“RBG” opens this weekend – an endearing documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg – legal pioneer and pop-culture phenomenon

Before RBG was named to the federal bench by Jimmy Carter in 1980, she argued important sex-discrimination cases in front of the Supreme Court. What linked these cases — she won five out of six — was the theory that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment should apply to women and could be used to remedy discrepancies in hiring, business practices and public policy.

Black lawmakers are impatient with tech’s lack of diversity and are threatening regulation to force the issue

Congresswoman Maxine Waters said, “I’m not urging, I’m not encouraging, I’m about to hit some people across the head with a hammer.” Regulatory proposals being considered include expanding the Community Reinvestment Act — which makes sure financial institutions help meet the needs of low-income communities they operate in — to include tech, improving requirements around companies’ EEO-1 diversity reporting and negotiating partnerships with tech companies and underserved school districts to improve education for black students.

What do women of color in tech want?

As part of Reveal’s April episode, a frank conversation in January with Product Manager Rubi Sanchez, Software Engineer Jenn Wong, Entrepreneur/Investor Chia-Lin Simmons, Strategist Eun Joung Lee, Technical Product Manager Shanea King-Roberson and Girl Geek X’s own Angie Chang and Sukrutha Raman Bhadouria helped inform the story.

Congrats to Amy Chang, CEO and Founder of Accompany, on the $270M acquisition by Cisco today!

Cisco will acquire Accompany, an AI-based “relationship intelligence” tool, for $270 million, the company announced Tuesday. The deal is notable not only for the technology it brings to Cisco but because the CEO Amy Chang was on Cisco’s board of directors. Cisco said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that she notified the company of her intention to resign “effective immediately,” in light of the acquisition. The situation is likely to raise some eyebrows among investors.  She will join Cisco as SVP of its collaboration technology group, which includes its video conferencing and messaging service Webex.

How side hustles can impact the gender pay gap

Forbes reports a new study shows that men are more likely than women to take on a professional side hustle. This gives men another financial advantage over women who are more likely to babysit or open a store on Etsy. Professional freelancing pays more than babysitting or pet-setting, and may lead to a passion project or future business. In fact, 59% of people work full-time while building their startup on the side.

What you need to know about Facebook and ethics

Rachel Thomas, Fast.AI founder and deep learning expert, talks about Facebook and privacy: “it’s time to change the conversation”. She covers genocide in Myanmar, monetary fine in Germany, the power of tech lobbies, and data privacy as public good. Technology can be greatly beneficial for society, and it can also have a disastrous impact. The complex problems we are facing require creative and nuanced solutions.

Women who watched “The X-Files” regularly were 50% more likely to work in STEM

The phenomenon has been known as “The Scully Effect”–named after Gillian Anderson’s character Dana Scully – and the Geena Davis Institute proved it’s real. Nearly two-thirds of the women surveyed who work in STEM said Scully served as a role model. Since Scully, there have been female characters in TV with STEM careers, including Dr. Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross) on Black-ish, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) on Bones, Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) on The Big Bang Theory, and Darlene Alderson (Carly Chaikin) on Mr. Robot.