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Co-founder Martin Pichinson stands for a portrait behind a lobby window at Sherwood Partners, which helps shut down startups in financial trouble. (Photo by Jessica Pons for NPR)

The 'Undertaker of Silicon Valley' Stays Busy As Startups Lay Off Thousands

The coronavirus pandemic has gutted many tech startups. Tens of thousands of workers are now unemployed, and companies are shutting down.

Sen. Orrin Hatch's social media team offered many examples of "proof of life" on Monday night.

Orrin Hatch Would Like You To Know He's Still Alive

After Google search results erroneously said the Utah senator had died in 2017, Hatch's staff had fun on social media showing that their boss was alive and well.

File photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Jan. 3, 2013.

Google CEO Slams Memo On Gender As Employee Reportedly Fired

A memo written by a male engineer at Google about gender differences sparked a quick rebuttal from Google after it circulated widely online.

Takayuki Ueno was set to be a runner in the now postponed Olympic torch relay in Fukushima, Japan. Here he stands in the field where he is growing a flower maze for children to play in Minamisoma, Japan. The field was flooded by the 2011 tsunami and killed Ueno's family members.

Now Postponed, The Olympic Torch Relay Was To Bring Hope To Ravaged Fukushima

The torch relay was supposed to start on Thursday in the Japanese prefecture hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A torch runner recalls the disaster that took his family.

Russian hackers successfully infiltrated emails of employees at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, according to a U.S. security firm. Here, a building is seen in Kyiv that holds the offices of a Burisma subsidiary.

Russia Hacked Ukrainian Company Linked To Trump Impeachment, Security Firm Says

Days after the House formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Russian hackers reportedly started working to gain access to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holding's email accounts.

A former Google employee is suing the company, alleging that hiring policies hurt white and Asian male applicants.

Ex-Google Recruiter Sues, Alleging Policies Discriminate Against White And Asian Men

The lawsuit alleges the company pressured employees to "purge" eligible candidates from applicant pools in favor of Hispanic, African-American and female job seekers.

'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man

Robert Williams says his driver's license photo was incorrectly matched with a wanted suspect. He was arrested and detained. Though the case was dropped, Williams says its effect is lasting.

Aerial view of Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California

The Forgotten Occupation Of Catalina Island

In August 1972, a Chicano activist group called the Brown Berets camped out on Catalina Island for three weeks, demanding that undeveloped land be turned into housing.

The choir at Meadowridge Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas, performs at a worship service in October 2019.

Multiracial Congregations May Not Bridge Racial Divide

The number of multiracial churches is growing in the United States, but the leaders of color who work in them still see attitudes of white supremacy.

Shefet is part of a much larger movement in Europe pushing back against the power of the tech titans under the banner of the "right to be forgotten."

The Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares

Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.

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