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Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. has proven to be a stubborn issue that is holding back America’s ability to defend itself against the particularly infectious Delta variant in certain parts of the country. In addition to unvaccinated adults themselves, two demographics are particularly vulnerable as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises. “Children under 12 don’t have a vaccine yet,” Dr. Heather Yeo, associate professor of surgery and health care policy and research at Weill Cornell… Source link

Three groups focused on increasing diversity in artificial intelligence say they will no longer take funding from Google. In a joint statement released Monday, Black in AI, Queer in AI, and Widening NLP said they acted to protest Google’s treatment of its former ethical AI team leaders Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, as well as former recruiter April Christina Curley, a Black queer woman. “The potential for AI technologies to cause particular harm to members of our communities weighs… Source link

Moderna (MRNA) has its sights set on 2022 and beyond, even as it continues to produce doses for its COVID-19 vaccine this year. CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance Wednesday that governments are now focused on booster shots for next year, even though it’s unclear what type of booster shot will be needed — or when it will be needed — as worries surface over emerging variants.  The pandemic still continues to claim casualties around the world, challenging efforts by the U.S., Britain… Source link

(Photo via Google) Google is offering $25 million in grants to nonprofits addressing economic inequalities faced by women and girls around the world. A fitting announcement for International Women’s Day, the launch is part of Google.org’s latest Impact Challenge. “When women and girls have the resources and opportunities to turn their potential into power, it changes the trajectory of their lives and strengthens entire communities,” Google.org President Jacquelline Fuller wrote in a blog… Source link

Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law taxing digital advertising by Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google is being challenged in federal court as “a punitive assault” on digital advertising and should be struck down, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by leading trade associations. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, contends the law “is illegal in myriad ways.” It alleges the law violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibits… Source link

TipRanks J.P. Morgan: 2 Auto Stocks That Can Charge Forward in 2021 The US auto industry is looking up, despite the COVID pandemic – and that has car watchers and Wall Street analysts alike moving toward a cautious optimism. Customers are starting to buy cars again, as shown by Toyota Motor’s December figures: The company reported sales of 249,601 vehicles, up 20.4% year-over-year. Now, with vaccination rates increasing and better spring weather just a couple of months away, the car… Source link

TipRanks Are These 3 Electric Car Stocks Still Worth Buying? Analyst Weighs In Electric cars are growing in popularity, a trend fueled by social acceptance, the green mentality, and a recognition that the internal combustion engine does have its flaws. Some of those flaws are addressed by electric vehicles (EVs). They bring lower emissions, less pollution from the car, and the promise of high performance off the mark. For the present, the main drawbacks are the high cost and relatively short… Source link

(Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has not… Source link

(Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has not… Source link

Jan 12 (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has… Source link