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A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google's Play Store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that…

The challenges Dr. Johnson faced as a woman in medicine who was fighting for women in medicine further illustrated the need for women on both sides of the science. While it’s important that medicine includes women as subjects when studying different diseases and treatments, it's equally important that women be the ones doing the studying.Women have been an increasing presence in medical research and public health fields. Still, Dr. Johnson points out that despite studies that show that women and minorities have more novel…

Credit: Harvard Gazette Pervasive myths that paint an overall picture of women having a lesser commitment to their jobs are hampering their career advancement, according to a new report on women in the workplace by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org, a nonprofit founded and chaired by Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook's parent company. …

Cooperation at prescribed and cultural fire events. (a) Veteran firefighters and novices work together on a prescribed burn at the Klamath TREX (training exchange) near Orleans, California (image credit: JN Williams). (b) A cooperative extension “burn boss” briefs Prescribed Burn Association members ahead of a burn (image credit: L Quinn-Davidson). (c) The Mexican National Forestry and Protected Areas Commissions collaborate with community brigades on a…

Proportion of promotions that were female 2014–19 Home Office forces: England and Wales (Source: Home Office, 2019c). Credit: Police Practice and Research (2023). DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2023.2231593 A new study published this week examines the under-representation of women in policing. It reveals that cultural and structural barriers persist and are impacting female career advancement when compared to that of male colleagues.…

Mike Anthony, co-founder, DJMy mum was a singer and my dad had a band and played football with Bob Marley when he lived in Britain. My uncles were musicians, too, so as a child growing up in London, I was exposed to the Caribbean culture of setting up speakers in halls to listen to music. When I was 11, I saw a DJ and knew what I wanted to do. Four years later, I was at an under-16s rave when I saw Richie P grab the mic. From that night, he became my best friend. We started DJing at house parties as Rampage, which stood…

Hi, this is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. On April 29, in ETtech Unwrapped's last edition, I wrote about how fintechs were facing the twin blows of a funding winter and heightened regulatory scrutiny. Today, I will look at another interesting angle: bank fintech partnerships and how regulations are playing a critical role here.The free run that Indian fintech founders had is a thing of the past. Not only has the regulator stepped in to check the speed of innovation, but banks are also looking to work only with regulated…

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In March Lauren Daigle released Thank God I Do, the first single from her forthcoming self-titled album. The music video is set on a flower-festooned street in her home state of Louisiana. Daigle, equally garlanded, wanders through them singing uplifting things about love. Many of the YouTube comments mention how it has touched their hearts or helped them through a difficult time. They make the ones accusing of her apostasy and paganism sound even more unreasonable.Daigle, 31, has experienced plenty of these kinds of…

There are many areas that you can visit in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. However, there are also those that can't be accessed right from the get-go. For instance, some passageways are blocked by green laser projections, preventing you from entering. Here's our guide to help you unlock green door barriers in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Likewise, please be reminded that this guide contains minor spoilers.How to unlock green door barriers in Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorTechnically, you don't really unlock green door…