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Lawmakers, government officials, and aid workers are bracing themselves for a broad offensive from President-elect Donald Trump against federal programs that support family planning and gender equality around the world. As one of his first acts in the Oval Office, the Republican president-elect plans to restore the “Mexico City policy” as soon as Sunday, a congressional staffer told Foreign Policy. Also known as the “global gag rule,” the policy blocks any foreign aid or federal funding of programs that also provide

The artist behind the iconic "Hope" poster of Barack Obama that became synonymous with his successful presidential campaign has released a new set of images, just in time for Trump's inauguration and the subsequent Women's March. Artist Shepard Fairey, who created the original in 2008 as well as a less flattering Donald Trump print complete with the caption "Demagogue," has shifted his focus this time round. Now his images center on a diverse mix of people rather than leaders, as millions plan

Only fifty to sixty vaquitas remain in their native habitat of the Gulf of California, a home that's become increasingly deadly as fishing nets decimate the porpoise population. A last ditch effort is being launched to save the species with the help of some kindred spirits: dolphins. The post Navy-trained dolphins on a mission to save rare porpoises appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

As the fitness wearables market continues to climb, Lumo Bodytech, a startup making wearables focused on things like running and posture, has decided to further business revenue by licensing its platform. Lumo, valued at $41 million according to Pitchbook, now plans to open up its proprietary tech stack — including software, algorithms, applications, and hardware — to third parties hoping to cash in on the wearables market. These third party partners will be able to integrate with Lumo to track health and fitness

Ken Miller Crunch Network ContributorKen Miller is an investor, writer, and advisor to several technology companies and Venture Capital firms. Previously he was an Executive at PayPal and Intuit, and early Advisor to Square. More posts by this contributor: How to join the networkPundits and Monday morning quarterbacks have spent much of the last two months lost in a fog of speculation and assertions as to what drove President-elect Donald Trump’s victory since early November. Though there are many nuanced reasons that motivated

Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate payment fraud, has raised $5 million in funding. Earlybird led the round, alongside existing investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp and an unnamed large Swiss family office. The new capital will be used to add to Fraugster’s headcount as it expands internationally. Founded in 2014 by Max Laemmle, who previously co-founded payment gateway company Better Payment, and Chen Zamir, who I’m told has spent more than a decade in

If you thought “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck” was a hard tongue twister, then wait till you get a load of these. These eighteen tongue twisters will blow your mind. Full story at YouTube. More about language. Posted by Josh Urich Via ASDA Alltop

Sometimes it's really hard to understand what Donald Trump is getting at, you know? Add an accordion though, and all those big league hand gestures just make a lot more sense. Russian hacks and Mexican walls all sound a tad more relaxing (but still horrible) when accompanied by the dulcet tones of a squeezebox. The ABC's Huw Parkinson put this one together, and really, we can't thank him enough.Via ASDA Alltop

Have you ever wondered why a big house made out of ice can keep you warm? This video explains how igloos keep people warm. The post How igloos keep you warm appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

Garfunkel and Oates play the same imaginary woman in this clip, one is twenty-nine and the other is thirty-one. This song describes the difference in these two ages. The post Life at 29 versus 31 appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon chief, didn’t get where he is by being nice to China. When Beijing tried to force his company to abandon a gas exploration project in the waters off Vietnam in 2008, ExxonMobil showed it the finger. BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and several others caved to Chinese pressure. ExxonMobil is still there, drilling on a Vietnamese license in waters also claimed by China. Is Tillerson about to do the same on behalf of the United States? On Wednesday,

Throughout the presidential campaign and since Donald Trump’s election, former diplomats, retired generals, and foreign-policy analysts have attempted to decipher, explain, and predict his foreign-policy strategy. Will he pursue the big-stick model of Teddy Roosevelt? Embrace a neo-Nixonian “madman” strategy? Is Trump actually a champion of foreign-policy realism, or perhaps no realist at all? But all those questions make the same mistake — they assume the incoming administration has an incipient grand strategy at all. In reality, the president-elect’s foreign-policy approach

 As Rick and Morty fans are left, still wondering when Season 3 of the animated series will be released, the folks at Adult Swim are hoping to placate them with tidbits of internet content.One of the most impressive so far is this "8-bit" version of the show's intro, animated by Paul Robertson of Super Dino Boys.Sure, there's a bit of artistic license in defining the animation as 8-bit, thanks to the complexity of these graphics (compared to what you'd see

President-elect Donald Trump may be at war with the intelligence community, but on Thursday his pick to head the CIA tried to bridge the rift between the incoming president and his spies, saying he accepts the assessment that Russia meddled in the election to boost the Republican’s candidacy. “It’s pretty clear about what took place here, about Russian involvement in efforts to hack information and to have an impact on American democracy,” Rep. Mike Pompeo (R.-Kan.) told the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Twitter will be streaming Donald Trump’s inauguration for the top political job in the U.S. starting at 11 AM ET on Friday, January 20 in partnership with PBS NewsHour. The feed will be available on Twitter apps, and at inauguration.twitter.com. Trump’s official office-taking event has been the subject of a lot of attention in the lead-up to the day, since the Trump administration has been scrambling to find artists willing to actually perform – and even then coming up with

Lily, the autonomous camera drone that sold a whopping $34 million in preorders, has announced they are shutting down. In an email sent to customers about an hour ago, the startup says that they were unable to raise an additional round of funding which would have allowed them to start production of the drone. So they announced that they will be winding down the company, and offering an automatic refund to all preorder customers. From the email: At the same time, we have been

After the Indian government's demonetization announcement late last year, the country has been wrapped in problems arising out of a cash crunch. But there is one place where you can see some new notes.The newly issued 2,000-rupee ($29) notes have now found their way into fabric design.The bright pink design has been printed 504 times on a sari selling in Surat in the state of Gujarat. A sari is an unstitched garment draped by Indian women and is a common sight

The saga of Housing.com, once a red-hot tech startup in India, has reached a conclusion of sorts after the company was sold to rival PropTiger in a deal announced this week. Housing.com was once heralded as a trailblazer for its efforts to digitize the sale and rental of property in India. But a fall from grace, which included the ejection of its outspoken CEO and the removal of its rental business in favor of the more lucrative home sales market, has resulted

While most of us don’t enjoy an ocean view day in and day out, the health of this enormous ecosystem is everyone’s business. It’s been said that change starts at home. If your goal is to make a difference, Lifehacker’s Sherry Gray offers these nine easy suggestions on how you can be the change you wish to see in the world, as the old saying goes.Eat Sustainable Fish Certain types of fish are so popular, they are dying out from overfishing. If

Well this is a relatively fast exit. In March last year a brand new smart watch brand appeared hoping to offer something different. Combining the incredible engineering talent in Central Europe’s Romania, with the the business smarts of London and former executives from Citizen watches, the Vector startup carved out a very credible slot in the ‘affordable luxury’ smart watch sector. Only year later, Vector has been acquired for an undisclosed price by global wearable giant Fitbit. Founder and CTO Andrei

She didn't just talk about Trump.Image: grant pollard/ invision via APBy Marissa Wenzke2017-01-10 01:31:59 UTC"You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now," Meryl Streep told the audience during her acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night.  "Think about it — Hollywood, foreigners, and the press." Well, that last group has gotten a bit of help from the iconic actress's emotional speech. The Committee to Protect Journalists

Have you ever wondered why we divide our days into hours, minutes, and seconds? This video explains the history of our divisions of time. The post Why days are divided into hours, minutes, and seconds appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield have inspired some glorious fan art.Image: Lionel Hahn/Sipa/Rich Fury/Invision/AP/mashable compositeBy Sam Haysom2017-01-09 10:35:02 UTCWhen a moment like the Ryan Reynolds/Andrew Garfield kiss happens, it sends gleeful shockwaves throughout the internet. One of inevitable results of such a moment? Fan art.First, let's take another look at the kiss itself, in all its passionate glory:Here's a close up, for good measure:Now given that the two of them have both recently played superheroes — Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man

Hugh Laurie wasn't afraid to throw some shade at the Golden Globes. During his acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie on Sunday, the actor joked this may be the last Golden Globes. "I don't mean to be gloomy but it has the words 'Hollywood,' 'foreign' and 'press' in it," he said, referencing the coming Donald Trump administration.That was the first of many political jokes the British actor, who won for his role in AMC's The Night

Imagine being rejected––not just once, not just twice, but one hundred times. One rejection a day every day for one hundred days. What do you learn? Take a look. Full story at YouTube. More interesting psychology. Posted by Josh Urich Via ASDA Alltop

LAS VEGAS — At CES 2017, we previewed some of the coolest health tech set to hit the market.From a brand new take on the electric breast pump to a discreet way to check sobriety during a night on the town, trust us, there's a lot of neat stuff on the horizon. 1. ProofImage: Brian koerber/mashableThe Proof wearable wants to help drinkers keep an eye on their BAC levels. The company behind this wristband claims it can measure alcohol molecules through

To the internet's extreme delight, there appears to be a Belle doll out there that's basically Justin Bieber in a yellow dress. The upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast is due out in March, so as it does, Disney is doubling down on associated merchandise. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle, but she seems to have bitterly offended someone — how else can you explain the doll's giant forehead and remarkable Bieber resemblance?Images of the doll, which were

CES 2017 day two, Campbell Brown to help Facebook News Publishers, DJI opens its wallet for Hasselblad, and Indiegogo goes equity and goods. All this on Crunch Report. Read MoreVia ASDA Alltop

Starting a successful company is a challenge anywhere, but in certain places, the hurdles are higher than others. Despite the odds, entrepreneurs around the world continue to overcome challenges including bureaucracy, daunting startup costs, and the time it takes to register a business in order to make those dreams come true. Fast Company reported on Expert Market’s analysis of where the most determined entrepreneurs hail from as determined by these factors to give credit where hard-earned credit is due. Here’s a list of

Rain falling may seem like too random an event to form the basic rhythm of anything, but ask yourself how often you’ve been soothed by the sound, and the motivation of the creator of this piece, Max Cooper, becomes obvious. This is one of the tracks from his project, Emergence, and the following video is the work of Maxime Causeret. His video shows the raindrops initially, then going into simple cellular forms and then showing the important idea of cooperation between simple cells

It’s fair to say that HappyFresh, one of a number of startups working to make the business of on-demand grocery shopping viable in Southeast Asia, didn’t have a great 2016. The two-year-old company pulled out of two countries to “focus on sustainability and profitability” and raised an ominous ‘undisclosed’ Series B round having previously closed a $12 million Series A a year prior. Now TechCrunch has learnt that it has also changed its CEO. Co-founder Markus Bilher has vacated the role to become vice-chairman of the

You may have noticed that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean chopsticks are all different. This video explains why they're all different. The post The difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean chopsticks appeared first on Holy Kaw!. Via ASDA Alltop

On this week’s episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf speaks with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about his latest book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations. At an event hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Rothkopf interviews Friedman about his research for and conclusions in his recent work, and together they make the case for optimism in our increasingly turbulent world. Friedman argues that technology, globalization, and climate change

Ummmm, spoiler alert? I guess? The great suspense surrounding the The New Celebrity Apprentice — whose new host is walking catchphrase Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Genisys) — was what catchphrase he'd use while terminating people. Apparently the show's executive producers decided that "You're fired" had worn thin, and a lot of people thought "You're terminated" would be it. Ha! Hollywood is more creative than that, come on guys.Schwarzenegger, who's from the