Facebook ‘ugly truth’ memo triggers new firestorm over ethics
- 31-Mar-2018
An internal Facebook memo leaked this week warned that the social network's goal of connecting the world might have negative consequences, but that these were outweighed by the positives.
Trump approves release of secret memo in fight over Russia probe
- 02-Feb-2018
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved the release of a classified Republican memo that alleges bias against him at the FBI and Justice Department, in an extraordinary showdown with his own senior law enforcement officials over the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump told reporters he had sent the […]
Trump accuses FBI, Justice Dept of politicizing Republican memo
- 02-Feb-2018
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attacked the integrity of the FBI and Justice Department on Friday in an extraordinary showdown over the expected White House release of a secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against him in its Russia probe. Trump, who has long been angered over the probe, accused the country’s top law enforcement officers […]
Former engineer fired for ‘gender gap’ memo sues Google for discrimination
- 09-Jan-2018
SAN FRANCISCO: A Google engineer who was fired after writing a memo defending the gender gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology has sued his former employer for discrimination. The Dhillon Law Group said it was filing a class action law suit on behalf of James Damore and others it says […]
Fired Google engineer hires prominent Republican lawyer in legal fight
- 24-Aug-2017
WASHINGTON: The engineer fired from Google for writing a memo critical of the company’s diversity hiring policies has hired a lawyer who is a member of the Republican National Committee to represent him. James Damore has not sued Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, over his termination but said earlier this month he is exploring […]
Google cancels staff meeting over fears of online harassment
- 11-Aug-2017
CALIFORNIA: Alphabet’s Google canceled on Thursday a company-wide meeting scheduled to discuss the controversy over a memo opposing diversity policies, the company said, citing concerns about personal attacks on employees from far-right commentators. The company meeting was called to discuss the fallout of Google’s decision on Monday to fire an engineer, James Damore, after he […]
BlackBerry closes chapter on restructuring process: internal memo
- 05-Aug-2014
TORONTO: BlackBerry Ltd has concluded a protracted and painful restructuring process and is back on a growth footing, according to an internal memo to all its employees viewed by Reuters.