Google Has Dismissed the Engineer Behind the Viral 'Diversity Memo'

Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOGL) - Get Report  Google has fired the employee that authored a controversial memo that suggested men were better suited for tech jobs than women.

The 10-page memo, titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber" went viral within Google last week and was first reported externally by the tech blog Motherboard. In it, the author says that women are underrepresented in tech because of inherent psychological differences between men and women.

Alphabet shares were little changed in after-hours trading at $945.10 after closing at $945.75 each in New York Monday.

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