AI Hiring Tools Yield Racial Bias and Systemic Rejection; 26% Black & 15% Asian

https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-hiring-tools-can-yield-racial-bias-and-systemic-rejection

#HackerNews #AI #Hiring #Bias #RacialJustice #SystemicRejection #DiversityInTech

We are excited to invite you to our 2026 H1 cohort's graduation celebration on June 26 at 1:30 pm PT. Come and witness their journey and success while celebrating this milestone with us.

Reserve a ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/techtonica-2026-h1-virtual-graduation-celebration-tickets-1990523630763?aff=oddtdtcreator

#DiversityInTech #Graduation #WomenInTech

Have you heard about our fall cohort yet? Applications are now open! As a first step, applicants must sign up for at least four pre-req sessions and attend all of them.

Our info sessions are also ongoing: today at 5pm PT, or Friday, June 12th at 6pm PT.

Visit our Eventbrite page to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/techtonica-11297022451

#DiversityInTech #BridgeTheTechGap

It’s been one week since we welcomed the May 2026 Outreachy interns 🎉

We’re excited to see what this cohort will learn, build, and contribute over the next three months.

Outreachy internships are about more than code; they’re about mentorship, inclusion, collaboration, and creating pathways into open source for people historically underrepresented in tech.

To our interns: welcome again, and we’re cheering you on.

Thank you to the mentors and sponsors helping make this journey possible.

#Outreachy #OpenSource #FOSS #Inclusion #DiversityInTech

Introducing the sponsors supporting the #Outreachy May 2026 cohort!

Open source becomes stronger, more innovative, and more sustainable when opportunity is intentionally created.

The May 2026 Outreachy internship cohort is possible because organizations chose to invest in equitable access to open source mentorship and meaningful contribution pathways for people historically underrepresented in tech.

At a time when building inclusive pathways into technology requires real commitment, these sponsors stepped forward to make that work possible.

We’re proud to recognize the organizations supporting this cohort:

➡️ Promoter Sponsors: #Cisco and @rustfoundation

➡️ Equalizer Sponsor: #BloombergEngineering

➡️Includer Sponsor: The City University of New York #CUNY

➡️ Welcomer: @mozilla and @igalia

Their support does far more than fund internships. It helps create real opportunities for contributors to learn, grow, build confidence, receive mentorship, and make lasting contributions to open source communities around the world.

This kind of investment strengthens not only individual contributors but the future of open source itself, making it more inclusive, resilient, and representative of the people it serves.

To all our sponsors: thank you for helping create pathways where talent can thrive and belonging can grow.

We’re deeply grateful for your partnership in supporting the next generation of open source contributors.

We are already calling for sponsors for the December 2026 internship. Read more: https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/.

Interested in sponsoring, please reach out to the Outreachy organizers: https://www.outreachy.org/contact/organizers/

#Outreachy #OpenSource #DiversityInTech #Inclusion #Mentorship #TechForGood #FOSS #CommunityBuilding

Exciting News: May 2026 Interns Announced!

We’re delighted to share the results of our May 2026 application round and welcome a new cohort into Outreachy.
https://www.outreachy.org/alums/2026-05/

To our new interns: your effort and commitment truly stood out. We’re excited to see what you’ll build and contribute over the coming months.

To everyone who applied, thank you for being part of this journey. If you weren’t selected this time, we hope you’ll return and apply again in the future.

And to our mentors and coordinators: your support continues to make this community strong and welcoming.

More updates, including sponsor highlights, coming soon

#Outreachy #OpenSource #DiversityInTech #Internship

👩‍💻 Start your journey into web development at #PyConIT26!

Join Django Girls on May 30 in Bologna.
Build your own blog with Django, no experience needed.

⚠️ Limited spots
👇 Apply for free
🔗 https://djangogirls.org/en/bologna/apply/

#PyConIT #djangogirlsbologna #womenintech #diversityintech

#pyladies zurich had a great time at @pyconde 2026 🙌

speaking, listening, volunteering... experiencing lots of good connections 😍

#python #pycon #womenintech #genderminoritiesintech #diversityintech

California Suspends Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/california-temporarily-lets-vcs-off-the-hook-for-dei-reporting/

European women considering a move into venture capital or looking to grow career in that field - this free education programme is for you:
https://supernovas.eitcommunity.eu/advance-your-career-in-vc-join-the-supernovas-vc-academy/

#VentureCapital #WomenInVC #Innovation #Startups #CareerGrowth #DiversityInTech