Uber fires 20 staff after harassment investigation
On June 7, 2017 by ZanderImage copyright Getty Images Uber has fired more than 20 people, and is taking other actions against staff, after a harassment investigation. The taxi-app firm said the sackings related to sexual harassment, bullying and issues about poor company culture. Uber has been under fire over its treatment of women staff since a former employee wrote
Donald Trump undermines his lawyers’ case for the travel ban
On June 7, 2017 by ZanderON THE eve of the Iowa caucuses in January 2016, following a string of controversial statements, Donald Trump marvelled at his political resilience. “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody”, he said, “and I wouldn’t lose voters”. But the president’s preternatural ability to shed fallout from his own words may
BrandPost: Network Automation Confessions of a Support Engineer
On June 6, 2017 by ZanderIn 1994 and 1995 it was Boyz II Men, Pulp Fiction, and the TV show Friends. I was working as a network technical support engineer, and my team had two key accounts for which we were on the hook, 24×7. One was a large financial institution, and the other was a big healthcare organization. Both kept us
Professor Who Defended Bill Maher Replaces Sen. Al Franken As ‘Real Time’ Guest
On June 6, 2017 by ZanderGeorgetown University sociology professor and author Michael Eric Dyson will replace Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” after a controversy surrounding a racial slur. A spokesperson for Sen. Franken told HuffPost Monday that the senator would not attend, given the backlash over host Bill Maher’s use of “n****r” last
Trump Will Nominate ‘Torture Memo’ Lawyer To Transportation Post
On June 6, 2017 by ZanderWASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump will nominate a former George W. Bush administration official who authored legal memos authorizing interrogation techniques widely regarded as torture for a job in the Trump administration. Steven G. Bradbury, the former acting head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, will be nominated general counsel to the Transportation Department,
Harvard bars students for posting ‘obscene memes’
On June 6, 2017 by ZanderImage copyright Getty Images Image caption Harvard administrators asked students to explain their contributions to the chat group “Obscene” memes posted on a private Facebook page have cost 10 students their place at Harvard, reports the college’s newspaper. The students posted messages joking about child abuse, sexual assault, paedophilia and the Holocaust. Members of the
RBS reaches settlement with shareholders
On June 6, 2017 by ZanderImage copyright Getty Images RBS has finally reached a £200m settlement with investors who say they were duped into handing £12bn to the bank during the financial crisis. The RBS Shareholders Action Group has voted to accept a 82p a share offer. The amount is below the 200p-230p a share that investors paid during the
Qatar row: Economic impact threatens food, flights and football
On June 5, 2017 by ZanderImage copyright Reuters Image caption Do clouds hang over the country’s airline and broader economy? Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Yemen and the Maldives have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. But what might this mean for Qatar’s economy and people doing business there? With a population of about 2.7 million people,
The case for building a wall to keep Canadians out
On June 5, 2017 by ZanderAARON HEITKE, who heads the border patrol in Grand Forks, North Dakota, would like the federal government to send more money his way. Just over 2,000 agents patrol America’s northern border, compared with 17,000 down south. Mr Heitke wants some of them to come up and lend a hand. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democratic senator from
Data in, intelligence out: Machine learning pipelines demystified
On June 5, 2017 by ZanderIt’s tempting to think of machine learning as a magic black box. In goes the data; out come predictions. But there’s no magic in there—just data and algorithms, and models created by processing the data through the algorithms. If you’re in the business of deriving actionable insights from data through machine learning, it helps for
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