TECH Dozens

Not much tech news during the Thanksgiving Holiday week, so no TECH Dozens magazine.

Next TECH daily on Wednesday 11/30/16

Best States for American Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Female Tech – Vers 1.0f

Last update: Thursday 12/18/16 

This report is a set of FAQs. It answers basic questions about the diversity of the U.S. information technology sector. Its extensive answers are based on U.S. Census data related to American Black, Hispanic, Asian, and female tech professionals in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia in 2015. (Note: the DLL has also published a supplement to this report, "Foreign Professionals: U.S. Tech’s Other Pipelines – Version 1.0")

Readers are advised to view this lengthy report on their workstations, not on their smartphones. They should also use recent versions of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox ... This draft will be modified in response to comments, suggestions, and corrections that we receive from our readers ... :-)

Facebook's challenge to democracy

Last update: Monday 11/21/16

Facebook now reigns as the unchallenged master of social network analysis, which is why Facebook can make such good guesses when it asks, "Do you know ZZZ?" Of course Facebook uses machine learning, or comparably powerful algorithms, to maintain the social networks of each of its more than 1.65 billion active users.