Sexist Comments Spark Outrage at Major Astronomy Festival
A panelist at Starmus said he trusts Siri with a “male” voice. Continue reading Sexist Comments Spark Outrage at Major Astronomy Festival
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Sexist Comments Spark Outrage at Major Astronomy Festival
A panelist at Starmus said he trusts Siri with a “male” voice. Continue reading Sexist Comments Spark Outrage at Major Astronomy Festival
How ‘Injustice 2’ Advances the Visual Design of Its Female Characters
Are we scratching our way out of the uncanny valley? Continue reading How ‘Injustice 2’ Advances the Visual Design of Its Female Characters
The ‘Hidden Figures’ of NASA’s Early Years and the Woman Who Told Their Story
Motherboard talks to author Margot Lee Shetterly about the legacy of pioneering black women mathematicians who helped NASA win the Space Race. Continue reading The ‘Hidden Figures’ of NASA’s Early Years and the Woman Who Told Their Story
The White House Wants To End Racism In Artificial Intelligence
Can education fix AI’s fairness problem? Continue reading The White House Wants To End Racism In Artificial Intelligence
To Make AI Less Biased, Give It a Worldview
Can “fairness” be expressed in numbers? Continue reading To Make AI Less Biased, Give It a Worldview
IT security girl hits back at sexist trolls on LinkedIn
UK IT security firm Foursys writes:
Should we police or dictate how our employees dress? Should we only allow them to represent our brand if they have a specific body type or sense of style?
What about internet commenters or trolls? Is it ok for them to bombard our employees with abuse?
The reason they are asking is after Jayde, one of their sales executives, appeared in a harmless social media post on LinkedIn – celebrating that the firm now had 500 followers on the professional social network.
The response on LinkedIn was ghastly, with many offensive, derogatory and often sexual comments made towards Jayde.
Jayde, however, has stood up to the bullies – making her own brave video response where she details some of the abuse she received.
“For all of those who say that I know nothing about IT security: Shame on you. I know more than 99% of people you’d meet on the street. I can tell you what a denial-of-service attack is, how SQL injection works, and how to your protect against ransomware. To be perfectly clear: Bullying and shaming people because of the way that they look or how they choose to dress is nasty, and I am not just going to take it — and neither should you.”
Hear hear.
I find it extraordinary that some people would make such hurtful and mean remarks… and particularly dumb that so many did so on LinkedIn, which details their real names, jobs and places of employment.
Seriously, the IT security world needs to grow up and stop thinking that women can be treated in such an appalling way.
Watch Jayde’s video response to the cyber-bullies on YouTube, and read more in Foursys’s blog post.
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Could a Bot Replace a Journalist? Not Without Some Problems
We’re a long ways from a robot becoming the next great American novelist. But Articoolo, an Israeli startup, hopes to get ’bots writing more than ever. Continue reading Could a Bot Replace a Journalist? Not Without Some Problems
VR Needs to Be Pleasurable for Women Before VR Porn Can Be
Virtual reality is designed for men. Continue reading VR Needs to Be Pleasurable for Women Before VR Porn Can Be
The CIA Tried to Recruit Women With These ‘Empowering’ Posters
Women are “intimidated by the secretive, aloof image of the CIA and do not understand anything about the internal environment of the agency or the agency’s culture,” apparently. Continue reading The CIA Tried to Recruit Women With These ‘Empowering’ Posters