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Watch out, tech bros: Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler is now an NYT editor

Remember the Uber memo? She now has a platform to empower others like her, too.

Sean Hollister Senior Editor / Reviews
When his parents denied him a Super NES, he got mad. When they traded a prize Sega Genesis for a 2400 baud modem, he got even. Years of Internet shareware, eBay'd possessions and video game testing jobs after that, he joined Engadget. He helped found The Verge, and later served as Gizmodo's reviews editor. When he's not madly testing laptops, apps, virtual reality experiences, and whatever new gadget will supposedly change the world, he likes to kick back with some games, a good Nerf blaster, and a bottle of Tejava.
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When she broke her silence about sexual harassment and gender bias, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler brought the ride-hailing company to its knees -- and wound up on the cover of Time Magazine.

Now, the author of the infamous Uber memo is getting a potentially even bigger platform -- one which might help her empower the next Susan Fowler, too. 

This September, she's joining The New York Times as the newspaper's technology opinion editor, where she'll both commission and write pieces about "all the ways technology is shaping our culture, economy, relationships, politics and play," according to the NYT's announcement.

On International Women's Day this year, we called Fowler one of the women who most inspire us here at CNET.