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Tech companies update language to avoid offensive terms

by Kimberly Adams

Jun 17, 2020

Big tech firms are moving away from coding language that carries racial connotations.

Tech companies are moving away from terms that could be considered racially insensitive, such as "master" and "slave."

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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on today's entrepreneurs

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Dec 4, 2018

There's "more of a wokeness to these founders," he says.

"I think that now is a better time than it's ever been if you have a hobby, if you have a passion, and you're building a following on Instagram ... to potentially turn into something that could be a real business," Alexis Ohanian says.

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