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Kevin Frayer/Getty Images China is accused of detaining up to 1 million Uighur Muslims in internment camps in the western region of Xinjiang. Two Uighurs who had been inside those camps have told BBC Newsnight about the physical and psychological torture that goes on there. One described being shackled to a chair, deprived of sleep, […]
Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images A Chinese landlord was arrested on terror charges for renting out his home to ethnic minority Uighurs. The landlord was arrested under the country’s counter-terrorism law, which took effect in early 2016. And while the law makes no mention of prohibitions against renting property to Uighurs, […]
Women are still a minority when it comes to leadership positions in the tech industry. According to this chart by Statista, which was comprised from various tech companies’ data, leadership roles for women at the major tech companies hovers at well below 50%. Despite the lack of female leadership, concerted efforts are being made to […]
Outrage erupted online after the Latino Victory Fund targeted Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie in an inflammatory ad, showing a pickup truck with a Gillespie bumper sticker and a Confederate flag chasing down non-white children. The ad, which was released on Monday, shows a group of minority children running as the truck pursues them. […]
A new Ukrainian education law fails to “strike a balance” between the official language and those of minorities, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a resolution, adding that it is not conducive to “living together.” PACE expressed its concerns over the articles relating to education in minority languages in the […]
GamesBeat 2017 is at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers. This group can help us see the big picture about the global game industry, storytelling in games, and the new economy of tips for livestreaming. Our newest speakers include John Underkoffler, CEO […]
Enlarge / An Uber car (back) and a Yandex.Taxi car drive on a street in Moscow. (credit: VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images) Uber is merging its business in Russia with Yandex, a dominant player in the Internet business in that nation and Eastern Europe. The move is an unusual one for Uber, a company that doesn’t have […]
Virtual reality developers aren’t making as much money as they expected. Just ask Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media, creator of the VR game Time Machine VR. Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to be questioned on Monday evening by a powerful committee of Conservative backbenchers after leading a disastrous election campaign, which cost the party its majority. The prime minister will hold talks with the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, who are expected to raise questions over her leadership and […]
Sterling slid against the U.S. dollar after exit polls for the U.K. election pointed to no party winning a majority in the national vote. WSJ.com: What’s News US
