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Twitter to stop using programming racially-charged programming terms like ‘master’ and ‘blacklist’

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Engineers at Twitter successfully petition company to stop using racially-charged programming terms like ‘master’ and ‘blacklist’ Twitter will change references in code and official documents Engineers lobbied Twitter to stop using terms like ‘master’ and ‘slave’ The terms are commonly used to described certain programming processes Terms like ‘grandfathered’ and ‘man hours’ were also altered … Read more

Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh insists the UK is ‘behind’ the U.S. in terms of racial diversity

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Sandra Oh has insisted the UK is ‘behind’ America in terms of racial diversity as the progression of people of colour behind the camera is ‘very slow’. The Killing Eve star, 48, spoke candidly with Kerry Washington during an episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors: At Home about working on the hit programme. Sandra and Kelly both … Read more

Laurence Fox says terms like ‘racist’ and ‘facist’ have become ‘casual insults’

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‘I won’t take the knee!’: Laurence Fox says terms like ‘racist’ and ‘facist’ have become ‘casual insults’ and lost all meaning and refuses to kneel for Black Lives Matter due to its ‘master-servant’ connotation Laurence Fox said he will only kneel ‘to propose, before god or before the queen’ Fox spoke in radio interview on … Read more

Credit card crunch continues as interest-free terms hit a record low

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Is this the beginning of a credit card squeeze? Number of 0% and balance transfer deals collapse in the wake of coronavirus There are now 55 purchase and 56 balance transfer deals available This is down from 61 and 66 last month – which were already record lows Banks are pulling credit card offers as … Read more

Credit card approvals will fall and interest-free terms will shrink

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Banks will increasingly tighten lending criteria over the next three months, approvals for credit cards and loans will fall and interest-free term lengths will shrink, banking giants and building societies predict. The Bank of England’s latest credit conditions survey revealed lenders by a large margin believe the availability of unsecured credit for households will decrease … Read more

Writing app Grammarly recommends users avoid sensitive terms like ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’

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The digital writing aid Grammarly will now flag the phrases ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ as potentially offensive and encourage people to instead use ‘COVID-19’ or ‘the coronavirus.’ The phrases were added to the tool’s list of sensitive words and phrases that should be avoided, as they can ‘encourage bias and misinformation.’ Grammarly points to a … Read more

MAFS EXCLUSIVE: Natasha Spencer reveals she and Stacey Hampton are on speaking terms

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Married At First Sight EXCLUSIVE: Now Natasha Spencer says she believes Stacey Hampton in the cheating scandal with husband Mikey Pembroke Do you have a story about a MAFS participant? Email [email protected] By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:44 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 03:31 BST, 3 April 2020 Married At First … Read more