SAP surrenders to US and drops diversity programmes
Vows to keep women out of top management
The German maker of expensive management software, which no one really knows what it does, SAP, has axed its 40 per cent female workforce quota, according to a leaked internal memo.
Alphabet shouts down employee attempts to hire more women and ethnic minorities
We want the right men for the job
Alphabet shareholders, including top executives, voted down several proposals from employees calling for diversity goals at the company.
UK wants tech companies to sign a diversity charter
Already 150 have agreed
The UK government wants tech giants to commit to interviewing more women for new roles, amid widespread concerns over the lack of diversity in the technology industry.
Google software engineer calls for end to diversity
We should hire white guys with diverse ideas instead
A senior software engineer at Google has opened a can of worms by calling for the company to abandon it diversity initiatives in favour of “ideological diversity”.
Intel plans to make things more equal
Chippy til the last
Next week Intel will once again bring its Intel Developer Forum (IDF) to the world, with screaming, sorry streaming coverage.
Apple is mostly white blokes
Press pretends it is otherwise
The Tame Apple Press is doing its best to spin a story about how diverse Apple is after the company admitted it was mostly populated by white men.