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NASA’s historic first all-female spacewalk outside the ISS slated for March 29

NASA is about to make history on March 29 with the first all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Initially planned for last fall, this walk was delayed and scheduled for Women's History Month, which celebrates the contributions of women both in history and modern society.
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This Pokémon Go-style app lets you find virtual statues of historic women

Narrowing the gap between the number of male and female statues would take millions of dollars -- so this app offers a virtual solution.
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Will AI built by a ‘sea of dudes’ understand women? AI’s inclusivity problem

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Advocate seeks better gender equity in the Lego universe with formal proposal

You can sign a proposal to help bring female NASA scientists to the Lego world, as part of an effort to reduce marginalization and improve gender equality.
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AI world populated by a ‘sea of dudes,’ Gates says

There are far more male computer science grads than females. The disparity is even greater in artificial intelligence, where rules-based systems are built.
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“Oh! THAT memo.” PayPal plans gender equality program with all-male panel

In a communications mixup, the flyer for a PayPal panel on gender equality featuring five male speakers left out a subtitle that indicated men as allies.
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Microsoft hosts first ‘Hack for Her’ summit in effort to address tech’s diversity problem

A Microsoft-organized summit made the case that tech companies need women if they want to stay competitive. Microsoft itself has work to do.
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Women directed less than 7 percent of movies in 2013 and 2014

The Directors Guild of America released new findings about diversity in filmmaking. The DGA report found a lack of female and minority directors.
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Facebook finally features a woman in front in its friends icon

Caitlin Winner, a design manager at Facebook, wrote a Medium post about how she changed the friends icon to prominently feature a woman and why she did it.