Microsoft Has Plans To Tie Executive Bonuses To Diversity Goals and other top stories.

• Microsoft Has Plans To Tie Executive Bonuses To Diversity Goals

  Microsoft thinks it is failing on workforce diversity year on year. In a bid to change this narrative, the company is now mulling to tie executive bonuses to employee diversity goals. Satya Nadella's Plan Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, is leading the initiative himself. He was reportedly the one who introduced the plan, which involves the use of diversity goals as factors in determining whether executives would get their full bonuses every year. "Diversity and inclusion is something you've got t..

  >> view original



• 4 things to know before shopping for Black Friday doorbuster deals

  

  Lauren Schwahn, NerdWallet 6:32 a.m. EST November 20, 2016Stacy Levine, left, and Melissa Bragg shop at a Toys R Us in Atlanta on Black Friday in 2015. Serious deal-seekers are already planning their Thanksgiving weekend shopping.(Photo: Bob Andres, AP)Shopping for Black Friday doorbuster deals is like gambling: You might hit the jackpot or you might walk away empty-handed, with a wallet to match.If you want to play your cards right, plan ahead. Here are four things you should know..

  >> view original



• PSN Rewarding Users With $10 Reportedly for Buying PS4 Pro

  

  PSN Rewarding Users With $10 Reportedly for Buying PS4 ProAlthough this isn’t the first time Sony has rewarded PlayStation users with $10 credit to splash on the PS Store, the latest wave of rewards being reported online seems to be a thank you for purchasing the PS4 Pro. If you recently purchased Sony’s new hardware, you might have received the following notification:Here’s $10 to spend on your next purchase at PlayStation Store! Save on the latest games, movies, and TV shows. Your voucher code..

  >> view original



• What's the outlook for electric vehicles under Trump?

  

  Chevrolet's new Bolt EV can go 238 miles on a single charge, according to the EPA. Is that enough to get a Californian from Monterey to Santa Barbara?(Photo: Charles Fleming, TNS)The Chevrolet Bolt EV, Tesla Model 3 and electric vehicles in general face a radically new regulatory and political playing field as a professed climate change denier prepares to occupy the White House and gas prices continue to fall.First there is the $7,500 federal tax credit for consumers buying or leasing an electri..

  >> view original



• Zuckerberg reveals plans to address misinformation on Facebook

  

  Facebook’s fake news problem persists, CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged last night. He’d been dismissive about the reach of misinformation on Facebook, saying that false news accounted for less than one percent of all the posts on the social media network. But a slew of media reports this week have demonstrated that, although fake posts may not make up the bulk of the content on Facebook, they spread like wildfire — and Facebook has a responsibility to address it. “We’ve made significant progr..

  >> view original



• The EU's Android Antitrust Complaints Are Contrived

  

  Earlier this month Google filed its response to the European Commission’s Android antitrust complaint, which alleges that Google thwarts its competitors in search, mobile apps, and mobile devices by limiting their access to Android users through self-serving licensing terms. WIRED OPINION About Geoffrey Manne (@geoffmanne) is the founder and executive director of the International Center for Law and Economics, based in Portland, Oregon, which has received financial support from tech companies..

  >> view original



• China says terrorism, fake news impel greater global internet curbs

  

  * China urges more controls at Wuzhen World Internet Conference * Concerns grow after fake news spread online in U.S. elections * China already tightening up its own cybersecurity laws By Catherine Cadell WUZHEN, China, Nov 20 (Reuters) - China's ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in old fears - terrorism and fake news. Chinese officials and business leaders speaking at the third World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen last week called for more rigid cy..

  >> view original

Here's how to see the biggest supermoon since 1948 .	Asia Pacific|Philippines' Deal With China Pokes a Hole in US Strategy .
Tuberville, Cronin react to Big 12 news .	'Starcraft II' Gameplay, Features & Update: Blizzard Uses Google's DeepMind To Train Artificial Intelligence .