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Programmed Inequality

How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing

by Mar Hicks ...

Series series History of Computing
This “sobering tale of the real consequences of gender bias” explores how Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women (Harvard Magazine)In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all ... Read more

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This “sobering tale of the real consequences of gender bias” explores how Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women (Harvard Magazine)In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all
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Life Insurance for Content Creators

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Content creators, such as YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, and social media influencers, rely heavily on their ability to create content and engage with their audience to generate income. Their personal brand and online presence are often their primary source of revenue. However, many content creators overlook the importance of protecting their income and their loved ones in the event of an ... Read more

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Content creators, such as YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters, and social media influencers, rely heavily on their ability to create content and engage with their audience to generate income. Their personal brand and online presence are often their primary source of revenue. However, many content creators overlook the importance of protecting their income and their loved ones in the event of an
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Your Computer Is on Fire

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Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the ... Read more

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Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley-led technophilia. This book trains a spotlight on the
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Queens of Code

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by Eileen Buckholtz ...

Series series Labor and Technology
The stories of America’s unsung computing women, brought out of the shadows and into their rightful place in the history of technology.The dearth of women in our histories of technology cannot be overstated. In Queens of Code, author and one of the female pioneers of computer science Eileen Buckholtz aims to set the record straight. Much as Hidden Figures revealed the role of women professionals ... Read more

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The stories of America’s unsung computing women, brought out of the shadows and into their rightful place in the history of technology.The dearth of women in our histories of technology cannot be overstated. In Queens of Code, author and one of the female pioneers of computer science Eileen Buckholtz aims to set the record straight. Much as Hidden Figures revealed the role of women professionals
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Race After Technology

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From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even ... Read more

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Accounting Fundamentals

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This collection of five study guides covers the basic accounting concepts that form the foundations of the discipline. Using easy to understand language, it deals with five core areas of accounting: Financial Statements and the Accounting Equation, The General Journal and the Ledger, Adjustments and Closing the Books, Inventories and Retail Operations, and Accounting Information Systems. ... Read more

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This collection of five study guides covers the basic accounting concepts that form the foundations of the discipline. Using easy to understand language, it deals with five core areas of accounting: Financial Statements and the Accounting Equation, The General Journal and the Ledger, Adjustments and Closing the Books, Inventories and Retail Operations, and Accounting Information Systems.
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Algorithms of Oppression

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A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithmsRun a Google search for “black girls”—what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls,” the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about “why ... Read more

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The Folly of Technological Solutionism

by Evgeny Morozov ...

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearIn the very near future, "smart" technologies and "big data" will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture, and everyday life. Technology will allow us to solve problems in highly original ways and create new incentives to get more people to do the right thing. But how will such "solutionism" affect our society, once ... Read more

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Currency Trading Strategies and Digital Cryptocurrencies for Bitcoin Buying and Selling

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Obfuscation

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How we can evade, protest, and sabotage today's pervasive digital surveillance by deploying more data, not less—and why we should.With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance—the collection of our data by governments, corporations, ... Read more

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