of COVID-19 this […]
Human Capital: Amazon and CZI face labor disputes as Biden promises gig workers better protections
Welcome back to Human Capital. In this week’s edition of HC, you’ll read about the latest labor struggles at Amazon and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, President-Elect Joe Biden’s promises to […]