Understanding the gender pay gap and how it hurts women’s earnings and ability to build wealth

Kazi Awal/Insider The gender pay gap varies across race and age. Rachel Mendelson/Insider The gender pay gap is the difference in earnings between men and women in the workforce. Many factors contribute to the gender pay gap, including unconscious bias and discrimination. In general, the gender pay gap is much larger for women of color….

It’s ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Chrome OS, Google’s Linux-based operating system for its Chromebook devices, has been around for more than a decade, but the company has made a small but notable branding change: it’s now called ChromeOS, with no space in between. James Croom, Google’s senior director of marketing for ChromeOS, confirmed…

Long COVID patients spend their life savings on unproven “blood washing”

Enlarge / A plasma donor is connected to an apheresis machine, which separates plasma from blood as people donate blood plasma for medicines, at the Twickenham Donor Centre, southwest London on April 7, 2021. (credit: Getty | Johnathan Brady) The COVID-19 pandemic is considered by many experts to be a mass disabling event. Though most…

Cruise robotaxi service under review following anonymous letter

Someone claiming to be a Cruise employee sent an anonymous letter to a California regulatory agency raising concerns that the company is launching its robotaxi service too early. The employee cited the regularity of instances that Cruise robotaxis malfunction in some way and are left stranded on streets, often blocking traffic or emergency vehicles, as…

Arrest warrant issued for pro-trump election clerk Tina Peters because she made unauthorized trip to speak at a conference in Las Vegas that was streamed on Mike Lindell’s website

yPillow CEO Mike Lindell told Vice News that Peters is now “holed up” in a safe house. Getty Images, Mesa County An arrest warrant was issued for former Mesa County election clerk Tina Peters on Thursday. The Mesa County DA said that Peters made an unauthorized trip to Las Vegas. In Vegas, she spoke at…

‘We brought this on ourselves:’ Husband and wife duo who smoked joint inside the Capitol on January 6 are sentenced to 60 days in jail

John Getsinger, Jr. and Stacie Ann Hargis-Getsinger sit on a bench inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Justice Department. A husband and wife were sentenced to 60 days in prison this week for their role in the Jan. 6 riot. John Getsinger Jr. and Stacie Ann Hargis-Getsinger smoked a joint in the Capitol,…