Microsoft made headlines on Monday afternoon with updated workforce statistics, but a federal report the company quietly published at the same time sheds even more light on the diversity within its ranks. The… Read More
The number of women employed by Microsoft has dropped from 29 percent to 26.8 percent of the company’s workforce since 2014, standing in stark contrast to the more-inclusive employee base that the… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella welcomed a group of teachers to the company’s Redmond, Wash., campus on Monday morning, talking to them about the ways Microsoft products can be used in… Read More
Women’s workplace problems aren’t just women’s problems. Those issues affect everyone and especially the economic bottom line. That’s one of the key points from Seattle-based journalist Ruchika Tulshyan’s new book… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be returning to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference again this week, but don’t expect him to make quite the splash he… Read More
Whether it’s marriage equality, legalizing marijuana or addressing the growing gap between rich and poor, we Seattleites like to think of ourselves as national leaders on progressive issues. But our… Read More
A former Microsoft security program manager alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that the company’s employee review system discriminates against women in performance evaluations, compensation and promotions. “Microsoft’s company-wide policies and practices… Read More
Twitter raised the bar for the conversation around diversity in the technology industry on Friday, not just releasing its own women and minority statistics — but publicly setting goals for… Read More
The Portland Development Commission today launched a new $3 million fund that will invest in startups founded by underrepresented groups. The PDC, which runs city’s economic development agency, already has… Read More
Microsoft announced an update to its Law Firm Diversity Program on Tuesday as it narrows its focus on bringing more minorities into the upper ranks of the law firms it hires.… Read More
There are plenty of people working on a way to increase the diversity of the tech community. From coding scholarships for minorities and increased computer science education in underprivileged schools to angel investors… Read More
Jesse Jackson, meet Jeff Bezos. The civil rights activist, continuing his push for diversity in the tech industry, is planning to attend Amazon’s shareholders meeting in Seattle on Wednesday morning,… Read More
Apple is putting more of its money where its mouth is when it comes to building a more diverse workforce for the tech industry. Denise Young-Smith, the company’s head of… Read More
Facebook has tweaked the gender options available on the social network so that people who don’t conform to a traditional male/female gender binary can have a profile that better matches… Read More
The wacky world of emoji may be getting more diverse, if a new beta versions of Apple’s operating systems are any indication. People who are registered for the company’s iOS and OS… Read More
LAS VEGAS — CES is in full swing, and we’re back with another video recap from the GeekWire team, this time from a bar in the Bellagio hotel. We recap the big… Read More
More tech companies are starting to release information about the demographics of their workforces, but not every firm is interested in opening up as much as some might want. It’s… Read More
The technology industry is the next frontier for civil rights, Rev. Jesse Jackson told hundreds who came to hear his speech at the University of Washington Tuesday night. The message:… Read More
The Rev. Jesse Jackson uses an old-fashioned cell phone and readily acknowledges that he isn’t a technology expert. But he believes, based on his decades of experience, that greater diversity would boost the tech… Read More
Former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson has taken tech companies to task in recent months, encouraging them to release data about workforce diversity. Things heated up so much in early September,… Read More
Jesse Jackson’s request has been fulfilled. Nearly two months after the civil rights activist asked Amazon to disclose the gender and racial makeup of its workforce, the Seattle online retail… Read More
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter all have released data about the diversity of their workforces in recent months. But there’s been one big hold out: Amazon.com. Now, Rev. Jesse Jackson… Read More
Looking over the diversity data released by major tech companies over the past several months paints a bleak picture of gender equality in the tech industry, as illustrated by this… Read More
A firestorm erupted earlier this month after CNN’s Soledad O’Brien questioned blogger-turned-venture capitalist Michael Arrington and others about why more black entrepreneurs don’t receive venture capital financing in Silicon Valley. While… Read More