1. #MeToo Sparks Barriers for Women LeanIn.org released a survey on Friday highlighting findings of women in the workplace following the aftermath of the #MeToo movement. Lean In, a women’s self-em…
College Board Adds SAT Diversity Score
1. College Board Adds SAT Diversity Score Yesterday, The College Board added a program to the SAT that takes an adversity score into account when reviewing applicants. The goal is to factor in cult…
FCC Ready for Phone Companies to Block Robocalls
1. FCC Ready for Phone Companies to Block Robocalls If you’re affected, like a majority of us, by 10-15 spammy robocalls on a daily basis, refusing to ever pick up the phone to an unknown number, t…
Lyft and Uber Shares Fall after Uber’s IPO Debut
1. Lyft & Uber Shares Nosedive Last Friday, Uber went public on the New York Stock Exchange, debuting as one of the biggest IPOs ever. In response, Uber Technologies Inc shares fell as much as …
Uber Has One of the Biggest IPOs of All Time
1. Uber Has One of the Biggest IPOs Uber has finally joined the big boys on Wall Street as they went public today, trading under the ticker symbol “UBER”, making this feat one of the largest IPOs i…
Uber and Lyft Go on Strike
1. Uber and Lyft Go on Strike Early this morning, Uber and Lyft drivers went on a two-hour strike across the world from New York City and Los Angeles to Canada and the UK. Uber drivers striking out…
Pornhub to Buy Tumblr?
1. Pornhub to Buy Tumblr? Tumblr has been all over the place recently. In 2013, Yahoo purchased Tumblr for $1.1B, and Verizon decided to take ownership in 2017 after the value plummeted to $230M. A…
Google Introduces Auto-Delete Feature
1. Google Introduces Auto-Delete Feature While Google has spent years insisting that users are in control of their privacy, it’s never given users a way to wipe old data automatically. That’s about…
Chase’s #MondayMotivation Tweet Backfires
1. Chase’s #MondayMotivation Backfires The start of the week is often a good time to get inspired and motivated, but Chase Bank’s attempt at #MondayMotivation has many of its customers motivated to…
McDonald’s Recruits #AARP Members
1. McDonald’s Recruits #AARP Members For the first time in nearly two decades, the number of available jobs has surpassed the number of available workers, therefore, McDonald’s, like many others, i…