Stanford Women and Silicon Valley by Unknown Author

By Unknown Author

Readers discuss an article examining the class of 1994 at Stanford.

Published: December 31, 2014 at 07:00PM

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Risks in Using Social Media to Spot Signs of Mental Distress by NATASHA SINGER

By NATASHA SINGER

The ill-fated introduction in Britain of an app to detect predictors of suicide shows what may happen when social media posts are scrutinized for cues about a person’s mental health.

Published: December 26, 2014 at 07:00PM

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Silicon Valley’s Mirror Effect by JOE NOCERA

By JOE NOCERA

Is the concept of a meritocracy in the technology industry a myth?

Published: December 26, 2014 at 07:00PM

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Daily Report: M.B.A. Programs Start to Follow Silicon Valley Into the Data Age by THE NEW YORK TIMES

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Leading business schools are breaking from traditional approaches and picking up the digital-age arts of speed and constant experimentation.

Published: December 26, 2014 at 03:08AM

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M.B.A. Programs Start to Follow Silicon Valley Into the Data Age by STEVE LOHR

By STEVE LOHR

Leading business schools have picked up the digital ethos of experimentation, with A/B testing, rapid prototyping and data-driven decision making.

Published: December 25, 2014 at 07:00PM

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Management in a Digital Economy by STEVE LOHR

By STEVE LOHR

Business schools are struggling to adapt to the new realities of a digital economy. What are the best skills and training for leadership in the future?

Published: December 25, 2014 at 03:15PM

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Ways to Avoid Email Tracking by KATE MURPHY

By KATE MURPHY

Opening emails can transmit a plethora of data to marketers and scammers, but there are tricks to foil them.

Published: December 24, 2014 at 07:00PM

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A Gender Gap More Powerful Than the Internet by JODI KANTOR

By JODI KANTOR

Instead of narrowing gender gaps, the technology industry created vast new ones for Stanford University’s pioneering class of 1994.

Published: December 22, 2014 at 07:00PM

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A Look at North Korea’s Limited Internet Capabilities by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An hours-long Internet outage Tuesday in one of the world’s least-wired countries was probably more inconvenient to foreigners than to North Korean residents, most of whom have never gone online. Even for wired Koreans south of the heavily armed…

Published: December 22, 2014 at 09:48PM

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5 Issues Obama Sought to Tackle on His Own in 2014 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama had high hopes for 2014.

Published: December 22, 2014 at 09:25PM

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An Economical Way to Save Progress by LAURA PARKER

By LAURA PARKER

Gaurav Khanna built a supercomputer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth physics department using 200 Playstation 3 consoles.

Published: December 22, 2014 at 07:00PM

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How Obama Used His Executive Powers in 2014 by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama set out in 2014 to use his executive powers to advance priorities resisted by Congress.

Published: December 22, 2014 at 08:47AM

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Seen on a Street Corner, Briefly by DEB AMLEN

By DEB AMLEN

Lynn Lempel encourages us to hang out on street corners. Also, news about the film “The Imitation Game”: print out and solve the puzzle Alan Turing created to recruit his Bletchley Park code breakers.

Published: December 21, 2014 at 01:00PM

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Protection Sought for Scenic California Region by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A contingent of California environmental groups, business representatives and politicians will use a visit Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to push for permanent protection of some 350,000 acres of picturesque federal land near the state’s…

Published: December 19, 2014 at 12:11PM

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For North Korea’s Cyber Army, Long-Term Target May Be Telecoms, Utility Grids by REUTERS

By REUTERS

The hacking attack on Sony Pictures may have been a practice run for North Korea’s elite cyber-army in a long-term goal of being able to cripple telecoms and energy grids in rival nations, defectors from the isolated state said.

Published: December 18, 2014 at 09:31PM

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Protection Sought for Scenic California Region by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A contingent of California environmental groups, business representatives and politicians will use a visit Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to push for permanent protection of some 350,000 acres of picturesque federal land near the state’s…

Published: December 18, 2014 at 01:13PM

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AP Source: North Korea Linked to Sony Hacking by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Federal investigators have now connected the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to North Korea, a U.S. official said Wednesday, though it remained unclear how the federal government would respond to a break-in that exposed sensitive…

Published: December 17, 2014 at 10:14PM

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