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Intel has made progress since it announced its $300 million diversity initiative last year, but retention in some areas is still a problem.It's been a year since Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich announced a $300 million, five-year plan to bring the company's workforce to "full representation" by 2020. A few months ago, we reported that the company surpassed its hiring goals for 2015.Read Full Story

The human migration is already an annual traffic bonanza, but this weekend, several central and eastern provinces were hit with rare, heavy snowfall. The post Your Travel Nightmare Has Nothing on a Snowbound Chinese New Year appeared first on WIRED.

NASA knows, and it maintains active archives of these data. Here are maps for the positions of known natural objects in the inner, outer and distant solar system in January 2016 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

From Airbnb's $2,000 to travel, to Netflix's year of paid maternity leave, thousands of employee reviews reveal the best benefits and perks.Landing a dream job isn't always just about the actual work. Among the best companies to work for, employee review platform Glassdoor found that employees were just as jazzed about mission-driven company cultures, great career advancement opportunities, and amazing benefits and perks.Read Full Story

Life in the slow lane. The post Blame Politics for the US’ Embarrassingly Slow LTE appeared first on WIRED.

The risk of having a child with autism quadruples for mothers with both conditions, but the reason for connection remains unclear, study says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

As Google's head of artificial intelligence takes charge of search, deep learning is already changing the way Googling works. The post AI Is Transforming Google Search. The Rest of the Web Is Next appeared first on WIRED.

Buybacks are a move to retain employees in light of weak IPO activity.Private startups are buying back increasing amounts of stock from employees, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move comes at a time when IPOs of startups have slowed, or have been underwhelming when they did go public.Read Full Story

Letters to the editor from the October 2015 issue of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Editas Medicine, an upstart hoping to treat patients by correcting their genes, went public yesterday. But the company already faces several concerns---most pressingly, a patent battle. The post Crispr Gene-Editing Upstart Editas Goes Public as Patent Battle Rages appeared first on WIRED.

The video reveals the building is close to completion.A new video shot by a drone shows that Apple's Campus 2, dubbed the "spaceship," is moving into the final phase of its construction, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The video was shot by drone pilot Duncan Sinfield and shows that the exterior ring, from which Campus 2 gets its nickname, is fully constructed in places. The large glass panel windows that will cover the structure have been fitted into place in some portions, and in other places the roof is being lifted onto the building.Read Full Story

State of the art help for chronic sinus infections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

"Build it and they will come." Except no one has. The post The Unreal, Eerie Emptiness of China’s ‘Ghost Cities’ appeared first on WIRED.