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Tumblr’s Head of Culture and Fashion shares the platform's most curious subcultures
Valentine Uhovski started his career as an editor and journalist, and has written for the likes of The Wall Street Journal and Interview Russia. He's now in his eighth year manning the helm of Tumblr's Culture and Fashion verticals. Since joining, he's helped to foster and shape ...
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‘Pay parity has worsened’ – especially for women of color in tech
Next Wednesday, April 10th at 12:00 to 1:00pm (Pacific), Wilkerson and Copeland-Carson are joining us to host a TNW Answers ...
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NPR's Invisibilia podcast deals with the invisible forces that shape who we are
Earlier this month, Invisibilia celebrated its fifth birthday. As one of NPR's most popular podcasts, it deals with the invisible forces behind why we do what we do, think what we think, feel how we feel, and believe what we believe. And despite tackling serious topics — its ...
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'Broad Band' is the best book we’ve read on women in computing
To those unfamiliar with computing history, the world's first general-purpose computer was the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Made public in 1946, this 30-ton "giant brain" had a military purpose — it was created to help the US Army calculate artillery fire. The ...
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TNW2019 Daily: Our conference is your canvas
There are only 55 days left until our tech conference! Our CEO Boris gave me a shoutout in his weekly newsletter (yay), and said that he gets anxious when he reads the countdown on my articles. Don't worry, Boris, we got this – because every year, TNW2019 is a roaring success. On ...
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Ask TNW's founders ANYTHING about our Financial Times deal
By now, you might have heard the news that TNW has sold a majority stake to the — and we don’t use this word lightly ...
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Here are the 11 female-led podcasts you should be listening to
According to a report by PwC, podcasts made well over $600 million in 2018 — and the golden age is yet to come. PwC further projects the industry's revenue will move past the nine-figure benchmark by 2022. As with any promisingly lucrative industry, it's both interesting and ...
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How Alphabet's Jigsaw think tank is fighting radicalization online
Jigsaw — a unit within Alphabet — is one of the most important projects working towards countering cyber attacks, censorship, and online extremism. Using AI and machine learning, Jigsaw is tackling political challenges with technology, not policy. One of their most recent ...
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Meet the man archiving the internet
Back in 1996 when the internet was primitive, a couple of San Francisco-based engineers were looking to solve the problem ...
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Venture capital is really male and really really white — Arlan Hamilton wants to fix it
Arlan Hamilton, CEO and founder of Backstage Capital, wants to see more color in venture capital. Backstage focuses on ...
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Celebrities accused of harassment won't be forgotten, thanks to this Chrome extension
Back in October 2017, Tarana Burke's #MeToo went viral, empowering women and survivors of sexual harassment and abuse all ...
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4 entrepreneurs share how they define success
What does success mean? For some, it means creating an app that finally works or funding their dream project. For others, ...
