A study carried out by the Journal of Financial Economics found that borrowers from minority groups are charged interest rate almost 8% higher and are rejected for loans 14% more than those from privileged groups. This is despite the U.S.…
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Russia Sees Tech Brain Drain due to Ukraine Invasion
A large amount of tech workers in Russia are leaving to look for safer and greener pastures. Over 70,000 tech specialists incited by the change of political atmosphere, left the country after its invasion of Ukraine, with many more expected…
Study Finds That Restricted Internet Access Could be Key to Academic Improvement
A recent study of Malawi high school students found that under the right control, the internet can give students the opportunity to access high quality materials that can greatly boost their academic performance. It could even serve as an alternative…
Recent Study Finds that Parents’ Social Media Use is Connected to their Parenting Style
Recent studies have found that parents who more frequently post pictures of their kids on social media tend to have more confident and permissive parenting styles. They also engage their kids with social media at younger ages. These parents share…
GIF Creator Dies Following COVID-19 Complications
On the 1st of March 2022, beloved creator of the GIF file format, Steve Wilhite contracted COVID-19. ‘It came on suddenly. He woke up one morning and he said, “Honey, I don’t feel good. I don’t feel good at all”.…
MIT’s Mini Cheetah and its Speed
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) recently created a new version of a quick quadrupedal robot. Although four-legged robots have amassed a lot of popularity over the last few years, running is a skill that has eluded them.…
Researchers Discover Vulnerability in Thousands of JavaScript Websites
JavaScript is popularly used by millions of developers around the world to build websites and mobile apps. However, according to researchers from the John Hopkins Information Security Institute, thousands of websites created with JavaScript are susceptible to a security loophole…
Twitter Account Calls Out Gender Pay Gaps of Companies Tweeting about International Women’s Day
On the morning of International Women’s Day, Francesca Lawson and Ali Fensome’s Twitter account @PayGapApp had just about 2,000 followers. The couple created the account last year to monitor government data on gender pay gaps in companies in the UK…
New Tech Jobs Being Created in Cities Far From Silicon Valley
According to a Brookings Institution report, smaller cities like Virginia Beach, Wisconsin, Vancouver and Durham have recently shown strong growth in new tech jobs. On the other hand, cities considered to be tech strongholds have seen their growth rate tumble.…
Ukrainian Researcher Leaks Conti Ransomware Source Code
A Ukrainian researcher has dealt blows to the Conti ransomware operation, leaking internal conversations, the source of their ransomware, administrative panels and so much more. Conti has had a difficult week after siding with Russia on the invasion of Ukraine…