5 h. ago Woman demands job at tech company after 'proving' she has high IQ

A man has shared the bizarre way one woman tried to secure a job at his tech company - and it's safe to say, it didn't go down well with him or his colleagues

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1 week ago Former teacher with no tech experience shares four resume changes he made to land job at Google

In 2015, Keith Anderson, now 36, left his $27,000-a-year job as an English teacher to pursue a position at a Big Tech company.

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1 week ago Google illegally monopolized online advertising markets, US judge rules

Federal judge deals blow to tech giant and paves way for government to break up company’s advertising productsAlphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products.The US district judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers. Publisher ad servers are platforms used by websites to store and manage their ad inventory. Antitrust enforcers failed to prove a separate claim that the company had a monopoly in advertiser ad networks, she wrote. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'I refused to give entitled man my plane seat – what he did next enraged me'

A woman has shared her frustration after a fellow passenger demanded she swap seats with him so he could sit next to his wife on an 11-hour flight - and she's not happy

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3 w. ago Tech company sorry after posting London job ad which says 'only immigrants from India will be considered'

A UK-based tech company has apologised after placing a job advert where it said only Indian immigrants would be considered.

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3 w. ago Robert MacIntyre: ‘Imagine taking a Green Jacket back to Glencruitten ’

After his ‘fairytale’ success last year, the Scottish golfer has his heart set on Masters gloryWhat a mistake it would be to presume the boy-next-door demeanour means a lack of competitive instinct. Robert MacIntyre’s love for Oban, shinty and all associated is endearing. He has also proved that he is perfectly comfortable in the company of golf’s aristocracy.MacIntyre missed the module where sportspeople are advised not to speak about lifetime aspirations. Mention the Masters to the Scot and he lights up. Absence makes the heart grow fonder; after impressing at Augusta National in 2021 and 2022, he failed to qualify for the next two stagings. MacIntyre returns for the 89th edition as the 17th-ranked player in the world. Continue reading...

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