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By TOM KRISHER and MATTHEW DALY (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The changes come as sales of zero-tailpipe emissions electric vehicles, needed to meet the standards, have begun to slow. The auto industry has cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA’s preferred standards unveiled…

via Warner Bros. It would be real shame were the lasting legacy of Gal Gadot‘s contributions to the DCU to be Wonder Woman 1984 as her final major role playing the legendary hero, but everyone’s keeping their cards very close to the chest as to what the future holds. Even though most people are expecting her to cameo in Shazam! Fury of the Gods based on the trailer, rumors abounded that her guest appearance in The Flash was left on the cutting room floor. Meanwhile, the Amazons are getting a James Gunn-approved…

Photo: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty Images)Facebook jail is about to get less crowded. Under a new set of policies revealed this Thursday, parent company Meta says it’s now harder for users to wind up with their Facebook accounts suspended for lesser violations of its rules. Those changes come after years of pushback from civil society groups and Meta’s semi-independent Oversight Board, which criticized the company’s “disproportionate and opaque” policies around “strikes” that can result in otherwise benign content being…

The Indian Railways has allowed commuters to book unreserved tickets via the Unreserved Ticket System (UTS) mobile app up to 20 kilometres from a station in a non-suburban region. The distance in suburban regions has been increased from the previous 2 km to 5 km.The development is in response to a long-standing request from commuters travelling in general coaches for long-distance trains. The Railway Board has issued revised instructions regarding this to all zones, and the same has been in force.The Indian Railways is…

Around seven years ago Intel began a painful process of mass layoffs. During the process, which started in 2015 and ran until 2016, 13,000 employees were dismissed. Brian Krzanich was CEO at the time, and as well as being instrumental to this layoff strategy, he rubber-stamped a controversial no re-hire policy. That policy has quietly been rescinded, reports The Oregonian.The source indicates that Intel is in a personnel pickle and that the no re-hire policy has been unhelpful. The chipmaker currently needs thousands of…

Google will allow ads for stem cell treatments that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration — a change from its previous policy, which banned all ads for this experimental category of medical care. The policy update was first reported by Gizmodo and will go into effect in July. The company said in the policy update that it will also allow cell or gene therapy ads that are “exclusively educational or informational in nature,” even if they reference products or applications that are not approved by the FDA.…