The guide suggests employees recommend to others that they stop using offensive words The University of Washington’s information technology department has released a new language guide highlighting “problematic words” that are commonly used but are supposedly racist, sexist, ageist, or homophobic. On this list of words to be avoided are “grandfather,” “housekeeping,” “minority,” “ninja,” and even “lame.” […]
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WHO warns we’re not ready to treat Covid like flu
The global health body has said the ongoing spread of Omicron across Europe poses a “huge amount of uncertainty” about the pandemic The World Health Organization’s (WHO) senior emergency officer for Europe has urged governments not to treat Covid as endemic, due to the risk of the virus “evolving quite quickly” and presenting “new challenges.” […]
Ivy League schools acting like ‘price-fixing cartel,’ lawsuit says
Lawsuit alleges that 16 major US universities are ‘conspiring’ to limit financial assistance packages for needy students Sixteen top US universities, including a number of prestigious Ivy League schools, have been accused of violating antitrust laws by working together to decide how much financial help should be awarded to prospective students. The lawsuit, which was […]
Gucci family reveal what they don’t like about Ridley Scott’s film
Descendants of Aldo Gucci have released a scathing statement condemning Ridley Scott’s new film, ‘House of Gucci’, for a “painful” portrayal that is an “insult to the legacy” of the fashion brand’s former chairman. ‘House of Gucci’, released earlier this month, tells the story of the Italian fashion empire and Milan socialite Patrizia Reggiani’s marriage […]
Study shows what would happen if China dealt with Covid like US
If China were to drop its zero-Covid-19 policy and open up its economy the way some Western countries have, it would have hundreds of thousands daily infections that would overwhelm its healthcare system, a study has claimed. The unsettling prediction came from a group of researchers at Peking University in Beijing, who crunched the numbers […]
‘Like judgement day’: Dozens trapped in Turkish building collapse (VIDEOS)
A two-storey building has collapsed in eastern Turkey, injuring at least 13 people. As rescue workers comb through the wreckage, more than 20 people are reportedly still trapped under concrete and debris. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the town of Battalgazi, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the Syrian border. The cause of […]
Google doesn’t like being shown inconvenient problems, ex-ethical AI co-lead ‘fired’ by the tech giant over her research tells RT
Google clamped down on Timnit Gebru, the former co-lead of ethical AI team, because she not only revealed bias in its large language models, but also called for structural changes in the AI field, Gebru told ‘Going Underground.’ Dr. Gebru was the first black female research scientist at Google, and her controversial parting with the […]
‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg rips ‘empty’ slogans like ‘Build Back Better’ in climate change speech
Climate awareness activist Greta Thunberg tore into “empty” slogans from world leaders in a speech on Tuesday, singling out ‘Build Back Better’ and ‘green economy’, and calling on politicians to take genuine environmental action. Read more 40 days to save the planet? Boris’ green act is yet another unprincipled U-turn from a serial flip flopper […]
NASA asked for a new bus to drive astronauts to their Moon rocket… but agency might not like the suggestions
NASA’s attempt to find a replacement for its iconic Astrovan to drive astronauts to a new Moon rocket has opened a Pandora’s box as people began suggesting the most bizarre vehicles, and added Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to the mix. Astronaut transfer van, or Astrovan, was used to drive astronauts to and from the […]
Biden acted like Trump & delivered ‘insult to a NATO partner’ with AUKUS pact, says Merkel’s ex top foreign policy adviser
The AUKUS submarine deal that deprived France of a hefty contract with Canberra has led to a “big loss of confidence” in the Biden administration, a former foreign policy advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. The agreement between Washington, London and Canberra to provide Australia with nuclear-powered, yet conventionally armed submarines, which was […]
France says Biden acted like Trump as UK & US steal huge Aussie submarine deal in ‘brutal, unilateral and unpredictable decision’
France’s foreign minister has spoken of his “anger” and “bitterness” and has criticized the US and Britain, after the allies agreed a deal to supply nuclear submarines to Australia, undoing Paris’ $40-billion deal for French subs. “I am angry and bitter. This isn’t done between allies,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told franceinfo radio on […]
‘US misled me into joining Mujahideen, then tortured me for Al-Qaeda past’: Gitmo survivor says US ‘acted like fascists’ post-9/11
A former Islamist fighter who went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and later got caught up in the US War on Terror – spending 14 years in the Guantanamo prison as a result – spoke to RT as part of the Unheard Voices project. In the early 1990s, Mohamedou Ould Slahi had a romantic […]
After visiting SpaceX, ‘built on shoulders of giants, like Korolev,’ Sergey Korolev’s grandson praises ‘genius manager’ Elon Musk
Space entrepreneur Elon Musk had a chance to pay tribute to one of his heroes, Sergey Korolev, as he hosted Andrey Korolev, the grandson of the legendary rocket engineer and father of the Soviet space program, in California. Musk is an outspoken fan of the Soviet school of space engineering and repeatedly expressed his admiration with […]