Lower voting age boosts participation in Scottish elections
Younger first-time voters in Scotland retain a habit of voting in elections and participate in greater numbers than older first-time voters, a study suggests......»»
Unifor ratifies Stellantis contract with 60% of voting members in favor of new deal
Through three days of voting, 60 percent of Unifor’s roughly 8,200 members at Stellantis voted in favor of the tentative agreement inked between the company and union after a brief strike and all-night bargaining session Oct. 30......»»
First interactive enrichment system for giraffes prototyped in Scottish zoo
Academics and zookeepers in Scotland have teamed up to tackle a tall order: designing the world's first interactive enrichment system for giraffes......»»
Exploring the global shift towards AI-specific legislation
In this Help Net Security interview, Sarah Pearce, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, offers insights into the evolving landscape of AI legislation and its global impact. Pearce explores key principles, public participation, the future of AI laws in a.....»»
Understanding all kinds of English accents can improve empathy and learning—and even be a matter of life and death
In a 2019 sketch from the US late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL), the actor James McAvoy plays a Scottish air traffic controller attempting to help a US brand integration manager (Mikey Day) land a plane in distress, because the pilot ha.....»»
Nonunion Toyota boosts hourly wages 9.2%, cuts progression time as UAW votes await
Toyota Motor North America told its nonunion production workers Tuesday that the company was boosting hourly wages in its plants, distribution and logistics centers to $34.80, effective Jan. 1, marking the third increase in less than a year. The late.....»»
UAW ‘home run" carries big price
A deal that boosts top wages to more than $41 an hour by 2027 and restores much of what the UAW gave up over the past two decades will increase labor costs by $850 to $900 per vehicle, Ford said......»»
Investigating the difference between consent and coercion in "voluntary" resettlement in Tibet
The difference between voluntary and involuntary participation may seem clear, but a study from the Tibet Autonomous Region shows the distinction between the two can, in fact, be murky......»»
Tesla"s Cybertruck promises to test America"s great political divide
EV ownership is deeply tied to voting behavior in the U.S., according to a report by BloombegNEF. For every 10 percentage-point increase in Joe Biden’s share of votes in the 2020 election, the concentration of EVs was roughly 50% higher......»»
China denies Taiwan election interference, then interferes anyway
Chinese authorities say their tax and land use probe into iPhone maker Foxconn is unrelated to forthcoming elections, but then cautions firms over "social responsibilities."A Foxconn facilityFoxconn is being investigated by two different Chinese auth.....»»
China"s Foxconn tax probe is Taiwan election interference, claims candidate
Foxconn founder Terry Gou's rival in the Taiwanese elections says China should "cherish" the iPhone assembler, and not try to pressure the firm during an election.A Foxconn facilityGou stepped down from Foxconn in order to pursue his political career.....»»
The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift
An international team, with participation by the Geochronology and Geology Program of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has published a paper in the journal iScience on the first Miocene mammal fossils found i.....»»
China"s "Great Green Wall" boosts carbon sink, study finds
Since 1978, China has been building a "Great Green Wall" of trees and shrubs across its arid and semi-arid regions to combat desertification and improve the environment. Known as the Three-North Afforestation Program (TNAP), it is the largest ecologi.....»»
NetSPI boosts phishing resilience with enhanced social engineering penetration testing
NetSPI unveiled enhancements to its social engineering penetration testing solutions to help organizations build resilience to modern-day phishing attacks. The updates bring a customized, contextual approach to social engineering testing and go beyon.....»»
Unifor to hold GM ratification vote this weekend
The union plans to hold ratification meetings for members Oct. 14 and 15 across locals in Oshawa, St. Catharines and Woodstock, Ontario, with voting to take place either on-site or online, depending on the preference of the local......»»
Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalize same-sex relations in a divided continent
The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalizes consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region towards decriminalization. Now, a.....»»
Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions
Less pollution settling into snow should help cut the decline of snowpack in the Northern Hemisphere later this century. Though the snowpack will still diminish due to rising temperatures, the outlook is less dire when the cleaner snow of the future.....»»
Participation in climate protests partly depends on expected size, study finds
Whether or not people choose to attend a climate protest partly depends on its expected size. When they expect a larger protest, they are less likely to take part—as Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence for climate research (CLICCS) shows i.....»»
Major moderation failures by X and Meta highlight election year risks
Major content moderation failures by both X and Meta are serving to underline the risks of both deliberate disinformation and inadvertent misinformation impacting on next year’s presidential elections … more….....»»
How Europe"s authoritarian populists maintain the illusion of a free press
Authoritarian leaders might be good at damaging democracy, but unless they are pure dictators they often still need to worry about winning elections. In the last few years, Europe has seen the rise of a number of authoritarian populists who rely on w.....»»
Can public financing for political campaigns affect voter participation?
Policies that provide public financing for political campaigns have gained popularity in the United States. One example is the Democracy Vouchers program that was implemented in Seattle, Washington in 2017 to potentially reduce candidates' reliance o.....»»