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Texas Institute Of Technology And Science
The Texas Institute of Technology and Science (TITS) is a proposal by Elon Musk to open a university in Austin, Texas. Background Musk's personal views include frequent criticism of the American education system. In 2014, he founded Astra Nova School (then Ad Astra School) after pulling his five children out of school because he disapproved of the curriculum, and how it was presented. In October 2021, Musk tweeted that he would start a new university named Texas Institute of Technology and Science, which corresponds to the acronym TITS. Musk added, "it will have epic merch, universally admired". The name, specifically the acronym, was criticized as sexist. Afterwards, Cher Scarlett, a software engineer and one of the leaders of the #AppleToo anti-harassment group at Apple, described Musk of contributing to a systemic problem in which women in technology companies are being sexualized by male colleagues, originating from executives at the top influencing the company cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in the world since 2021; ''Forbes'' estimates his net worth to be . Born to a wealthy family in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk emigrated in 1989 to Canada. He received bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 before moving to California, United States, to pursue business ventures. In 1995, Musk co-founded the software company Zip2. Following its sale in 1999, he co-founded X.com, an online payment company that later merged to form PayPal, which was acquired by eBay in 2002. That year, Musk also became an American citizen. In 2002, Musk founded the space technology company SpaceX, becoming its CEO and chief engineer; the company has since led innovations in reusable rockets and commercial spaceflight. Musk joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AppleToo
#AppleToo was a movement at Apple Inc. that started in August 2021 during a period of employee unrest centered primarily on the maltreatment of women at the company. Since the early 1990s, Apple has been criticized over a lack of women in leadership. In 2016, employees made anonymous allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, discrimination, and mismanagement of concerns by human resources at Apple. In 2021 and 2022, women at the company began speaking Source (journalism), on the record to the press and on social media. After an employee-run wage survey found a 6-percent Gender pay gap, gender-based wage gap, employees began sharing personal stories under the hashtag #AppleToo, inspired by the MeToo movement, #MeToo movement, which in turn spawned other corporate movements, such as #GeToo at General Electric. Several legal actions were taken due to Apple's response to the employee activism. On June 13, 2024, a lawsuit seeking Class action, class status was filed in Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
