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Here’s why we need more diversity in AI

At the Fast Company European Innovation Festival in Milan today, tech executives discussed how artificial intelligence is only as good as the data that trains it.

Here’s why we need more diversity in AI

Salesforce is acquiring data viz company Tableau for $15.7 billion

Is this the biggest acquisition of a data visualization company of all time?

Salesforce is acquiring data viz company Tableau for $15.7 billion

Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?

Admissions officers are increasingly turning to automation and AI with the hope of streamlining the application process and leveling the playing field.

Schools are using software to help pick who gets in. What could go wrong?

Marc Benioff hopes to dent America’s homeless crisis with $30M research project

Salesforce’s co-CEO donates $30 million to create a homelessness research center at the University of California, San Francisco.

Marc Benioff hopes to dent America’s homeless crisis with $30M research project

These are the companies where most U.S. employees want to work

The most sought-after companies today are some of the largest, best known tech organizations.

These are the companies where most U.S. employees want to work

50 women are suing Salesforce for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking

The lawsuit stems from Backpage.com’s use of Salesforce products

50 women are suing Salesforce for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking

Politics are tearing tech companies apart, says new survey

A survey commissioned by a conservative group shows most tech workers identify as moderate, but the findings leave plenty of room for the right or left to argue about bias.

Politics are tearing tech companies apart, says new survey

Why Salesforce, Gap, Bloomberg, and others are teaming up to buy solar

In a new clean energy deal, five companies are pooling their resources to fund a solar project in North Carolina, hopefully paving the way for more companies to collaborate on clean energy investments.

Why Salesforce, Gap, Bloomberg, and others are teaming up to buy solar

Stanford students are vowing not to work at Salesforce over its border patrol deal

Dozens of students have signed a pledge to not intern or work for Salesforce unless it drops its contract with Customs and Border Protection.

Stanford students are vowing not to work at Salesforce over its border patrol deal

This tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessness

The CEO of the booming startup Twilio will put $1 million of company’s money toward alleviating homeless problems, urging other tech leaders to pony up, too.

This tech CEO is offering a $1 million donation to inspire tech companies to help fight homelessness

Silicon Valley voters just demanded that tech companies be responsible for their communities

Three Bay Area cities approved new taxes to help even out the income divide. They may inspire a movement across the state and country.

Silicon Valley voters just demanded that tech companies be responsible for their communities

With the passage of Prop C, San Francisco homeless advocates now have $300 million in new funds

After the landslide victory of the Prop C business tax, San Francisco homeless and housing advocates start planning how to make a difference.

With the passage of Prop C, San Francisco homeless advocates now have $300 million in new funds

Chris Rock and Jewel endorse San Francisco’s tax to help homeless

The comedian and once-homeless musician added star firepower to the controversial $300 million tax to get people off the streets.

Chris Rock and Jewel endorse San Francisco’s tax to help homeless

The dirty political fight to get tech’s richest companies to give less than 1% to the homeless

A ballot initiative that would tax the city’s biggest companies to fund housing services has become an ethical litmus test for technology leaders.

The dirty political fight to get tech’s richest companies to give less than 1% to the homeless

4 steps to prepare your business for a carbon-neutral future

It’s now or never to shift to a low-carbon economy. Businesses need to lead the way. Here’s how.

4 steps to prepare your business for a carbon-neutral future

Marc Benioff just Twitter-shamed Jack Dorsey over San Francisco’s homeless tax plan

Marc Benioff has embraced a proposed business tax to fund housing and homeless programs. Jack Dorsey of taxpayer-funded Twitter has not.

Marc Benioff just Twitter-shamed Jack Dorsey over San Francisco’s homeless tax plan

Salesforce backs new tax to support San Francisco housing

CEO Marc Benioff is first big business leader to support Proposition C, a $300 million per year business tax to fund housing and assist the local homeless population.

Salesforce backs new tax to support San Francisco housing

Immigration activists bring a giant cage to Salesforce convention

The exhibit–first seen at Burning Man–is showing up at the company’s Dreamforce convention to protest its contracts with US Customs and Border Protection.

Immigration activists bring a giant cage to Salesforce convention

Time magazine sold to Salesforce founder Marc Benioff

Meredith said that the Benioffs would not be involved in the editorial decisions of the magazine.

Time magazine sold to Salesforce founder Marc Benioff

Why RAICES just refused a $250,000 donation from Salesforce

The nonprofit helping families separated at the Texas border is refusing to accept Salesforce’s money until it ends its contract with the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Why RAICES just refused a $250,000 donation from Salesforce

Impact

This new basic income experiment will give money to both rich and poor

If we put the chargers in the right places, we can get more people into electric cars

London’s poorest neighborhoods have deadly pollution levels. These new sensors will explain why

News

Innovation By Design

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here—and so are the memes

Burger King’s Whopper turns 64: Grab one for 37 cents this week

Now you can buy your kid a Tesla: the $1,900 electric Cyberquad four-wheeler

Co.Design

4 reasons why museums are steering clear of the NFT craze

Lego turns its iconic pieces into supersized wooden home accessories

These bug hotels could bring biodiversity back to cities

Work Life

5 strategies for retaining a valued employee who’s thinking about leaving

5 signs that you should pass up that new job offer

Tulsa paid people $10k to move there and work remotely. Here’s how it worked out