Ellen Pao will appeal the verdict in her sex discrimination case against former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Business Insider has reported. There’s no indication yet on what grounds the appeal is being filed. In denying her claim, a jury found that the venture capital firm was not motivated by gender discrimination in its refusal to promote her, or to eventually terminate her employment there. Pao, now the interim chief executive officer of Reddit, filed a lawsuit for $16 million against her former employer, where she worked from 2005 to 2012. Pao claimed to be a victim of gender bias for enduring such actions as being…
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Spewing rage online still isn’t a good idea, but it’s not illegal according to new ruling by the US Supreme Court. The Court overturned Anthony Elonis’ conviction for sharing hostile rap lyrics on Facebook, saying online threats must have clear intent to do harm. Elonis had railed against his ex wife, coworkers, children and an FBI agent investigating him via Facebook, sharing what he called “therapeutic” rap lyrics. The overt hostility, according to the Supreme Court, failed to prove that he was actually planning malicious or harmful actions. The 7-2 judgement overturns Elonis’ 44-month prison sentence and three years of probation, and…
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The obvious question was staring me right in the face. When discussing the online learning platform Udacity with its founder Sebastian Thrun — who co-founded Google X — there was one thing I just had to know. I asked Thrun if Udacity’s new Nanodegree program was his personal moonshot. His answer was immediate, sincere and humble: Yes. Nanodegrees aren’t much different than college; the end result of the education is pointing you toward a career. In the case of many Udacity students, it’s a second or third career. Launched late last year, Udacity’s Nanodgree scheme has a lot going for…
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