Search engine Google is aiming to increase the number of female computer engineers in order to reduce the gender gap in the industry, ANI reported.

Co-founder Larry Page in his address during the I/O conference, said that the company is focused on recruiting more women 'forever' so as to ensure that the company is not all male.

In a report by CNN, Page suggested that more young girls and women need to be directed towards technology, which would undoubtedly double the rate of progress.

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