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Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky LetaThe invention of birth control provided women with a degree of reproductive freedom that past generations never had, and today there is a great variety of options: pills, rings, gels, vaginal sponges, long-acting implants, surgery, and specialized condoms. Men, on the other hand, only have condoms and the surgical, usually permanent option of a vasectomy. But a team of researchers now believes they’re on the brink of bringing the first novel kind of male contraceptive to the…

Elon Musk has regained his position as the world’s richest person. The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, recorded a slump in his total valuation after acquiring the micro-blogging platform Twitter. The billionaire received a mixed response from Twitter users after the buyout deal but a group of male activists from Bengaluru took it too far and organised a special ‘puja’ for Elon Musk. As per a report by IANS, a group of male activists from the Save Indian Family Federation (SIFF) NGO, organised the ‘puja’ to thank…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEverything Everywhere All At Once star Ke Huy Quan hailed the increasing diversity within the entertainment industry, as he collected a top Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award.The actor, who won best male actor in a supporting role, became the first Asian actor to win in the category and thanked those who had “contributed to these changes”.Quan beat Irish stars Brendan Gleeson and Barry…

Image Source : FREEPIK Amazon's Alexa completes 5 years in India, introduces new male voice Amazon's virtual assistant, Alexa, has completed five years in India and to mark the occasion, Amazon has introduced a new male voice option for Alexa's responses. Indian users can now switch between the original female voice and a new male voice. In addition, Alexa can now…

Sandra Bullock Once Stood Up For Herself Against S*xual Jokes On Sets & Ensured Her Safety ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ; Flickr ) Being in the glitz and glamour world can also be very scary and especially for actresses. Facing casting couch incidents, male ego, s*xual jokes and all sorts of things happen with female actors, and every other day they have to go through something like that. Recently, Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years of prison based on his r*pe cases. When a lot of actors don’t know how…

Credit: John Gomez/Shutterstock The case of David Carrick, a serial rapist and a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, is the latest shocking example of violence against women committed by the police. For years, I have studied misogyny in policing in England in Wales. I have crunched the numbers when it comes to acts…

Amazon Alexa has completed five years in India as a popular virtual assistant. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Amazon has announced special offers on its Alexa devices, which include Echo smart speakers and Fire TV devices. In addition, Amazon has also introduced a new male voice option…

PTI New Delhi, February 23Indian users, for the first time, will be able to switch between Alexa’s original voice and a new masculine sounding voice, Amazon said on Thursday as its virtual assistant completed five years in India.Amazon, in a statement marking the milestone, said millions of customers across India have purchased Echo devices.“For the first-time, Indian users will be able to switch between Alexa’s original voice and a new masculine sounding voice. The new voice can respond in both English and Hindi…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have helped shed light on the difficulties men face to seeking help for abuse. "Male survivors of sexual violence and abuse (SVA): Barriers and facilitators to reporting and accessing services" was published this week by the…

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed an experimental contraceptive drug candidate that can potentially serve as an on-demand male contraceptive. Recent research indicates that the drug effectively halts sperm movement, ultimately preventing pregnancy in preclinical models.An experimental contraceptive drug candidate developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators temporarily stops sperm in their tracks and prevents pregnancies in preclinical models. The study, published in the journal <span…