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Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told The ...The Hill - 9h -
The Twitch Streamer Using Face Recognition to Make Video Games More Accessible
For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a ...Wired - 1d -
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UK to give businesses greater access to pension scheme surpluses
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan is intended to drive investment by companies and boost economic growthFinancial Times - 4d -
Federal judge, prosecutors battle over Oath Keepers' access to Capitol
D.C. Judge Amit Mehta ordered Oath Keeper members who were convicted of Jan. 6 crimes but whose sentences were commuted by President Trump.CBS News - Jan. 24 -
Assassin's Creed Shadows Accessibility Options Are The Series' Most Robust Yet
Not every player can experience video games in the same way, especially if they have impairments. That's why Ubisoft is laying out the accessibility options that are included in Assassin's Creed ...GameSpot - Jan. 24 -
Shein exec says tariffs shouldn't affect its cheap clothes — as long as they're applied 'equally'
When asked if Shein will still be able to provide its ultralow prices if tariffs take effect, Tang did not address whether the company would raise prices.CNBC - Jan. 23 -
Unpaid internship access 'unfair' to working class, students say
New research says internship opportunities increasingly favour those from a middle class background.BBC News - Jan. 23 -
Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status
LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand have experienced a life-changing occasion, registering thir marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couplesABC News - Jan. 23 -
Brussels proposes extending EU banks’ access to UK clearing houses
European Commission wants to prolong existing arrangements that benefit City of LondonFinancial Times - Jan. 22 -
Thomas to golfers: Grant more access to media
Justin Thomas is asking his fellow golfers to make themselves more accessible to the PGA Tour's media partners during telecasts, citing the sport's need to "better connect with fans."ESPN - Jan. 21 -
Martin Luther King III urges return of civility, focus on equality
Martin Luther King III, a civil rights activist and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, spoke to CBS News on MLK Day and Trump's inauguration.CBS News - Jan. 20 -
Catalight's Journey Cuts a Clear Path to Sustainable Access to Healthcare
Impacting the lives of 20,000 people daily, Catalight seeks to eliminate the long wait times for care by challenging the status quo through research, innovation and advocacy with the goal to ...CBS News - Jan. 20 -
TikTok no longer accessible in US
TikTok blocked access to American users late Saturday night, just hours before a law banning the popular video-sharing platform was set to go into effect. “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in ...The Hill - Jan. 19 -
How scientists with disabilities are making research labs and fieldwork more accessible
Disabled scientists are trying to make research labs and fieldwork more accessibleABC News - Jan. 18 -
Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification
The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.The New York Times - Jan. 18 -
"Curious" sailor tried to access Biden's medical records, investigation shows
According to the investigation, obtained by CBS News, "curiosity" drove a Navy corpsman to see if he could access President Biden's medical records on a government computer.CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is ‘the law of the land.’ What is it, and what happens next?
President Joe Biden’s symbolic declaration on Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” likely only sets up more debates for Congress and the courts over the constitutional ...NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Biden affirms Equal Rights Amendment is part of Constitution
President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as the ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist
Twenty-two years after The Pianist, the actor is again Oscar frontrunner for a post-Holocaust epic. He talks about renovating a castle, unfulfilled yearnings and making his parents happy. Adrien ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Judge allows 3 states to advance efforts to restrict access to abortion pill
A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.CBS News - Jan. 16 -
Russian diplomats accessed private area of UK parliament in security breach
Exclusive: MPs warned not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament after incident said to have alarmed ministers. Russian diplomats accessed a private area of parliament in a major security breach ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
Capital One acknowledges 'outage' as users report issues accessing deposits
Capital One said an unspecified technical issue was hampering customer account access, as some users reported issues with direct deposits.NBC News - Jan. 16 -
Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror
He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of artABC News - Jan. 16 -
Access Is Tight Around Kamala Harris’s Los Angeles Home
The Brentwood house she shares with Doug Emhoff is in an evacuation zone, but the vice president has been in Washington.The New York Times - Jan. 15 -
Texas Rangers will stream broadcasts after seasons of difficult access to games
The Texas Rangers are making their regional game broadcasts available directly to consumers in a streaming packageABC News - Jan. 15 -
EU threatens to curb access for makers of Chinese medical devices
Report finds Beijing is discriminating against bloc’s manufacturers in same fieldFinancial Times - Jan. 14 -
Democratic states train non-doctors on providing abortions to expand US access
From Washington to Connecticut, pharmacists and healthcare workers pioneer efforts to limit abortion barriers. Democratic states across the country are embarking on a pioneering effort to ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
New US Rule Aims to Block China’s Access to AI Chips and Models by Restricting the World
The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.Wired - Jan. 13 -
How To Get Into Path Of Exile 2 Early Access
Path of Exile 2 is out now in early access ahead of its 1.0 launch in the future. Naturally, that means the game will change a lot over the months ahead. While the ARPG will feature three acts of ...GameSpot - Jan. 8 -
UnitedHealth shareholders demand review of policies that 'delayed or denied' health care access
Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Trump White House seeks to limit staff who have direct access to the president
The number of individuals with direct access to the president will be more limited when Donald Trump takes office in two weeks.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Nvidia announces early access for Omniverse Sensor RTX for smarter autonomous machines
Nvidia announced early access for Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX software to enable smarter autonomous machines with generative AI. Generative AI and foundation models let autonomous machines ...VentureBeat - Jan. 7 -
Private equity to lobby Trump for access to savers’ retirement funds
Industry hopes incoming administration will open long-restricted private investments to individual investorsFinancial Times - Jan. 6 -
FirstGroup to add bus and open access rail routes amid Labour nationalisation
UK’s largest train operator under pressure to diversify due to government plansFinancial Times - Jan. 5 -
For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Eclipses Concerns About Abortion Access
This is a MedPage Today story. In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. For ...ABC News - Jan. 4 -
Takano to take helm of Congressional Equality Caucus
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) will take the reins of the Congressional Equality Caucus, a coalition of House Democrats supportive of LGBTQ rights, in the 119th Congress, the group announced Friday. ...The Hill - Jan. 3 -
Visionary Realms’ Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen sees success in early access
Visionary Realms is an ambitious game studio that recently launched early access for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, a classic fantasy MMO.VentureBeat - Jan. 3 -
Sugar Bowl security to equal Super Bowl: New Orleans police
The New Orleans Police Department revealed Thursday that the annual Sugar Bowl will feature heightened security after a man drove directly into a crowd on Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, ...The Hill - Jan. 2