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Xbox
While LGBTQ+ rights have seen an unprecedented setback in the United States since 2021, with 268 hostile laws introduced, according to the Human Rights Campaign, Microsoft has been bold in launching a spectacular new controller for the Month of the Pride. This controller for Xbox incorporates the colors of 34 communities and can be personalized, including a metallic finish, rubber grips and engraved inscriptions. The game Tell Me Why, which in 2020 became the first AAA featuring a transgender character, will be offered free of charge throughout June. Finally, homemade games like Halo Infinite and Forza will offer content, including emblems, nameplates and uniforms, in tribute to LGBTQ+ communities.
PLAKK
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Karina Gasbarrino, co-founder and COO of PLAKK
The dream of being able to predict cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) a little better could become a reality thanks to a tool based on deep learning designed by a small Montreal company, PLAKK. Its co-founder and chief operating officer, Karina Gasbarrino, received one of five Mitacs Entrepreneurship Awards this week. This cloud-based tool, developed in collaboration with radiologists, awaiting approval, accurately analyzes lipid deposits in the arteries of the neck and gives a stroke risk score. It will not replace professionals, specifies the researcher. “It’s always the radiologist who has the last word, not the technology. We want specialists to be able to do what they do best: be in contact with human beings. »
Browsers
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Apple’s exclusive web browser, Safari, reached the symbolic threshold of one billion users last April, according to an AtlasVPN calculation based on GlobalStats statistics. Across all platforms, Safari attracts 19% of users, but it’s most popular on phones and tablets, with a 25% market share. This score obviously remains very far from the undisputed leader, Chrome, used by 65% of Internet users, or 3.4 billion people. A notable feat, Chrome is as popular on Windows and Mac computers as it is on Android devices, where it’s installed by default. In third place, Microsoft Edge has overtaken Firefox since last year with 212 million users.
