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The world's largest game streaming service Twitch said on Wednesday that players will be able to add a transgender label to their videos - a move the company said would aid inclusion among its 30 million daily gamers.Twitch, which lets users broadcast themselves playing video games, introduced "transgender", "bisexual", "Black," and "disabled" among more than 350 new tags - labels that users can add to their videos."This has been one of the most popular requests we've heard, and the simple truth is that we should have…

Old Navy is scaling back an attempt to make women’s clothes more inclusive for all body types, after demand for the larger sizes fell short and the chain didn’t have enough middle sizes. Gap Inc. CEO Sonia Syngal said Old Navy stores will no longer carry all the sizes. Old Navy will continue to offer on its website the full size range, which runs from 0 to 30 and XS to 4X. Ms. Syngal said Old Navy canceled a portion of its extended size shipments and is restocking core…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Companies should introduce ways of uncovering informal hidden cultures to create more inclusive workplaces, a social mobility expert has told parliamentarians. …

Google has adopted the Monk Skin Tone (MST) Scale for use across its software and products to ensure all kinds of skin tones are accurately portrayed and represented on the internet. The MST Scale is the work of Harvard professor and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk, and is a 10-point scale that help machines better understand and therefore better represent more varied skin tones. It’s a considerable step up from the six-point scale commonly used online today. The 10-point scale has been validated through a U.S. study…

Google is partnering with a Harvard professor to promote a new scale for measuring skin tones with the hope of fixing problems of bias and diversity in the company’s products. The tech giant is working with Ellis Monk, an assistant professor of sociology at Harvard and the creator of the Monk Skin Tone scale, or MST. The MST scale is designed to replace outdated skin tone scales that are biased towards lighter skin. When these older scales are used by tech companies to categorize skin color, it can lead to products…

Experiences of discrimination remain common, especially for some groups. Author provided As Australians across the country prepare to vote, many will be reflecting on what can help build a prosperous and inclusive society. …