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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . When racism is built into the technical framework of a company, it perpetuates a false idea that white people are superior to Black people. . But GitHub is by no means the first company to consider and make these changes.

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

socalTECH

For San Diego-based Mob Science (www.mobscience.com), an injection of cash, some key advisors--and a deal with Zynga. Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. We have several openings in our team in Carlsbad.

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Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI

Xconomy

The goal is to create an open platform that deliberates in public, includes views from a broad range of stakeholders, supports unbiased research, and develops a set of best practices for developing and implementing AI technologies. . He does see the opportunity for some broadly applicable frameworks though.