Microsoft has appointed Sarah Bond as the president of Xbox. According to Black Girl Gamers, Bond is the first Black woman to hold such a role at a major multinational gaming company. Bond has been with Microsoft for almost seven years. In 2017, she joined the company as a Corporate Vice President of Gaming Partnerships […]
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18-year-old racing driver from the Philippines, Bianca Bustamante, has signed with the McLaren Driver Development programme for the upcoming 2024 F1 Academy season. Bustamante is set to drive for ART Grand Prix in her second year in the all-women junior formula category, proudly representing McLaren Racing and sporting their iconic âPapayaâ team livery throughout the
The Supreme Court decision striking down race-based affirmative action in university admissions, based on the charge that Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans, actually obscures the more insidious and widespread forms of bias that many Asian Americans face. Asian Americans are not underrepresented in university classrooms. Where they are underrepresented is in the boardroom and the
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In many ways, the Miami Marlins locker room Saturday night after the team clinched a playoff spot was a familiar scene: the usual sprays of beer and champagne, the usual smiles and hugs and cheers. But the locker room playoff party had one thing Major League Baseball has never seen before: The general manager graciously
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Pregnancy can be one of the most transformative experiences in a woman’s life. But for many, a positive test also heightens anxiety about one’s career, and how others will react to the news. During my first pregnancy I gained weight early on, and remember one of my bosses saying it looked like I had one
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Despite a vacillating economy, the startup landscape is showing promising signs of a resurgence. Startup accelerator Y Combinatorâs applications rose by 20% in 2022, with the number of applications at the start of this year increasing fivefold. Buzzworthy technologiesâfrom generative artificial intelligence (AI) and data clean rooms to free ad-supported streaming television (FAST)âare sparking newfound
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Tiffany Yu, a former Goldman Sachs Banker and a Director at Revolt, a company co-founded by P. Diddy, has since found her powerful passion in disability rights advocacy and community building, leading to the creation of Diversability âan award-winning social enterprise to rebrand disability through the power of communityâ. Today, Diversability has more than 5,700
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This yearâs Gerber Baby is a military kid from Colorado with a captivating look and even more adventurous spirit. Maddie Mendoza also won the 13th annual Gerber Baby photo search because of an adorable throwback photo of her mom as a baby and her parentâs story of love and resilience. For the first time ever,
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After stints at Disney, Google and Twitter, Vaishnavi Jayakumar joined Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in January 2020. Her job on the youth policy team was to protect children and teens from bullying, harassment and other forms of abuse. But Jayakumar â an Asian American originally from Singapore â says she couldnât shield herself from
