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Google to pay $118 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
The lawsuit first emerged in 2017 after three women filed a complaint accusing the company of underpaying female workers in violation of California’s Equal Pay Act, citing a wage gap of around $17,000. The complaint also alleges Google locks women into lower career tracks, leading to less pay and lower bonuses when compared to their male counterparts.
Google places engineer on leave after he claims group’s chatbot is “sentient”
At issue is whether Google’s chatbot, LaMDA—a Language Model for Dialogue Applications—can be considered a person.
New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function
The data are available for other scientists to use. “It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research,” says Weissman, who is also a member of the Whitehead Institute and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Goodbye, Internet Explorer
Microsoft has announced the retirement of 27-year-old Internet Explorer as the firm's oldest browser will be completely phased out from June 15.
Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?
It’s important we don’t lose sight of the issue it highlighted: that things can easily get convoluted and less efficient if we prioritize one particular device - any device - over others.