A United Nations review of Uzbekistan’s human rights record expresses concerns about persistent torture in detention centers and limits on basic freedoms, according to Human Rights Watch. The UN Human Rights Committee’s conclusions reflect the fact that many pledged rights reforms have yet to materialize, Human Rights Watch said in a news release on April […]
In full disclosure, I often describe myself as not being a “kid person.” And it’s true — when I came out in the early 1980s, I thought I was off the hook for getting married and having children. Whew. I chronicled my young child-free lesbian life in Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters […]
Colombia’s government has vastly understated the total number of people who have contracted the coronavirus, according to various sources including medical practitioners, the Inspector General and high-ranking members of the Colombian Medical Federation (FMC). If correct, this news flies in the face of declarations made by Health Minister Fernando Ruiz on Monday that Colombia is […]
Microsoft announced its latest Windows 10 preview build today and while that is a pretty routine affair these days, the company also used today’s announcement to also launch the beta version of a new news consumption experience that anybody on a Windows 10 device can try out today. The Microsoft News Bar aggregates news from […]
Motherly CEO Jill Koziol admits that it was a tough pitch when she and her co-founder Liz Tenety first tried to get investors on-board in 2015. “We wanted to create a brand first and foremost,” Koziol told me. “We did not want to go and build a media company or a [direct-to-consumer] company or Facebook […]
You’ve probably read in many places online that cybercriminals are heavily exploiting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to trick users into infecting themselves with malware or steal their personal information. However, in a report published today, Microsoft says that they haven’t seen any noticeable spike in malware activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company […]
The Mapzen open-source mapping platform has a hard history. On the one hand, Mapzen is used by over 70,000 developers and it’s the backbone of such mapping services as OpenStreetMap, Remix, and Carto. But, as a business, Mapzen failed in 2018. Mapzen’s code and service lived on as a Linux Foundation Project. Now, it’s moved […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A second stimulus package India is poised to announce in coming days will be worth around 1 trillion rupees ($ 13 billion) and focus on help for small and medium businesses weathering the coronavirus outbreak, two senior officials said on Wednesday. People wait in queues alongside a road to enter a […]
Lufthansa has made permanent changes to its structure in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. According to an assessment from the German flag-carrier, it will take several months until the global travel restrictions are completely lifted and years until the worldwide demand for air travel returns to pre-crisis levels. Based on this evaluation, the executive […]
Bruce Springsteen has said he is “crushed by the loss” of US country-folk singer John Prine. The Grammy-winning songwriter died on Tuesday, aged 73, due to Covid-19 complications, his publicist confirmed. Prine had been in hospital in Nashville since last week with coronavirus symptoms, with his wife and manager, Fiona Whelan Prine, posting updates about […]