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LocalGlobe partner Julia Hawkins discusses femtechs risks and rewards

London-based seed fund LocalGlobe We interviewed partner Julia Hawkins about the opportunities and risks related to femtech investing in light of the fund’s early backing for Ferly, a female-founded startup with a subscription app that describes itself as an audio guide to “mindful sex.” The startup says its mission is to open up conversations around female sexual pleasure and create a place for self-discovery and empowering community — touting “sex-positive” content that it says is “backed by research, written by experts, and personalized to you.” The interview has been edited…

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A 6-year-old has raised more than $260,000 for Australian wildlife selling his handmade clay koalas

Owen Colley, age 6, started his clay koala project with a goal of raising $1000 for the animals affected by Australia’s unprecedented bushfires. That was two weeks ago. As of this morning, the kindergartener has raised more than 250 times that amount, and the total is rapidly climbing. Owen is an American and lives in Massachusetts. But his father, Simon, grew up in Sydney and the family lived in Australia for a few months when Owen was a toddler. His mother, Caitlin, told CNN that Owen was saddened to hear…

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Animated, interactive digital books may help kids learn better

Digital books may have a few advantages over ordinary ones when it comes to kids remembering their contents, according to a new study. Animations, especially ones keyed to verbal interactions, can significantly improve recall of story details — but they have to be done right. The research, from psychologist Erik Thiessen at Carnegie Mellon University, evaluated the recall of 30 kids aged 3-5 after being read either an ordinary story book or one with animations for each page. When asked afterwards about what they remembered, the kids who had seen…

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St. Louis churches found a brilliant way to eliminate $12.9 million in medical debt for more than 11,000 families

Medical debt is a huge problem in America. It’s estimated that 43 million Americans owe $75 billion in past-due medical bills. Medical debt is highest in states that refused to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare). Studies show that in states that expanded Medicaid through the ACA, the percentage of nonelderly, low-income adults with medical debt dropped from 43% to 30% from 2012 to 2015. In states that did not, the number only fell 7%. Missouri has the seventh-highest number of adults 18 to 64 who have…

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Taylor Swift Reveals Mom’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis Amid Cancer Battle – Perez Hilton

In the song Soon You’ll Get Better on her latest album, Taylor Swift They found out the disease had returned during the filming of her Netflix-produced documentary Taylor Swift: Miss Americana, and things only became more difficult when her brain tumor was discovered: “While she was going through treatment, they found a brain tumor. And the symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor is nothing like what we’ve ever been through with her cancer before. So it’s just been a really hard time for…

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Democrats warned of cybercriminals targeting campaign funds

(CNN)Democratic campaigns were warned late last year that cybercriminals were seeking to steal their funds by posing online as staff and election vendors, CNN has learned. Many organizations are targeted in this way every day. Just last month, a Texas school district lost $2.3 million in a phishing scam. But while this is not unique to Democratic campaigns, the warnings served as a reminder to Democrats that they can be the target of criminals as well as the more publicized threat from state-backed hackers, such as the Russians who hacked…

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Liam Hemsworth Confirms New Romance With Gabriella Brooks During PDA-Filled Beach Day! – Perez Hilton

Liam Hemsworth and Gabriella Brooks are really heating up! The couple looked very comfortable showing off their new romance in a fresh set of photos published by Australian news outlet New Idea on Sunday, which featured the two sharing kisses on the beach in Byron Bay, Australia. Ooh la la!! The actor, who turned 30 years old on Monday, wore printed swim trucks while the 21-year-old model rocked a striped bikini for the fun seaside outing. Judging from the pics ( Read more: https://perezhilton.com/liam-hemsworth-gabriella-brooks-pda-pics/

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The Real Genius of Love Island Is Its Money-Making App

Love Island—the reality show stuffed with six-packs, sunscreen, fake tans, and pearly white teeth—is back! WIRED UK. The series, which returned to screens for a winter edition last Sunday, has been a smash hit, crossing international borders and being referenced on other shows including Orange is the New Black and Euphoria. But there’s an aspect to the show’s success that no one is talking about—Love Island has been revolutionizing the television business through its money-making app. Since 2017, the Love Island fan companion app has generated over £12 million in…

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Dog The Bounty Hunter Admits To Falling On Hard Times After Beth Chapman’s Death: ‘I’m Broke’ – Perez Hilton

Months after the tragic passing of his beloved wife last year, Dog The Bounty Hunter, unfortunately, fell on hard times. Per a September interview with The New York Times just now making the rounds, the 66-year-old was extremely candid about the sad state of his personal affairs, finances, and how he fell on hard times after spouse Beth Chapman lost her battle to cancer on June 26, 2019. At the time, medical bills and family expenses were skyrocketing. Combined with the stress of tending to his ailing wife, the entire situation really put the…

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Angry Nerd: YouTube Can’t Help You

Some call me cheap; I say I'm DIY-enabled. Occasionally I pay for it, like the time my motorcycle nearly combusted after I “fixed” the headlight. Maybe I should have consulted YouTube. Or not. Recently, the voice chat on my Xbox crapped out, so I searched for helpful tutorials. What I found? Videos of charmless children all the way down. The top results redefined uselessness. Make sure the jack on my Apple EarPods is plugged in. Turn the Xbox on and off. Have your parents buy you a PlayStation 4. (Listen,…

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Animals In Telescopes Turns Out To Be A Surprisingly Common Hazard

“Never work with animals or children” the old saying goes. Biologists don’t have much choice in the matter, but astronomers might be thought to be safe from misbehaving fauna. If science’s role is to overturn assumptions, however, it’s time to expose this one, revealing it’s not just clouds that can make a night’s observing tricky. Lead engineer at Australia’s Stromlo observatory Jamie Gilbert put out a call… – …and the answers showed he was not barking up the wrong instrument. Along with stories of starlings nesting inside a telescope dome…

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Man who killed the McStay family sentenced to death

(CNN)The man convicted of killing a California family of four and burying them in the Mojave Desert nearly 10 years ago has been sentenced to death, San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith announced in court on Tuesday. His defense attorney Rajan Maline told reporters outside the courthouse that the decision was a miscarriage of justice and that he believes Merritt is innocent. “There is no evidence to convict Mr. Merritt. It is shocking that we’re in this position today,” Maline told CNN by phone. Merritt’s daughter Taylor…

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