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The commission’s finding follows a five-year investigation triggered by employee complaints, which cited investigations by The Oregonian into Intel’s layoff practices. Source: Intel discriminated against eight older workers in 2015…
After many failed model projections, does anyone take the UW’s IHME’s astrologist’s forecasts seriously? If you do take them seriously, we’ve got 200,000 unused ventilators you can have. A grim…
For most bus usage, range is not an issue. They are probably quieter and are not idling when stopped to pick up kids, spewing diesel exhaust. The Beaverton School District…
“Harvard Summer School suspended all study-abroad programming for the summer of 2021, citing concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” Source: Harvard Cancels Summer 2021 Study Abroad Programming | News |…
The conversations are a treat for the astronauts as well. “You’re talking to someone and looking right down at where they are,” NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold II said. Over the…
Computer aided design (CAD) tools like Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks – are difficult to learn to use. Most available online tutorials are out of date as the software is updated…
“Kids who code early start thinking of themselves as people who can create. In the future, you can either be a creator or a consumer of technology. If you are…
Colleges are racing to sign deals with “online proctor” companies that watch students through their webcams while they take exams. But education advocates say the surveillance software forces students to…
Yes! This is a permanent elimination: The University of California board of regents, in a landmark move that could reshape the college admissions process across the country, voted Thursday to…
As I noted, every page on their web site should say “For Entertainment Purposes Only”: Epidemiologists are criticizing an influential coronavirus model as flawed and warning against relying on it…