Tech Talk

Last week, the Google cafeteria served up a new experience to 150 ninth graders from New York City public schools. Along with pizza and cookies, the students got a class in coding from Google's famed engineers. In a statistically unusual scene for the tech world, the students hovering over computer screens were black, Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander. Some are just learning to master English after immigrating; others have limited access to computers in their daily lives.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday night to deliver the company's keynote speech. Besides detailing Intel's new initiatives in the Internet of Things, drones, 3D printing, and more, Krzanich provided an update on the company's monumental commitment, which he announced at the same venue last year, to improving diversity at Intel and beyond.