(CBS SF) -- Mattel Inc. is under fire for botching Barbie's latest attempt to empower girls in a new book titled I Can Be a Computer Engineer. In it, Barbie is cast as a would-be computer engineer, ...

This book is full of horrible stereotypes about women in technology and is rightly being soundly criticized from all corners of the web Ah, Barbie. After telling young girls for years that “math is ...

It isn’t that anyone expected Barbie to be a role model for aspiring engineers. Maybe that’s why Computer Engineer Barbie’s appearance on shelves a few years ago was so exciting—because it was ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- A new Barbie book for young kids is causing controversy because shows Barbie venturing into computer engineering, but a few pages in, she needs tech support from her male friends ...

*Oh to have lived to see the day (thanks to MAKEZINE). http://www.barbiemedia.com/?cat=7 For the first time ever, Barbie® asked the world to help her select her ...

Mattel apologizes for a book in which Barbie needs programming help from men, Walmart stores are scammed into price-matching fake Amazon listings, and Facebook launches yet another app. Bridget Carey ...

Mattel has pulled one its Barbie picture books after it sparked outrage for being "sexist" and "misogynistic." Random House published the $4 book, titled "I Can Be a Computer Engineer," that's aimed ...

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Barbie made two very successful tours as a flight attendant during the 1960s, and in 1999 she paid the mortgage on her dream house as a competent commercial airline pilot. She’s also taken on the role ...