Category: Women in Tech
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Progress at What Cost? The Data Center Moving In Next Door
My neighbor Dave thinks the windowless beige building going up off the highway is an Amazon warehouse, but I haven’t corrected him. Partly because I don’t have the heart, and partly because the explanation of “that’s a data center that drinks more water in a day than our entire neighborhood does in a month, and…
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From Useless to Unstoppable: What the New Siri Means for Women Who Do Everything
It was early morning at the Apple Store, somewhere around 6 a.m., and we hadn’t opened the doors yet. A handful of us, Geniuses, Creatives, the particular breed of person who willingly shows up before sunrise to be the first to touch a new phone, had been handed shiny new iPhones and told to get…
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Musk, Cook, and Trump Walk Into a Bar. I Mean, Beijing. And No, That’s Not the Punchline.
Last week, the most powerful men in American technology boarded Air Force One and flew to Beijing for what was billed as a historic summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Elon Musk. Jensen Huang. Tim Cook. Donald Trump. Xi Jinping. The most consequential tech and political meeting of 2026. Decision making that…
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Help! Reese Witherspoon is Trying to Steal My New Boyfriend!
Let me stop you right there, Reese. I love you and love your work. If Legally Blonde had been set in an Apple Store, It’d be my life story. But when you showed up on my feed announcing that you were going to teach women about AI – I need you to understand something important……
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The Quiet Part Out Loud: Laid Off, Over 50, and Still Standing
Let me say the thing nobody says. Getting laid off after 50 is terrifying. Not inconvenient. Not frustrating. Not “a blessing in disguise” — at least not at first. Terrifying. And if you’re sitting in that place right now, whether you just got the call or you can see it coming from three cubicles away,…
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I Asked AI for Help. It Gave Me Advice for a Man Named Chad.
I want to be clear: I love AI. I write about it, I use it daily, and I have genuinely thanked a chatbot out loud while sitting alone in my kitchen. I am not here to cancel the robots. But I am here to have a little talk. Because the more I use these tools,…
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Dear Silicon Valley: Women Have Faces Too
And we’re already using them, thanks. So let me get this straight. A room full of tech bros in khakis and business-casual polos sat around a whiteboard, probably fueled by cold brew and unchecked confidence, and decided the face was the next great frontier in wearable technology. The face. My face. The one I spent…
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The Best AI Prompts for Women to Boost Productivity
The Best AI Prompts for Women to Boost Productivity If you’ve been curious about AI but weren’t sure where to start, congratulations—you’re about to join the revolution. And if anyone has made you feel like you’re “too late” to the AI party, tell them you’re fashionably late and you brought better snacks than they did.…
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How Women in Tech Can “Get to Yes” When Negotiating Their Next Promotion
How Women in Tech Can “Get to Yes” When Negotiating Their Next Promotion Negotiating for a promotion can be an intimidating process, especially for a woman working in technology. You want to get the best deal possible, but you don’t want to come off as too pushy or aggressive. Whether you’re moving up the corporate…