There was, and like so many other things these days, it's pointless listening to partisan summaries. If you want to know, dig and read the source material.
Fork/exec time for extra processes is usually unimportant. If data transfer is truly a bottleneck, shared memory is as fast as threading.
These costs, though, are generally trivial compared to the lifecycle costs of dealing with multithreaded code. Isolation in processes greatly enhances debuggability, and it's almost impossible to produce a truly bug-free threaded program. Even a heavily tested threaded program will often break mysteriously when compiled with a different compiler/libraries, or even when seemingly irrelevant code changes are made. It's a tar pit.
A serious practical problem with threads mirrors the same problem with C++, which is that many programmers reach for it first when they should be reaching for it last. Both of these technologies are like swallowing glass, and the wise programmer will avoid them if at all possible.
If a Canadian state decided to rename itself Maine, pretty sure Americans would have zero f*s to give about it. To quote Peter Griffin, "Who cares?!!".
Their explanation does not agree with the (clickbait) headline. Rather, they say that VCs better evaluate pitches made by women, apparently by letting through fewer risks. Presumably the fix here is to vet proposals more diligently, in a gender-blind manner.
The homeless and drug addicts operate outside the law--hence the difference.
Personally, I'd be fine with scooters if they were never used or stored on sidewalks. Which will happen right after bicyclists start obeying traffic laws...