Social Issues
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accessibility
Apple Adds Gesture Control and a Ton of Accessibility Features
Image: Apple Apple’s always expressed a commitment to accessibility, but today it announced a plethora of upcoming features that could…
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Amazon Is Being Sued by Five More Women Alleging Race and Gender Discrimination
Photo: Jeff Spicer / Stringer (Getty Images) Five women who have worked at Amazon filed suit against the company in…
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Melinda Gates Called Divorce Lawyers in 2019 After NYTimes Revealed Bill’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein: WSJ
In this Feb. 1, 2019 file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland,…
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US Supports Lifting Patent Restrictions on Covid-19 Vaccines
Empty vials of the Johnson & Johnson vaccinePhoto: Michael Ciaglo (Getty Images) After weeks of back-and-forth discussions within the Biden…
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child pornography
Child Sexual Abuse Site With 400,000 Users Shut Down by a Multinational Task Force
Photo: Jan Hennop (Getty Images) An international task force has shut down a large-scale dark web child sexual abuse platform,…
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Broadband Providers Sue New York Over $15 and $20 Monthly Plans
Photo: Michael Bocchieri (Getty Images) A coalition of broadband associations representing providers such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile sued New…
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Postal Service Cops Are Monitoring Social Media: Document
Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (Getty Images) Add another pushpin to the string wall of America’s shadowy force of postal service cops.…
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algorithmic bias
FTC Says Racist Algorithms Could Get You In a Lot of Trouble
Photo: Bridget Bennett (Getty Images) Tentatively excellent news! The FTC has declared that it is serious about racist algorithms, and…
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Most People Don’t Lose Weight Long Term, Study Finds
Photo: Patrick Sison (AP) New research is the latest to suggest that sustained weight loss is extremely difficult for most…
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Minnesota Has Begun Crafting Privacy Policies for Connected Transit Tech
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) Connected and automated vehicles are the future, but they carry with them a…
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