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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

The UK study also revealed that women of all backgrounds and ethnicities make up around 22% (approximately 424,000), compared to 48% of the entire UK workforce, with Black women in particular facing a wide range of obstacles, including discrimination and being accused by colleagues or superiors of being merely ‘diversity hires.’

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Google seems to be giving its Android Tablets division some attention

The Verge

One of Android’s co-founders is now working as CTO of Android Tablets. Miner’s LinkedIn page appears to confirm it, listing his current title as “CTO Android Tablets,” and says he’s been in that role since March, 2021. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. He co-founded Room on Call (now Hotelopedia) in 2015, where he set up the complete technology infrastructure, development, product management, and operations. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. December 2021.

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Oil changes for houses: Startup led by former Expedia director offers regular home maintenance

GeekWire

He is joined by other hospitality and property tech vets: CTO Greg Mushen held the position of Director of Product Management at Expedia, and also served as VP of Product Management at Seattle-based sales startup Outreach. He is also the Founder and CEO of ClearClose, a startup that automates real estate contract compliance.

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Tech Moves: Seattle AI experts join national task force; Boundless co-founder departs; and more

GeekWire

— Oren Etzioni (@etzioni) June 10, 2021. Boundless co-founder and CTO Serdar Sutay has left the Seattle immigration startup. Seattle digital remittance startup Remitly hired Robert Kaskel as EVP of people and appointed National Grid CFO Peggy Smyth to its board of directors. His last day was Friday. Remitly Photos).

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

GeekWire

A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. Clients include the NFL Network, Telemundo, and Major League Baseball, which signed a four-year deal starting in 2021. Sandler, the former CEO of Novas Software, joined OVF in 2010 as an investor.

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Microsoft’s ‘multibillion dollar’ OpenAI investment comes with new level of secrecy

GeekWire

The announcement today also revealed, for the first time, that Microsoft made a follow-on investment in OpenAI in 2021. That investment wasn’t announced at the time, and does not appear to have been previously reported. Microsoft said last week it will soon make ChatGPT available as part of its Azure OpenAI Service.

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