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Hollywood’s DEI Programs Have Begun to D-I-E. How Hard Did the Industry Really Try?

But the Supreme Court’s anti-affirmative-action ruling still hangs over existing programs. “I’ve heard people being very cautious about potential lawsuits that could arise from perceived quota systems,” Marston says. “There are even some concerns about people’s titles having ‘equity’ in them—being scared that that’s going to be illegal or unethical at this point.” She sees […]

Weather

Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers in Ukraine, Zelensky says

Russia has deployed North Korean soldiers in significant numbers for the first time to support its offensive in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president said North Korean troops are reportedly being used in assaults on Ukrainian forces defending an enclave in Russia’s Kursk region. “Today, we already have preliminary data that the Russians have […]

Technology

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun

And that’s not all. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there. If you use uBlock Origin’s Chrome extension to filter out online ads, expect to get mildly annoyed in the near future. Google […]

Politics

Calmes: The GOP assault on election integrity has already begun

If you needed just one fact to show that in the world’s greatest democracy one of the two major parties is perversely devoted to suppressing and even subverting the vote, you couldn’t do better than this: The senior counsel for the Republican National Committee’s “election integrity team” — Orwellian doublespeak come to life — is […]

Science

The Crackdown on Compounded GLP-1 Meds Has Begun

The end of the tirzepatide shortage has created a fraught moment for many patients taking the compounded version of the drug. As WIRED recently reported, many of these patients are concerned that they will not be able to afford or access the name-brand versions of their medication. While Eli Lilly recently introduced a new, cheaper […]