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CEO compensation at the top 350 U.S. firms dipped in 2022 but remains enormous compared with the pay of other, even highly compensated…
Economic Policy Institute| September 21, 2023
More than a dozen of the largest corporations in America are joining an effort to prevent artificial intelligence software used by human resources departments from...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 10, 2021
Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claims he invented bitcoin, was told by a U.S. jury to pay $100 million in damages over claims that he cheated...Bloomberg From ACM Careers | December 7, 2021
MIT senior Max Williamson could have chosen a path toward Silicon Valley, but instead is using his background in computer science to tackle public policy issues...MIT News From ACM Careers | December 2, 2021
Scientific institutions worldwide need to do more to improve workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to Nature's 2021 salary and job satisfaction...Nature From ACM Careers | November 30, 2021
McMaster University Library is offering an online research guide to help the research community spot predatory publishers or conferences.
McMaster University From ACM Careers | November 29, 2021
Asking job candidates about previous pay when recruiting contributes to the gender pay gap by replicating pay gaps from other organizations, according to a study...BBC From ACM Careers | November 19, 2021
OpenStax and 12 collaborators have received $1.13 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to create three free, openly licensed textbooks for computer...Campus Technology From ACM Careers | November 17, 2021
A bill passed by the New York City Council will require providers of AI-assisted employment tools to have those systems evaluated each year and the results provided...Protocol From ACM Careers | November 16, 2021
Toughened visa requirements for Chinese graduate students and postgraduate researchers are squeezing the flow of talent to U.S. universities.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | November 4, 2021
Teachers in Chicago Public Schools are prohibited from using Scratch, Code.org, and Adobe software in classrooms due to the district's interpretation of a new student...Chicago Sun-Times From ACM Careers | November 3, 2021
Half of women in tech feel the industry is a boys club, but more than 60% see signs of progress in spite of that, according to a new study from AnitaB.org.
CNET From ACM Careers | October 26, 2021
In 1963, the British government decided to make the world's most powerful computer. The manufacturer, Ferranti, asked would-be buyers to send their best programmers...Ann Moffatt From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2021
LinkedIn will shut the version of its professional-networking site that operates in China, the latest chapter in the struggle Western Internet companies have faced...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 14, 2021
Smartphone sensor data might be able to determine if a person is intoxicated after consuming marijuana, according to a new study.
Rutgers University From ACM Careers | September 27, 2021
An IT supervisor is accused of hiding 46 devices used for mining cryptocurrency in Suffolk County offices, costing the county thousands of dollars in electricity...The New York Times From ACM Careers | September 10, 2021
A bill passed by the California Assembly would challenge Amazon's algorithm-driven warehouse culture.
Los Angeles Times From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2021
Apple said it had made major concessions, but a closer examination suggests that the tech giant and the app makers' lawyers were big winners.
The New York Times From ACM Careers | August 30, 2021
The ability to discover and experience world building is a relatively unique privilege afforded to computer programmers.
Andrew Sorensen From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2021
International students make up 72% of full-time graduate students in computer and information science at U.S. universities, though their enrollment numbers are...Forbes From ACM Careers | August 23, 2021
Twitter has enrolled external researchers in a algorithm bias bounty competition to find hidden biases in its own algorithms.
ZDNet From ACM Careers | August 13, 2021