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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: After SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, Apple, Meta, Google, and other tech companies announce or reaffirm policies supporting staff seeking abortion services — A number of tech and media companies are responding to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by offering to pay … Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: After SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, Apple, Meta, Google, and other tech companies announce or reaffirm policies supporting staff seeking abortion…

WASHINGTON—Russian intelligence agencies have increased the pace of cyberattacks against nations that have provided aid to Ukraine, according to new research published Wednesday by Microsoft Corp. , which said it had observed Moscow-backed hacking attempts in over 40 countries. Much of the malicious cyber activity linked to the Kremlin took aim at governments that are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for espionage, and targets also included…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain La Trobe University research reveals an inexpensive "peer support" model used extensively by frontline health workers may be the solution to teacher burnout, which has left schools across the country unable to operate effectively. …

As all the leading cryptocurrencies get hammered, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he will keep supporting and buying Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency he has been vouching about for years.Amid the 'crypto winter', Dogecoin digital currency has tumbled from its high of nearly $0.74 to just over $0.05 in recent days.In a tweet on Sunday, Musk said: "I will keep supporting Dogecoin."Reacting to a follower who asked him to keep buying Dogecoin too, Musk replied that he will keep purchasing the cryptocurrency.Called 'Dogefather', Musk…

The Pixel Watch is set to debut later this year and could be paired with a dedicated app. References to a Google Pixel Watch App were found by 9to5Google in a recent APK teardown, and while this doesn’t necessarily confirm the app, there’s a possibility that such an app is in the works. If this is true, the standard Wear OS app could be replaced by a new Pixel Watch app for the upcoming smartwatch. 9to5Google The app was referenced inside the latest beta update of Google Play Services. The report mentions a change…

Owners of Intel Arc A730M, A370M, and A350M graphics chips — anyone? — now have an actual driver (opens in new tab) that supports the fledgling GPUs. Limited to mobile chips (opens in new tab) for now, laptops featuring Intel’s latest foray into graphics processing are starting to appear (desktop models have yet to breathe the clean air of freedom).(Image credit: Intel)The big news with the driver — apart from its existence — is that it supports Sniper Elite 5, Rebellion’s Nazi-testicle-shooting simulator that launched…

EA has released a statement in support of the LGBTQ+ community following criticism from employees about the company’s silence on issues such as abortion rights and transgender rights. Last week an executive at Electronic Arts shared that the company will not make a public statement defending abortion or transgender rights, claiming that “being an inclusive company means being inclusive of all points of view.” During an internal company-wide town hall meeting on Tuesday (May 24), Kotaku has reported that “many” employees…

Xiaomi has a rapid device upgrade cycle, forcing the brand to add more devices to its EOS list than any smartphone manufacturer. This week’s EOS list has several popular Redmi, Redmi Note, Mi phones, and Mi tablets. Let’s have a look.Xiaomi EOS listRedmi K20Redmi Note 7Redmi Note 7SRedmi Note 7 ProRedmi 7Redmi Y3Mi Pad 4Mi Pad 4 PlusMi PlayMi 9 SERedmi K20, which debuted more than three years ago, is undoubtedly the most popular of these ten handsets on the list. Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 4 was the company’s last tablet before…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Contrary to popular belief, well-intentioned calls for women to invest in women-owned businesses might be doing more harm than good in resolving the gender gap in venture financing. New research found in the INFORMS journal Organization Science finds that female-owned startups that get funding from female venture capitalists are two times less likely to get additional financing compared to…

Image via Marvel Studios Millions of words have been written about the MCU‘s impact on the movie industry. Since Iron Man debuted in 2008, the franchise has triumphed again and again at the box office, with the current commercial high point the gargantuan Avengers: Endgame bringing in $2.7 billion dollars in 2019. Now, some Marvel fans are feeling uneasy about the MCU’s continued dominance in theaters. A thread on r/MarvelStudios wonders if anyone else is feeling “conflicted” about this success, wondering if…