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Hong Kong's top court backs same-sex civil unions
Published on 05/09/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s top court ruled on Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the territory’s LGBTQ community.
Twitch video gamers go offline to protest 'hate raids'
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Users of Twitch, the world's biggest video game streaming site, staged a virtual walkout on Wednesday to voice outrage over barrages of racist, sexist and homophobic abuse on the Amazon-owned platform.
EU, US sign data protection deal
AFP, Published on 02/06/2016
» BRUSSELS - The European Union and the United States on Thursday signed a deal to protect personal data transferred across the Atlantic in a bid to fight crime and terrorism.
Uber gives Pakistan drivers classes to deter sex harassment
AFP, Published on 05/03/2016
» ISLAMABAD - Uber is teaching its drivers in Pakistan how not to sexually harass women, a spokeswoman said Friday, after the popular transport app launched in the conservative country where women are often hassled on public transport.
Faces of diversity at US Internet giants
AFP, Published on 06/09/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - White or Asian men are the typical employees in major US technology firms, and this has changed little since the first wave of "diversity reporting" last year.
Reverting to classic Windows
Life, James Hein, Published on 02/09/2015
» By now a number of readers will have applied the Windows 10 upgrade to their machines. Based on the feedback the first thing you should consider doing is going to www.classicshell.net and downloading the latest version of the free software Classic Shell. I have put this on a number of Windows 8.x machines over the past couple of years without any issues. This utility gives Windows 8 and 10 users back the classic Start menu and associated items. As of writing the latest version is 4.2.4 and I recommend it for all long-term Windows users.
Male, female or custom? Facebook's new gender options
AFP, Published on 14/02/2014
» Facebook on Thursday freed members from the bonds of being either male or female, letting people opt for custom genders such as transsexual or "intersex" at the social network.
Apple CEO backs workplace protection bill for gays
AFP, Published on 05/11/2013
» Apple chief executive Tim Cook joined the White House on Monday in backing a bill to ban workplace discrimination against gay and transgender employees.
Carla Bruni in Twitter backlash over feminism quip
AFP, Published on 29/11/2012
» Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was caught in the eye of a Twitter storm on Wednesday after telling French Vogue that her generation had no need for feminism.
India's poorest become video journalists
AFP, Published on 18/05/2012
» One video shows police beating protesters with sticks. Another shows two lifeless, dirty bodies dragged from their workplace in the sewers. In a third, a man explains why his hand was slashed.