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Racial Bias in Web3, Blockchain Boom in Indian Entreprises: Interview With Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal
Along the sidelines of the recently concluded India Blockchain Week 2024, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal discussed a variety of topics with Gadgets360. In our chat, Nailwal gave us his take on the racial bias allegedly prevalent in the global Web3 arena while also voicing an opinion on India’s Web3 market, Polygon’s future plans, and ur...
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Google Accused of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees in US Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less, and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race.
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Facebook Said to Be Probed by US Agency for 'Systemic' Racial Bias in Hiring, Promotions
A US agency investigating Facebook for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them said.
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George Floyd Was Infected With COVID-19, Autopsy Reveals
George Floyd, whose fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stirred a global outcry over racial bias by US law enforcement, tested positive for the coronavirus, his autopsy showed, but the infection was not listed as a factor in his death.
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US Government Study Finds Racial Bias In Facial Recognition Tools
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology widely used by law enforcement agencies.
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TCS Faces US Jury Over Why It Fires So Many Americans
India's IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. needs to offer a good explanation for why engineers hired at its American outposts are 13 times as likely to be fired if they're not South Asian. The company is set to go on trial Monday in California over racial discrimination claims by American workers who lost their jobs at TCS offices ...
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Former Texas Policeman Jailed For 15 Years For Black Teen's Murder
A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in US policing.
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Starbucks To Shut Over 8,000 US Stores On A May Afternoon. Here's Why
Public outrage over the arrest of two African-American men at a downtown Starbucks sparked a corporate crisis that led the company to take the unprecedented step of announcing it would close more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon in May to train baristas on how to recognize their own racial biases.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
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Racial Bias in Web3, Blockchain Boom in Indian Entreprises: Interview With Polygon’s Sandeep Nailwal
Along the sidelines of the recently concluded India Blockchain Week 2024, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal discussed a variety of topics with Gadgets360. In our chat, Nailwal gave us his take on the racial bias allegedly prevalent in the global Web3 arena while also voicing an opinion on India’s Web3 market, Polygon’s future plans, and ur...
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Google Accused of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees in US Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less, and denies them opportunities to advance because of their race.
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Facebook Said to Be Probed by US Agency for 'Systemic' Racial Bias in Hiring, Promotions
A US agency investigating Facebook for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them said.
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George Floyd Was Infected With COVID-19, Autopsy Reveals
George Floyd, whose fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stirred a global outcry over racial bias by US law enforcement, tested positive for the coronavirus, his autopsy showed, but the infection was not listed as a factor in his death.
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US Government Study Finds Racial Bias In Facial Recognition Tools
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology widely used by law enforcement agencies.
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TCS Faces US Jury Over Why It Fires So Many Americans
India's IT outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. needs to offer a good explanation for why engineers hired at its American outposts are 13 times as likely to be fired if they're not South Asian. The company is set to go on trial Monday in California over racial discrimination claims by American workers who lost their jobs at TCS offices ...
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Former Texas Policeman Jailed For 15 Years For Black Teen's Murder
A white former Texas policeman was jailed on Wednesday for 15 years over the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager in a Dallas suburb last year that fueled a national debate over possible racial bias in US policing.
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Starbucks To Shut Over 8,000 US Stores On A May Afternoon. Here's Why
Public outrage over the arrest of two African-American men at a downtown Starbucks sparked a corporate crisis that led the company to take the unprecedented step of announcing it would close more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon in May to train baristas on how to recognize their own racial biases.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
