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Credit: The Conversation More of us have been in paid work this past year than ever before. A big part of that is because more of us have been able to work from home than ever before. The proportion of Australians in paid work climbed above 64% in May last year, and has stayed there since. At the same time, unemployment has hovered around a…

An effective single-dose, long-term treatment for anxiety could be within reach, with the phase 2b clinical trial of MM-120 reported to have passed the stage with flying colors. The makers, MindMed, now plan to hold an end-of-phase meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early 2024, and then get a phase 3 trial under way.MM-120 is essentially lysergide D-tartrate, which is best known by its abbreviation, LSD. A synthetic tryptamine, this serotonergic hallucinogen acts as a partial agonist at serotonin…

Tesla is facing allegations that it's trying to minimize complaints about performance. Reuters sources claim the company had a secret Diversion Team in the Las Vegas area to cancel range-related service appointments. If a customer complained the range didn't live up to marketing claims, advisors would tell owners that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) range figures were just predictions and battery degradation would reduce range. Tesla supposedly began tinkering with range estimates a decade ago to exaggerate figures…

Tesla has been accused of exaggerating EV driving range in the past, but it's now facing allegations that it's trying to minimize complaints about performance. Reuters sources claim Tesla had a secret "Diversion Team" in the Las Vegas area that aims to cancel range-related service appointments. If a customer complained that the range didn't live up to marketing claims, advisors in the team would tell owners that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) range figures were just predictions, and that battery degradation would…

Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers 97% of the 600 million smartphones in India, had exploited its dominant position. It ordered Google to remove restrictions imposed on device makers, including those related to…

Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers 97 percent of the 600 million smartphones in India, had exploited its dominant position.It ordered Google to remove restrictions imposed on device makers, including those related…

Leer en español.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched “The GroundBreaker” satellite this weekend in a shared mission with Spanish company Sateliot. GroundBreaker is the first satellite with standard 5G technology in low Earth orbit, and the first piece of a future constellation of 250 nanosatellites that aims to offer 5G connectivity from space for Internet of Things devices. Is This the End of Apple’s Lightning Cable?Weighing just 22 pounds (10 kilograms), GroundBreaker is poised to offer coverage to areas three times the…

Elon Musk’s proposal for a Twitter Inc. subscription program has reignited the debate over the issue of spam and fake accounts that was at the center of the billionaire’s effort to get out of buying the social-media company.In a series of tweets this week, Mr. Musk said the program would give subscribers priority in replies, mentions and search, among other features. Current verified users who want to retain that status would need to subscribe to the program within a 90-day period,…

Selena Gomez & Hailey Bieber Posing Together In A Single Frame Has Let The Netizens Talking! (Photo Credit –Tyrell Hampton/Justin Bieber/Instagram; Twitter) For the longest time, there had been rumours of a fallout between Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez. It all happened when Justin Bieber ended up getting engaged with the former, only 2 months after splitting with the Calm Down singer. Jelena fans would often spread hate against the Victoria’s Secret model but it looks like there’s no bad blood. Scroll below for…

Another winter, another wave. With the leaves changing color, temperatures dropping, and people spending more time indoors, health officials are warning of a spike not just in Covid-19 cases but other infections as well. “The challenge with holiday seasons every year is it’s also a time where contagious respiratory viruses — like influenza, RSV, and, again this year, Covid — spread much more quickly,” said Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, during a press conference on Tuesday. Covid-19 cases…