"Gehraiyaan" is Bollywood"s nuanced take on infidelity, intimacy, and relationships
Between shots of rippling blue water and moody, muted Mumbai apartments, a story of infidelity and intimacy unfolds. Amazon Prime's Gehraiyaan weaves this complex narrative, as two couples experience an affair seeping into their lives, leading their.....»»
Google is banning sugar daddy apps from the Play Store
Android Police reports that Google’s latest Play Store policy update includes new restrictions on sexual content, specifically prohibiting “compensated sexual relationships,” i.e. sugar daddy or sugar dating apps......»»
Introducing the Open Cap Table Coalition
If this coalition gets all the relationships right, doesn’t get greedy and understands that there is a social good component here, this could be as impactful as the SAFE was. Aron Solomon Contributor Aron.....»»
Google Bans "Sugar Daddy" Apps From Play Store
Google's updated its inappropriate content policy to ban "compensated sexual relationships" -- i.e., sugar daddy or sugar dating apps. Ryne Hager writes via Android Police: If somehow you aren't familiar with the term, a "sugar daddy" is more than a.....»»
Spotify’s podcast ad revenue jumps 627% in Q2
In the minutes before its quarterly earnings call this morning, Spotify played advertisements for its Originals & Exclusives, like the true crime show “Deathbed Confessions,” and the sex and relationships podcast “Call Her Daddy,.....»»
Research: Community policing that encourages building relationships may reduce police violence
Community policing that encourages relationships with local citizens may reduce police violence, while proactive policing strategies are associated with higher police violence, according to new Rutgers University–Camden research......»»
TSMC dossier (9): New frontier of customer relation
Many years ago, a friend of mine in the industry told me a joke about customer relationships in the foundry sector. He said that UMC took good care of customers and would actively matchmake customers for partnership opportunities. SMIC took pride in.....»»
Study finds women can predict a man"s attitude toward casual sexual relationships based on his face
A pair of researchers at Macquarie University has found that women are able to accurately gauge a man's interest in casual sexual relationships by noting the shape of his face. In their paper published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, Jos.....»»
Two-thirds of romantic couples start out as friends, study finds
Movies and television often show romance sparking when two strangers meet. Real-life couples, however, are far more likely to begin as friends. Two-thirds of romantic relationships start out platonically, a new study in Social Psychological and Perso.....»»
Spaghetti, windowsill, and LEGO: On-the-fly composites modeling
Sure, they're mixed metaphors—but just as modeling is a close estimate of real-world processes, so too are verbal explanations of such nuanced arithmetic. Trisha Sain, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, explores multiscale physics by th.....»»
Fungi embrace fundamental economic theory as they engage in trading
When you think about trade and market relationships, you might think about brokers yelling at each other on the floor of a stock exchange on Wall Street. But it seems one of the basic functions of a free market is quietly practiced by fungi......»»
Effectively managing complex supply chain relationships could provide value
Many modern industries rely on a network of suppliers to independently develop and provide parts that are later combined into a finished product by the buyer, a process often referred to as modularization. For example, computer parts makers may sell.....»»
Rude behavior at work is not an epidemic, new study shows
Rude behavior at work has come to be expected, like donuts in the breakroom. Two decades of research on employee relationships shows that 98 percent of employees experience rude behavior at work, but now a new study suggests a large majority of workp.....»»
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them—including the Sun and the Earth—may be even more complex than previously thought. This is one conclusion of a new study involving thousands of stars using NASA's Chandra X-ray Obser.....»»
Increasing the memory capacity of intelligent systems based on the function of human neurons
Researchers have recently developed a new artificial neuron inspired by the different modes of operation of human neurons. This process has enabled recurrent networks to learn temporal relationships of more than a thousand discrete time units where c.....»»
How do plants balance microbial friends and foes?
Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: Pathogens that cause disease, commensals that cause no harm or benefit, and mutualists that promote plant growth or help fend off pathogens. For example, most land plants can form positive relationships with.....»»
How cities can avoid "green gentrification" and make urban forests accessible
Many people have developed stronger relationships with urban nature during the pandemic. Some have enjoyed views of nearby trees and gardens during periods of isolation, taken walks after Zoom-filled days or socialized at a distance with friends in l.....»»
Coatue direct deposits $20M into Pinwheel, a payroll API for neobanks
One of the most strategically important financial relationships for neobanks is becoming the account destination for a user’s paycheck. If you’re a bank and you own that specific relationship, users will increasingly use that account for everythi.....»»
Paired pulls in $3.6M to encourage more couples to get cosy with app-based relationship care
Can an app improve your romantic relationships? The founders behind Paired, a “relationship care” app for couples, believe it can. And since launching in October, with $1M to kick things off, they’ve convinced 5,000+ coupled-up othe.....»»
Widespread coral-algae symbioses endured historical climate changes
One of the most important and widespread reef-building corals, known as cauliflower coral, exhibits strong partnerships with certain species of symbiotic algae, and these relationships have persisted through periods of intense climate fluctuations ov.....»»
Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace
The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at he.....»»