Go read this story about why it’s time to scrap racist bird names
An illustration of a Maui parrotbill perched on a branch. | Photo by Brown Bear/Windmill Books/Universal Images Group via Getty
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Day: June 5, 2021
COVID-19 hospitalization rates in adolescents went up during March and April
Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ImagesIn March and April, when COVID-19 vaccinations were starting to keep older
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Microsoft says Bing’s ‘Tank Man’ censorship was a human error
On Microsoft’s search engine Bing, searching for “Tank Man,” the iconic figure from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China,
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Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeApple employees are pushing back against a new policy that would require them to
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TikTok says the repeat removal of the intersex hashtag was a mistake
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergePidgeon Pagonis, an intersex activist, noticed last week that the #intersex hashtag wasn’t working
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Nvidia and Valve are bringing DLSS to Linux
Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeLinux gamers using Valve’s Proton compatibility tool to run Windows games will be getting
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The pandemic was the bloodiest year for driving in over a decade
Photo by Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / Getty ImagesRoad deaths jumped 7.2 percent in 2020 from the year
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