Ressourcenhunger bleibt unbegrenzt

Vor 50 Jahren hat der Club of Rome ein Ende des ungezügelten Wachstums gefordert. So blicken Experten heute auf die damaligen Prognose

Vor 50 Jahren hat der Club of Rome ein Ende des ungezügelten Wachstums gefordert. So blicken Experten heute auf die damaligen Prognose

Ressourcenhunger bleibt unbegrenzt

Vor 50 Jahren hat der Club of Rome ein Ende des ungezügelten Wachstums gefordert. So blicken Experten heute auf die damaligen Prognose

Vor 50 Jahren hat der Club of Rome ein Ende des ungezügelten Wachstums gefordert. So blicken Experten heute auf die damaligen Prognose

Anti-vaccine doctor behind COVID misinfo pleads guilty to Jan. 6 riot charge

Gold has spent the pandemic downplaying COVID-19 and promoting unproven treatments.

Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

Enlarge / Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | Samuel Corum)

Dr. Simone Gold, a prominent anti-vaccine doctor who founded a group notorious for widely peddling COVID-19 misinformation, pleaded guilty on Thursday to joining the insurrectionists who violently attacked the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021.

Gold is the founder of America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) and has spent the pandemic downplaying COVID-19, promoting unproven treatments, such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, and casting doubt on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

According to her guilty plea, Gold entered a restricted area around the Capitol on January 6, joining part of the mob outside the East Rotunda door. There she stood directly in front of a law enforcement officer as the officer was assaulted and dragged to the ground, the plea notes. Shortly after, she entered the Rotunda with rioters and began giving a speech against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government-imposed lockdowns, while co-defendant John Strand video-recorded her remarks. Multiple law enforcement officers had to intervene before Gold stopped her speech, then she and Strand left the area.

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Activision employee suicide was spurred by workplace harassment, lawsuit says

Parents of deceased allege “hostile work environment” contributed to her death.

Activision's publishing HQ in Santa Monica, California.

Enlarge / Activision's publishing HQ in Santa Monica, California. (credit: Activision)

The parents of former Activision employee Kerri Moynihan have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, alleging that the harassment she suffered working at the company contributed to her 2017 suicide at a corporate retreat.

The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, which was filed Thursday and was initially reported by The Washington Post, alleges that the hostile work environment Moynihan was subjected to during her time at the Activision finance department contributed to her untimely death in 2017 at age 32. That death, which the lawsuit says was ruled a suicide by the Orange County coroner, came during an Activision company retreat at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.

The new lawsuit quotes heavily from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit filed against Activision last July. That earlier suit is used to establish that the company "fostered and permitted a sexually hostile work environment to exist in which female employees were routinely sexually harassed, belittled, disparaged, and discriminated against, and Activision failed and refused to take corrective action or reasonable steps to prevent that harassment."

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Ukraine-Krieg sprengt Arktischen Rat

Gremium stand bisher für Entspannungspolitik und erkannte Rolle Russlands an. Nun setzt der Rat seine Arbeit angesichts des russischen Angriffs auf aus

Gremium stand bisher für Entspannungspolitik und erkannte Rolle Russlands an. Nun setzt der Rat seine Arbeit angesichts des russischen Angriffs auf aus

Lilbits: Samsung Galaxy A13 and A23 launched, try the Steam Deck UI on any PC, run GrapheneOS’ secure apps on any Android phone

Samsung’s Galaxy S series smartphones grab most of the headlines since they’re the company’s flagship-class phone that typically feature the best hardware Samsung can put in your pocket (even if that hardware sometimes doesn’t run as fast as it could). But the company’s best-selling phones are actually in the wallet-friendly Galaxy A series. And now […]

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Samsung’s Galaxy S series smartphones grab most of the headlines since they’re the company’s flagship-class phone that typically feature the best hardware Samsung can put in your pocket (even if that hardware sometimes doesn’t run as fast as it could). But the company’s best-selling phones are actually in the wallet-friendly Galaxy A series. And now Samsung has launched two new Galaxy A-branded phones with big screens and high-res cameras… but without 5G support.

In other recent tech news from around the web, it turns out you can try Valve’s new Steam Deck user interface without holding an actual Steam Deck in your hands. It just takes a little work to access the new UI using the Steam game client on any Windows or Mac PC.

The folks behind security-hardened Android-based operating system GrapheneOS are releasing some security & privacy-focused apps to Google Play, allowing you to run them on just about any Android device. And Microsoft has completed is acquisition of Nuance and released an update to the command line Windows Package Manager (those last two aren’t related).

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