The tech industry has long grappled with an overwhelming lack of diversity among employees, executives, venture-backed founders, venture capital firms and board members. And despite recent efforts to increase diversity throughout the industry, tech still remains predominantly white and male. Over the years, many have argued that the lack of diversity in tech is caused …
Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ is a twisty delight
The new Netflix series “Lupin” is a loose adaptation of the Arséne Lupin stories by Maurice Leblanc, but it’s set in the present day, with a hero who’s inspired by the exploits of Leblanc’s fictional “gentleman thief.” Through flashbacks, we meet Assane Diop (played by Omar Sy) as a young Senegalese immigrant who has recently …
Human Capital: Doing away with the NDA
You’ve landed on Human Capital, a weekly newsletter detailing the latest in diversity, equity, inclusion and labor. Sign up here to receive the newsletter every Friday at 1 p.m. PT. There’s some new legislation that hopes to prevent the use of non-disclosure agreements in workplace situations involving all forms of discrimination and harassment. That would …
Solidatus raises $19.5 million to expand its enterprise data lineage platform
Solidatus, a data management and modelling platform for enterprises, has raised $19.5 million in a series A round of funding.Read More
Unity CFO Kim Jabal interview: Understanding the tradeoff between market share and profits
Unity CFO Kim Jabal explains the need to balance market share and profits, as well as the mission to make everyone a creator.Read More
Scaling AI: The 4 challenges you’ll face
I’ve worked in big data and AI with several organizations. Here’s where I’ve seen them flounder after an enthusiastic start.Read More
Exploring Amazon SageMaker’s new features — Clarify, Pipelines, Feature Store
Are you considering AWS SageMaker for your machine learning hub? Here’s a hands-on look at some key, newly delivered, capabilities.Read More
Exploring Amazon SageMaker’s new features — CloudFormation, Data Wrangler
SageMaker is AWS’s flagship machine learning solution. Here we take a hands-on look at some of its newest features, rolled out in December.Read More
No-code/low-code: Why you should be paying attention
GUEST: We’ve all been hearing the hype lately about low-code and no-code platforms. The promise of no-code platforms is that they’ll make software development just as easy as using Word or PowerPoint so that the average business user can move projects forward without the extra cost (in money and time) of an engineering team. Unlike …
When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis. Here’s what could happen
A decade ago, the Dalai Lama set himself a significant deadline.