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In this week's roundup Yelp covers abortion expenses, Dictionary.com gets a cultural update, and Meta is giving money back to Earth. The best collection of good news is at your service again this week. Follow our company page to stay up to date. #timetogetgrounded

From next month, Yelp will cover expenses for employees and their dependents who have to travel out of state to access abortion services. The business aggregator company says it already covers abortion care in its health insurance policy but is now expanding its services as reproductive rights are being placed in peril across America. Announced Tuesday, travel benefits for U.S. Yelp employees who need to access abortion services by traveling can now use their health insurance to cover such charges. This will extend to employees who aren't able to procure abortions due to any current or future action that would come in the way of accessing the procedure.

Marsi Bionics, a Spanish tech company, has developed the first ever bionic exoskeleton designed exclusively for children. The revolutionary creation is called ATLAS 2030 and offers full bodily support from feet to torso, with an optional head restraint system. With the help of machine learning algorithms, the exoskeleton is able to decipher a subject’s intention to move and immediately translate that into action.

Dictionary.com's latest batch of updates just dropped, and they cover a wide range of timely social and cultural topics, including accessibility, homelessness, and the global climate crisis. The website says it wanted to address the ever-changing cultural spectrum of climate, social sciences, and health, as we encounter them online.

Meta has announced new fundraising tools and educational initiatives in honor of Earth Day — the global climate awareness holiday taking place on April 22 — including expanded Instagram Reels options for more than 30 countries to participate in digital fundraising. Meta also updated Facebook's Climate Science Center, a project aimed at educating users about the climate crisis and debunking climate misinformation, in collaboration with global organizations like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.?

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