Google fires engineer whose memo advances gender bias

San Francisco

ALPHABET Inc's Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting the Web company's diversity policies, creating a firestorm across Silicon Valley. James Damore, the Google engineer who wrote the note, confirmed his dismissal in an email, saying that he had been fired for "perpetuating gender stereotypes". He said he's "currently exploring all possible legal remedies".

The imbroglio at Google is the latest in a long string of incidents concerning gender bias and diversity in the tech enclave. Uber Technologies Inc chief executive officer Travis Kalanick lost his job in June amid scandals over sexual h…