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Apple Diversifies Board, Elects Former Boeing ExecutiveApple Diversifies Board, Elects Former Boeing Executive
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he is “delighted, but not surprised” by the appointment of the black executive.

By Dawn Chmielewski
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The 26%: Facebook’s Mary Lou Jepsen Says Tech Is Hostile to Women (Video)The 26%: Facebook’s Mary Lou Jepsen Says Tech Is Hostile to Women (Video)
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Why do so many senior women leave tech?

By Rachel Bracker
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Twitter Bias: We Listen When Men Talk Tech and Women Talk DiversityTwitter Bias: We Listen When Men Talk Tech and Women Talk Diversity
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I selected 100 men and 100 women in tech, and analyzed their tweets over an eight-week period.

By Kieran Snyder
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The 26%: Detroit Water Project Co-Founder on the Challenges Black Women Face in Tech (Video)The 26%: Detroit Water Project Co-Founder on the Challenges Black Women Face in Tech (Video)
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What if you’re the only woman in the room -- and the only person of color, too?

By Rachel Bracker
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The 26%: Leading Roboticist Highlights Glass Ceilings, Blatant Misogyny in Tech (Video)The 26%: Leading Roboticist Highlights Glass Ceilings, Blatant Misogyny in Tech (Video)
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“They’re not going to move out of the way, but why should I stop going?”

By Rachel Bracker
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Cloud HR Company Namely Adds a CFO and CTOCloud HR Company Namely Adds a CFO and CTO
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Half of its executive team and two of its three C-level execs are women.

By Arik Hesseldahl
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Twitter Sets Measurable Hiring Goals for Women and MinoritiesTwitter Sets Measurable Hiring Goals for Women and Minorities
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Twitter is publicly sharing its hiring goals for the next year.

By Kurt Wagner
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The 26%: Twitter Engineer Says Tech’s Gender Gap Is Tech’s Fault (Video)The 26%: Twitter Engineer Says Tech’s Gender Gap Is Tech’s Fault (Video)
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“The problem isn’t with women. The problem is with tech.”

By Rachel Bracker
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How Do Tech’s Biggest Companies Compare on Diversity?How Do Tech’s Biggest Companies Compare on Diversity?
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Using the 2014 EEO-1 reports from Twitter, Intel, Facebook and Amazon, we can do a comparison across much of the industry.

By Thomas Ricker
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The 26%: Google X Roboticist Speaks Out on Tech’s Gender Crisis (Video)The 26%: Google X Roboticist Speaks Out on Tech’s Gender Crisis (Video)
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Introducing Re/code’s new video series, “The 26%.”

By Rachel Bracker
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#ILookLikeAnEngineer: What Happens After the Party?#ILookLikeAnEngineer: What Happens After the Party?
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Can a meme maintain momentum?

By Carmel DeAmicis
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Apple Diversity Report Reveals Progress -- But a Long Way to GoApple Diversity Report Reveals Progress -- But a Long Way to Go
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Apple said it hired 65 percent more women, 50 percent more blacks and 66 percent more Latinos in the past year.

By Dawn Chmielewski
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Jesse Jackson Likes HP’s New Post-Split BoardsJesse Jackson Likes HP’s New Post-Split Boards
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Activist Jesse Jackson calls the two boards “the most diverse of any tech company in America.”

By Arik Hesseldahl
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Congressional Black Caucus Calls on Silicon Valley to Improve DiversityCongressional Black Caucus Calls on Silicon Valley to Improve Diversity
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Chief executive officers of Apple and Intel met with the congressional delegation and affirmed their commitments to diversity.

By Dawn Chmielewski
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To Increase Diversity, Tech Firms Must First Rethink Their Strategy on CampusTo Increase Diversity, Tech Firms Must First Rethink Their Strategy on Campus
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Some specific ways in which the private sector can work with universities to nurture a more diverse talent pool.

By Tony Luckett
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Facebook Offers to Help You Fight Your Race and Gender BiasesFacebook Offers to Help You Fight Your Race and Gender Biases
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Facebook isn’t a poster child for diversity, but at least it’s trying.

By Kurt Wagner
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Following Frat Party, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Vows to Make Diversity a Company GoalFollowing Frat Party, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Vows to Make Diversity a Company Goal
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Twitter hopes formal goals will help improve company diversity.

By Kurt Wagner
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‘Speaking Up Didn’t Fix a Damn Thing’: Xoogler Rails at Search Giant on Diversity‘Speaking Up Didn’t Fix a Damn Thing’: Xoogler Rails at Search Giant on Diversity
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The former techie behind the salary transparency spreadsheet offers another scathing series of tweets.

By Mark Bergen
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Open Letter: The 3 Percent ClubOpen Letter: The 3 Percent Club
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“As a female founder, I am writing to share three recommendations with you which, if implemented, may dramatically and immediately start to improve diversity for the technology startup world.”

By Beth Ann Wright
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Facebook Employee Demographics: A Little Less White, a Little Less MaleFacebook Employee Demographics: A Little Less White, a Little Less Male
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Facebook’s employee demographics haven’t changed much from a year ago.

By Kurt Wagner
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Code Conference 2015: Snapchat founder Evan SpiegelCode Conference 2015: Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel
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By Kara Swisher
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Code/Enterprise 2015: Intel SVP Diane BryantCode/Enterprise 2015: Intel SVP Diane Bryant
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By Ina Fried
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President Barack Obama: The Kara Swisher InterviewPresident Barack Obama: The Kara Swisher Interview
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By Kara Swisher
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Ellen Pao Has Some Things to Say (Full Video)Ellen Pao Has Some Things to Say (Full Video)
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Discussed: Likability. Microaggressions and mansplaining. “The pipeline issue.” Unconscious bias. And the diversity officer.

By Kara Swisher
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Twitter’s Costolo and Periscope’s Beykpour on Running Companies Under Pressure (Full Video)Twitter’s Costolo and Periscope’s Beykpour on Running Companies Under Pressure (Full Video)
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At Code, the CEOs of Twitter and Twitter-owned upstart Periscope talked about content ownership and privacy, and the pressure of being a CEO in a volatile industry.

By Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka
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Missed Code Conference? Here Are the Highlights in Three Minutes. (Video)Missed Code Conference? Here Are the Highlights in Three Minutes. (Video)
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The “mad as hell” rant, phosphorus triangles and more.

By James Temple
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BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti and Ben Smith Explain How They Turned a ‘Great Cat Site’ Into a Powerful PublisherBuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti and Ben Smith Explain How They Turned a ‘Great Cat Site’ Into a Powerful Publisher
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BuzzFeed’s main brains say the site still gets lots of traffic from cats -- and dresses -- but is increasingly doing high-impact journalism on multiple platforms.

By Peter Kafka
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Mary Meeker Takes You on a Tour of the 2015 Internet Trends Report (Video)Mary Meeker Takes You on a Tour of the 2015 Internet Trends Report (Video)
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Here’s Meeker’s fast-paced jaunt through her latest massive Internet trends report, on the twentieth anniversary of her first one.

By Liz Gannes
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Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on Diversity, Features for the Olds and More at Code Conference 2015 (Video)Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on Diversity, Features for the Olds and More at Code Conference 2015 (Video)
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Snapchat’s young co-founder and CEO joined the Re/code bosses onstage at Code for a conversation about issues that won’t go away anytime soon.

By Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher
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Google Says 21 Percent of Tech Hires in 2014 Were WomenGoogle Says 21 Percent of Tech Hires in 2014 Were Women
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The technology industry has long been plagued not just by allegations of a gender gap but also by a broad lack of inclusiveness that affects minorities too.

By Reuters
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Tech Leaders Confront the Lack of Diversity at Their Companies (Video)Tech Leaders Confront the Lack of Diversity at Their Companies (Video)
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The typical answer: Not so much.

By James Temple
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How to Solve Tech’s Diversity Problem? Code Speakers, Attendees Weigh In. (Video)How to Solve Tech’s Diversity Problem? Code Speakers, Attendees Weigh In. (Video)
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It’s a problem, but what’s the solution?

By Katherine Boehret
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Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel Talks About Those Emails and Diversity (Video)Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel Talks About Those Emails and Diversity (Video)
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He’s sorry.

By Peter Kafka
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Code (Video)What to Expect When You’re Expecting Code (Video)
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Here are the themes Kara and Walt plan to explore with this year’s speakers.

By James Temple
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Alibaba Plans Star-Studded Women Entrepreneurship ConferenceAlibaba Plans Star-Studded Women Entrepreneurship Conference
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The two-day conference features prominent Chinese female executives as well as American entrepreneurs Arianna Huffington and Jessica Alba.

By Jason Del Rey
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Here’s Jesse Jackson’s Plan for Diversity in Silicon ValleyHere’s Jesse Jackson’s Plan for Diversity in Silicon Valley
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Reverend Jackson on talent, tech and a failure of imagination in Silicon Valley

By Amy Keyishian
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More Code Speakers: Target’s Cornell, Google’s Kordestani, CBS’ MoonvesMore Code Speakers: Target’s Cornell, Google’s Kordestani, CBS’ Moonves
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There are more to come, but here are some great voices onstage at our annual tech and media conference.

By Kara Swisher
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Intel’s Diane Bryant Talks Data Centers and Diversity (Full Video)Intel’s Diane Bryant Talks Data Centers and Diversity (Full Video)
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Also: How dropping f-bombs can advance your career.

By Arik Hesseldahl
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Five Ways Obama’s TechHire Initiative Will Drive Diversity in the IndustryFive Ways Obama’s TechHire Initiative Will Drive Diversity in the Industry
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“It turns out, it doesn’t matter where you learned to code,” Obama said, “it just matters how good you are at writing code. If you can do the job, you should get the job.”

By Vivek Ravisankar
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Diane Bryant Talks About ‘Swearing Like a Sailor’ and Intel’s TransformationDiane Bryant Talks About ‘Swearing Like a Sailor’ and Intel’s Transformation
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Bryant talks about Intel’s transformation from “the Wild West” to a company that is at the forefront of diversity in tech.

By Dawn Chmielewski