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Adam Neumann, Kimberly Bryant and the importance of nuance

The return was a white man who misled investors and employees. The ousted was a Black woman who founded a nonprofit to diversify the coding world. If that’s where the analysis stops, it’s a disser

A startup is charging $1.99 for strings of text to feed to DALL-E 2

Figuring out the right text prompts to yield the best results with AI systems like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 has become a science in its own right. Now a startup is looking to let “prompt engineer

VC Joe Lonsdale’s tweets about ‘woke’ tech diversity spark investor pushback

Last week, in response to a Black entrepreneur who said VCs are racist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale attributed disparities in venture capital investing to “average black culture

Medium sees more employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture memo’

DoD Inspector General report finds everything was basically hunky-dory with JEDI cloud contract bid

While controversy has dogged the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract since its earliest days, a report by the DoD’s Inspector General’s Office concluded today that, while there were som

Slapfight over the Steve's health status

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/steve_jobs2.jpg" /> So Giz posted earlier saying that the real reason for the MacWorld pullout was that <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5120

CrunchArcade: Resident Evil 5 producer confirms African setting, pays no mind to racist accusation

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Mass Effect begins conversation on sex and video games

[photopress:masseffect.jpg,full,center] You’re probably familiar with the manufactured controversy surrounding Mass Effect, with misinformed pundits lampooning its graphic sex acts. You know, th

Manhunt 2 launches tomorrow amid controversy

How appropriate that Rockstar will be launching Manhunt 2 tomorrow during Halloween. The game has been under fire for months due to its extremely violent content. It was even banned in the UK and rece