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2024 was a tough year for progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Not long after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, companies began making subtle changes to DEI policies and programs that catered to underrepresented workers, seemingly in response to escalating legal attacks and conservative backlash. Tech employers started downsizing DEI programs and shedding staff as part of layoffs. Some organizations tried to move away from the language of DEI and stopped using terms like equity.But last year, amid pressure from conservative activists like Robby Starbuck, many companiesincluding major employers like Walmart, McDonalds, and Fordtook more drastic measures, disbanding employee resource groups, nixing representation goals, and ending participation in an annual index that measures workplace inclusion for LGBTQ+ employees. In the last week, Big Tech has also made more aggressive cuts to diversity programs, with Meta eliminating its DEI team altogether. Some companies, like Costco, have stood their ground despite public pressure, while Walmart is now facing pushback from investors for its reversal on DEI. Still, theres no doubt corporate America is scaling back its commitment to DEIor at a minimum, rebranding the work to protect against legal liability. But if youre a leader who is truly invested in fostering a diverse workforce, you can still find ways to be a better advocate and ensure women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups advance in the workplace.Look at the dataSome employers have now eliminated representation goals for senior leadership, while others no longer consistently publish diversity reports. Even if thats the case at your company, there are other metrics that can help measure who is being promoted into or considered for those roles, according to DEI leader and workplace strategist Mita Mallick. You can also ask whether the company has evaluated how women and men are rated on performance reviews, or if there are any pay inequities that have gone unaddressed. Another important data point is the rate of attrition for women and other underrepresented workers, which can give you a sense of whether certain employees are leaving the company in higher numbers.Dig into employee engagement surveysIn the last year, a number of companies have opted out of surveys like the Human Rights Campaigns Corporate Equality Index, which many workers value as a sign that an employer is supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. But plenty of companies still rely on employee engagement surveys and other internal polling to get a pulse on their workforce. If youre trying to understand how certain workers are being affected by cuts to diversity programsand what you can do about it as a leaderthis could be a good place to start.If your company has scaled back initiatives that specifically supported women, you can get a sense of what the impact has been, Mallick says. Are women lacking sponsorship to help them advance their careers? Are they feeling stuck in their careers, being promised promotions that dont materialize? Are they receiving little to no feedback from their boss?Support employee resource groupsEmployee resource groups can be a crucial community for underrepresented workersso much so that some companies have started compensating leaders for their work. But this is yet another area where employers have been making some major cuts as they pull back on DEI, in some cases revamping these groups to focus solely on professional development or opening them up to all workers. In workplaces that have maintained these groups, however, theres room for leaders to better support themwhether through dollars or mentorship.We need more men to step up and serve as an executive sponsor for womens resource groups, Mallick writes. We need senior leaders to offer dollars from their own budgets to help sponsor events when DEI budgets are being slashed.

Most of the traditional backpacking tents need some help to pitch or take considerable time if you are pitching it solo. This could spell trouble for backpackers who like to travel alone in territories unknown. If you are spending quite a chunk of your backcountry excursions erecting a tent, you are risking exposure to elements and wildlife. Not to mention the headache of the traditional tents weight. On the flip side, you lose out on comfort if you go for the lightweight options.Hitting the sweet spot between the two, the all-new Lunar Orbiter tent manages to merge comfort and convenience with a lightweight construction for solo campers. The ultra-light tent from Six Moon Designs forgoes traditional internal poles in favor of a wide exterior pole configuration that offers freestanding stability and fast pitching capability.Designer: Six Moon DesignsThe easy-pitch alternative of the Lunar Orbiter features a crisscross four-corner frame made of DAC Featherlite aluminum poles. The tent sets up quickly with hovering top sleeves, cross hub clips, and corner pockets. Its external pole design ensures that the walls are stretched outward, increasing the interior space.According to the outdoor gear company, the frame can withstand storm-worthy winds, rain, and snow, making Lunar Orbiter a perfect all-season companion in the backcountry. The tent has a hybrid single/double-wall design with plenty of mesh lining and a roll-back waterproof outer layer on the doors to provide ventilation and weather protection.Since it is designed for solo travelers, the tent offers 90 x 44 inches of sleeping area, enough for a grown man and his gear. The 48-inch high ceiling helps create an open feel inside the one-person tent. Additionally, there is a removable interior gear loft and two storage pockets, so you can keep your things safe and nearby without compromising valuable floor space. The dual vestibules further enhance its functionality.The only downside is that the tent weighs 2.8 lbs, which isnt the most lightweight option on the market, which comes well near or under 2 lbs. However, if you are fine ignoring a little extra weight, this could be a good addition to your outdoor gear. The Lunar Orbiter is currently retailing at $435 and is an option that very well overshadows your conventional tent.The post Lunar Orbiter Tent Offers Quick Setup and Freestanding Stability to Solo Backpackers first appeared on Yanko Design.

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No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.

Evidence continues to trickle in that hit Apple TV+ show "Ted Lasso" will return for a fourth season.'Ted Lasso' star Nick Mohammed has dropped a hint about the show's return.The latest hint comes from former cast member Nick Mohammed, who played assistant coach Nate Shelley on the hit show. Mohammed posted a video on X.com on January 16th to announce that some of the early dates on his forthcoming UK tour will be rearranged due to unnamed "filming."Mohammed was scheduled to kick off the tour for "Show Pony," a live "show that goes wrong" type comedy involving music and magic, in April. Rumor Score: Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto 6 is still on track to launch in Fall 2025, despite the lack of a new trailer or updates from the development team. Given the current pricing of triple-A video games, a $70 price tag is a given. But how about $80 or even $100?Whether Rockstar or its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, opt for this approach is unknown, but Epyllion analyst Matthew Ball believes it could remove a key price barrier. In his State of Video Gaming in 2025 report under How Player, Playertime, and Player Spend Might Return to Growth, he notes theres hope in the industry for Take-Two to price GTA 6 at $80 or even $100. It will seemingly enable the rest of the market to follow suit.Though no player hopes for such a hike, Ball believes its inevitable, noting the low cost of games when factoring in inflation. Meanwhile, video game budgets are at all-time highs. While the overall budget of Grand Theft Auto 6 is unknown, the likes of Horizon Forbidden West and Marvels Spider-Man 2 cost $212 million and $315 million. For every title that succeeds, there are failures like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which contributed to a $200 million impact on revenue for Warner Bros.Time will ultimately tell, so stay tuned. Grand Theft Auto 6 is in development for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

TikTok has returned at least partially in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut, and the social platform Lemon8, are still blocked. None of these apps, including TikTok, are currently available to download on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, either.Though many users expected CapCut and Lemon8 to be affected by the law banning TikTok, Marvel Snaps ban took some by surprise including its own developer. On Sunday morning, the game studio Second Dinner said in a post on X, This outage is a surprise to us and wasnt planned. MARVEL SNAP isnt going anywhere. Marvel Snap is published by Nuverse, a game developer owned by ByteDance. Screenshot: The VergeUsers trying to open Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8 will see a message similar to the one TikTok displayed when it went dark on Saturday night. A law banning CapCut has been enacted in the U.S, the pop-up inside CapCut reads. Unfortunately, that means you cant use CapCut for now. Rest assured, were working to restore our service in the U.S. Please stay tuned!TikTok, along with several other ByteDance-owned apps, shut down in the US just hours before the federal divest-or-ban law went into effect on January 19th. The ban also affects TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop Seller Center, Hypic, Lark - Team Collaboration, Lark - Rooms Display, Lark Rooms Controller, and Gauth: AI Study Companion.RelatedBoth Google and Apple display notices to users trying to search for ByteDance-owned apps. While the Play Store says, Downloads for this app are paused due to current US legal requirements, a banner on the App Store notes, TikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region youre in. Its still not clear when Marvel Snap, CapCut, or Lemon8 will start working again or when theyll reappear in mobile app stores.

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"I'm not sure how it happened, but I am freaking out."Full Self-DistractionA Tesla driver ran down a motorcyclist outside Seattle last year, pinning him under the car, where the 28-year-old victim was later pronounced dead at the scene.Extracted data from the crash, obtained by NPR through a public records request, paint a damning picture of the events leading up to the fatal collision."I'm the driver," Scott Hunter, the 56-year-old owner of the Tesla Model S, told dispatchers. "I'm not sure how it happened, but I am freaking out. So please get here."As it turns out, Hunter had Tesla's misleadingly called "Full Self-Driving" driver-assistance feature turned on, making it yet another instance of Tesla owners being lulled into a false sense of security by the techbefore an entirely avoidable tragedy struck.According to NPR, Hunter spent more than a minute without his hands on the steering wheel before the crash, admitting to police that he had been "distracted" by his phone.Unpaid AttentionTesla's FSD driver assistance software has been under heavy scrutiny by regulators for quite a few years now, spawning several government investigations.Despite FSD and its overarching software suite Autopilot being linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths, Tesla is still allowed to have its customers test out the software on public roads.Most recently, the company released an oxymoronically-named update called "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)." According to independent testing, the software still causes cars to run red lights, swerve across double yellow lines, or suddenly stop without warning.Meanwhile, Tesla maintains that its flawed software is safer on the whole than human drivers, with executives railing against regulatory crash report requirements which the incoming Trump administration is expected to gut.Regulators, however, are clear that customers are getting the wrong idea and quite literally handing over the controls, even when they're instructed by Tesla not to in large part thanks to Tesla's misleading marketing of its driver-assistance software."The drivers would see a car that's doing pretty good," former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration adviser and George Mason University robotics professor Missy Cummings told NPR. "They get a false sense of security, and they don't understand that they should be paying attention."Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised that the company will be moving on to testing an "unsupervised" version of FSD as soon as this year. Whether it will prevent crashes like this one remains unclear at best.And if anything, now that Musk has put in charge of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), regulations surrounding the use of driver-assistance software could soon be on the chopping block.Share This Article