Can VR curb gender bias in the workplace?

As the #MeToo movement continues to gain traction in the national spotlight, employers are looking for ways to reduce sexual harassment and gender bias in the workplace. Bay Area filmmaker Nathalie Mathe may have a partial solution to this big problem: Virtual reality. Mathe and her small team have built UTURN, a 360-degree video that…

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Trading clicks for clucks in the Silicon Valley

Backyard chicken keeping has taken off in the Bay Area as residents seek ways to disconnect from technology. Most people spend a grand or less on their birds and coops, but a wealthier subset of chicken owners have gotten really into it — in some cases sinking $20,000 or more into fancy heritage chickens and…

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