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Ex-Yahoo Employee Says It's Biased Against Men

He's suing over his termination

(Newser) - A fired Yahoo employee is suing the tech company, claiming—among other things—that it discriminates against men, partially resulting in his termination, Ars Technica reports. According to the Los Angeles Times , Yahoo editorial director Gregory Anderson was told in 2014 that he was in the bottom 5% of employees...

Marissa Mayer Has Her Twins
 Marissa Mayer 
 Has Her Twins 
Dec 10, 2015 12:00 PM CST

Marissa Mayer Has Her Twins

Yahoo CEO gives birth

(Newser) - Marissa Mayer's "limited" maternity leave has begun: "Zack and I are excited to announce that our identical twin girls were born early this morning. Our whole family is doing great!" the Yahoo CEO tweeted Thursday. As Mashable notes, just yesterday Yahoo announced a big "turnaround...

Yahoo Dumps Plan to Sell Alibaba

Board moves instead to sell off core businesses

(Newser) - In something of an abrupt about-face, Yahoo is scrapping its original plan to spin off its prized stake in China's Alibaba Group and will instead break off the rest of its business into a new company. The change of heart announced Wednesday comes after Yahoo's board met last...

Yahoo May Sell Off What You Think of as Yahoo

'Wall Street Journal' reports board is considering 'core business' sale

(Newser) - Yahoo's board will meet later this week to discuss selling the company lock, stock, and Alibaba, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The sources say that board members are worried about CEO Marissa Mayer's slow progress in turning the company around and are considering selling off Yahoo's...

Yahoo's Stab at Original Shows Bombed

Company announces $42M lost on 3 shows, including 'Community'

(Newser) - Yahoo's foray into original content has been a costly one. In a Q3 earnings call on Tuesday, CFO Ken Goldman said the company had taken $42 million in write-downs in its video division in creating three shows: sports comedy Sin City Saints, Other Space, and Community, which it picked...

Yahoo Mail: We're Killing Passwords

Email service will now use push notifications on mobile devices to sign users in

(Newser) - Yahoo Mail is turning 18, and it's marking the occasion with a big move: no more passwords. The company announced Thursday it's dumping what one Gartner security analyst calls the "antiquated" process of punching in a password to access messages and replacing it with a push notification...

Marissa Mayer Is Pregnant With Twins

She's planning another short maternity leave

(Newser) - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has just announced she's expecting identical twin girls in December, but don't expect her to be away from work long. "Since this is a unique time in Yahoo's transformation, I plan to approach the pregnancy and delivery as I did with my...

Yahoo Sues Alleged Leaker for Talking to Author

Firm says Cecile Lal was 'eager' to help with book on CEO's rise

(Newser) - Yahoo doesn't like it when you spill its secrets: An ex-staffer accused of leaking information to an author chronicling Marissa Mayer's leadership is the target of a lawsuit from the company, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . According to the lawsuit, Cecile Lal, a former senior director of product...

Obama to Tech World: Share Your Cyberthreats With Us

But Facebook, Yahoo, Google CEOs won't attend today's cybersecurity summit

(Newser) - In the wake of the Sony hack , President Obama will be speaking at a cybersecurity summit at Stanford University today, where he plans to sign an executive order calling for companies to share cyberthreats, both with the government and each other. But the CEOs of at least three major Silicon...

Why Yahoo Wouldn't Hire Gwyneth Paltrow

Marissa Mayer turned off by Paltrow's lack of college degree, exec tells 'NYT'

(Newser) - Tucked away in a New York Times profile of Marissa Mayer from last week is an amusing tidbit about Gwyneth Paltrow picked up by Gawker and the Daily Mail . It seems that cookbook author and lifestyle-advice purveyor Paltrow was under consideration to be hired as a contributing editor for Yahoo...

US to Yahoo: Hand Over Data or Pay $250K a Day

Court documents show government pressure in 2008

(Newser) - Just how badly did the federal government want data about Yahoo users for its now-notorious PRISM surveillance program ? It threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day in 2008 if it didn't comply, reports the Washington Post . The revelation comes from newly declassified court documents detailing the...

New Service Will Send Email From Beyond the Grave

'Yahoo Ending' will delete documents, deactivate accounts, more

(Newser) - With a quarter of Japan's population already 65 and older, a new service from Yahoo Japan called Yahoo Ending aims to help people plan for their own afterlives, including the digital details. For $1.80 a month, subscribers can plan their funerals, manage their posthumous online content, and create...

Female Yahoo Exec Fires Back at Harassment Suit

She says female accuser was trying to save job, shares

(Newser) - The female Yahoo executive accused of coercing a female subordinate into sex has fired back with a lawsuit of her own, accusing former employee Nan Shi of making the whole story up for money. In the countersuit, Maria Zhang says she never had sex with Shi, whom she says concocted...

Female Yahoo Exec Accused of Sex Harassment by Female

Woman claims she was coerced into sex, then fired when she put a stop to it

(Newser) - Sexual harassment complaints aren't uncommon in the tech industry, but a new one at Yahoo is making headlines because of an unusual twist: A female executive is accused of coercing a female subordinate into sex. The lawsuit filed by engineer Nan Shi says that her boss, mobile exec Maria...

Yahoo Saves Community
 Yahoo Saves Community 
Jul 1, 2014 9:23 AM CDT

Yahoo Saves Community

Picks up series after NBC axed it

(Newser) - Community has been saved: Yesterday, the last day the contracts for the stars of the show could legally be renewed, the series was picked up by ... none other than Yahoo. Yes, after NBC canceled the cult favorite, its sixth season will air online, the Wire reports. The 13-episode season will...

100+ Tech Titans to FCC: Your Plan Sucks

One commissioner also has concerns about anti-net neutrality rule

(Newser) - The FCC's plan to torpedo net neutrality got a truly impressive burst of backlash today, as a huge coalition of some of the biggest names in tech sent an open letter decrying it as "a grave threat to the Internet," the Verge reports. Well over a hundred...

Fox to Air Grease Live Musical
  Fox to Air Grease Live Musical 
Apr 29, 2014 12:04 AM CDT

Fox to Air Grease Live Musical

As Yahoo confirms it has 2 new comedy series in works

(Newser) - Fox is following NBC into the live musical game with a three-hour adaption of Grease set to air some time next year. The event will feature a young ensemble cast and will be based on the 1971 Broadway musical, according to the Hollywood Reporter . The musical's "iconic characters...

Fired Yahoo Exec Worked 18 Months, Walks With $58M

Yahoo reveals details of Henrique de Castro's severance package

(Newser) - Yahoo's recently fired chief operating officer , Henrique de Castro, left the Internet company with a severance package of $58 million even though he lasted just 15 months on the job and wasn't deemed worthy of the $540,000 bonus he was eligible for in 2013. Yahoo previously disclosed...

Yahoo Is the New Netflix? Mayer Shopping for TV Shows

Service looks to compete with Netflix, Amazon

(Newser) - Yahoo is looking to cash in on online TV in a serious way, with insiders telling the Wall Street Journal that it's aiming to roll out four new half-hour comedy series. The series, whose budgets could run to several million dollars per episode, would consist of 10 episodes headed...

UK Spies Stole Nude Images From Private Webcam Chats

Yahoo is incensed over latest Snowden leak in the 'Guardian'

(Newser) - The latest Edward Snowden scoop takes the invasion of privacy to what Yahoo calls a "whole new level." The Guardian explains why: British surveillance agency GCHQ harvested images from Yahoo video chats for years, including many that were sexually explicit. In fact, one agency document puts it thusly:...

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