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Study: 40% of escooter injuries occur on the first ride Safety dilemma While escooter schemes stalled as the pandemic began, many cities have seen an uptick in interest from commuters looking for socially distanced modes of travel. But many cities have struggled to incorporate the devices into their mobility ecosystem, with some implementing outright bans. The Danish capital Copenhagen is set to ban rental escooters from its city center from 1 January 2021, saying the measure is primarily out of consideration for senior citizens using pavements and public spaces....

Almost half of dating app users would trust AI to find them a match, according tonew researchfrom cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Their trust could put them in danger, however. Kaspersky also warned that many dating apps have major privacy risks. Up front:The mass adoption of dating apps means people now find potential partners through algorithmic recommendations. To investigate the tech’s effect on relationships, Kaspersky commissioned Sapio to survey more than 18,000 dating app users from six continents....

Study: Female bosses face more negative reactions than men when criticizing employees Women in the workplace Women make up45% of employeesof S&P 500 companies. Yet, they only make up 37% of managers at the midlevel, 27% of bosses at the senior level and about 6% of CEOs. These disparities remain despite women having overtaken men ineducational attainment. They have also begunscoring higher on leadership competency testsin recent years. Existing studiesdo not find clear evidence of gender discriminationagainst job applicants for upper management....

Study: Gen Z is more likely than millennials to get into the startup game Entrepreneurship 101 A 2011 survey by Gallupfound 77% of students in grades 5 through 12 said they want to be their own boss and 45% planned to start their own business. Today, many of those students are now in college. [Read:Most mobile apps suck — here’s how to fix them] For example, when I first met Hunter Swisher as an undergraduate plant pathology student at Penn State, he was busyturning scientific turfgrass researchthat he learned about in class into a commercial product and startup company....

Researchers at the University of Houston and the University of Washington today published new research indicating gender stereotypes play a huge role in whether children choose to pursue an eventual career in computer science or engineering. Up front:The researchers conducted a series of studies and experiments involving more than 2,200 children. The team’s goal was to determine how gender stereotypes affected school-aged children in order to glean insights into the ongoing diversity problem in STEM....