Four House Democrats have expressed concern after Google fired an engineer who had written an internal memo that many in the media mischaracterized as arguing that women biologically aren’t suited for tech jobs. No, the members of Congress aren’t concerned that James Damore was fired for expressing his opinion inside what he called an “ideological […]
Don’t try to negotiate with kids: you’ll never win. They’re just too cute. And that was exactly the case for this Google employee and his daughter. The tyke penned this letter to his boss hoping to get some free time for her pops. She makes a pretty compelling case! “Dear Google…It is summer, you know.” Elite Daily […]
http://twitter.com/#!/mdrache/status/476768527811366912 TweetDeck users were just minding their own business, when suddenly, all hell broke loose: http://twitter.com/#!/flyoverangel/status/476769197666467841 According to Gizmodo, the issue was “an XSS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code remotely on your computer just by tweeting it out.” Here’s what that looks like: http://twitter.com/#!/mikeBithell/status/476766169907875840 http://twitter.com/#!/DefuseSec/status/476753443734835200 http://twitter.com/#!/einfal/status/476769629067436032 TweetDeck claimed to have fixed the problem: […]
There always seems to be something weird happening with Google Maps, but this one might just take the cake. Earlier this month in Hobson Bay, New Zealand (near the city of Auckland), a cat-shaped road appeared on Google Maps. It gets weirder, but first take a look. There it is. It looks like a pretty […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Jjc1Jerry/status/478292274585931776 Is it ever NOT about politics for The Left? Publisher of “The Nation” Katrina vanden Heuvel somehow twists Father’s Day into a plug for universal Pre-K and burdening small businesses with a paid sick leave mandate. http://twitter.com/#!/KatrinaNation/status/478288141833355264 Sigh. Really? http://twitter.com/#!/dovesfall/status/478289097044140032 Please. Editor’s note: In an earlier version of this post, Katrina vanden Heuvel’s name was […]
If you love to travel, you’ve probably hopped on Google Street View and digitally wandered around famous cities before booking flights. And that’s pretty incredible if you think about it. By mounting cameras on cars, the Google Street View team helps us explore far-flung cities around the world from the comfort of our own homes. […]
Google is now one of the most powerful, influential and far-reaching companies this country (maybe even this planet) has ever produced. We’ve already established that the multi-billion dollar company will be our supreme overlords, so we might as well learn something about them. Here are some crazy interesting facts about the company. Some of this is […]