Slashdot is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror

Submission + - Google agrees to pay $28m in racial bias lawsuit (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: Google has agreed to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle a lawsuit that claimed white and Asian employees were given better pay and career opportunities than workers from other ethnic backgrounds, a law firm representing claimants says.

The technology giant confirmed it had "reached a resolution" but rejected the allegations made against it.

The case filed in 2021 by former Google employee, Ana Cantu, said workers from Hispanic, Latino, Native American and other backgrounds started on lower salaries and job levels than their white and Asian counterparts.

The settlement has been given preliminary approval by Judge Charles Adams of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in California.

The case brought by Ms Cantu against Google relied on a leaked internal document, which allegedly showed that employees from some ethnic backgrounds reported lower compensation for similar work.

The practice of basing starting pay and job level on prior salaries reinforced historical race and ethnicity-based disparities, according to Ms Cantu's lawyers.

The class action lawsuit was filed for at least 6,632 people who were employed by Google between 15 February 2018 and 31 December 2024, according to Reuters news agency.

Submission + - Overseas universities see opportunity in U.S. 'brain drain' (science.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: When Emma saw a posting for a faculty position in the University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy late last year, she thought she’d found her dream job. The early-career chemist, who asked not to use her real name so as not to jeopardize her current role, had already moved from Europe to the United States and was committed to staying.

But by the time she’d cleared the application process and was negotiating for equipment and personnel, she started to have major reservations. “Every day I would see news articles on federal workers who were let go, funds being withheld unless [diversity, equity, and inclusion] initiatives were shut down, and speculation on whether the Department of Education was going to be abolished,” she says. She worried about a lack of future funding, and about ricocheting effects on universities, students, and staff. Last month, “I decided to withdraw my candidacy despite being offered everything I needed,” she says.

Emma now plans to move back to Europe. She’s not alone: Universities around the world have reported seeing an uptick in applications from U.S.-based researchers, who face an increasingly uncertain climate under President Donald Trump’s administration. And some countries and their institutions are already looking to use the opportunity to attract new talent and reverse the steady migration of scientists to the U.S. in recent decades.

Submission + - VW's Cheapest EV Is First To Use Rivian Software (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Volkswagen’s ultra-cheap EV called the ID EVERY1 — a small four-door hatchback revealed Wednesday — will be the first to roll out with software and architecture from Rivian, according to a source familiar with the new model. The EV is expected to go into production in 2027 with a starting price of 20,000 euros ($21,500). A second EV called the ID.2all, which will be priced in the 25,000 euro price category, will be available in 2026. Both vehicles are part of the automaker’s new category of electric urban front-wheel-drive cars that are being developed under the “Brand Group Core” that makes up the volume brands in the VW Group. And both vehicles are for the European market.

The EVERY1 will be the first to ship with Rivian’s vehicle architecture and software as part of a $5.8 billion joint venture struck last year between the German automaker and U.S. EV maker. The ID.2all is based on the E3 1.1 architecture and software developed by VW’s software unit Cariad. VW didn’t name Rivian in its reveal Wednesday, although there were numerous nods to next-generation software. Kai Grunitz, member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management responsible for technical development, noted it would be the first model in the entire VW Group to use a “fundamentally new, particularly powerful software architecture.” “This means the future entry-level Volkswagen can be equipped with new functions throughout its entire life cycle,” he said. “Even after purchase of a new car, the small Volkswagen can still be individually adapted to customer needs.”

Submission + - Steam on a $100 ARM Single Board Computer (interfacinglinux.com)

Submitted by VennStone
VennStone writes: There's no shortage of videos showing Steam running on expensive ARM SBCs with discrete GPUs, so I thought it would be worthwhile to make a guide for doing it on (relatively) inexpensive RK3588-powered SBCs, using Box86/64 and Armbian.

Slashdot Top Deals

The person who's taking you to lunch has no intention of paying.

Close