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Extracurricular edtech startup KytTechnologies has acquired San Francisco-based DIY.org, and has merged operations of the two companies. Kyt has rebranded itself as DIY.org, which was built and operated by Zach Klein, also the Founder of Vimeo, and designed as a project-based learning platform for kids. "We wanted to create a platform to get children to learn and pick up new skills, and we came across DIY in our research. We connected with Zach in late 2020, and there was an instant spark. He was talking about exploration and learning by doing, and we said we were looking to grow. We realised we aligned. If Netflix made kids smarter, YouTube was safer, and Instagram was built for kids…DIY would be it. Zach had kept it US-based; we are now in 148 countries," said Bhavik Rathod, Co-founder, DIY.Org (formerly Kyt), in a conversation with YourStory. A company statement said DIY.org is the largest learning community for children to learn together and share their creations in an engaging, safe, and moderated environment. Children can watch video-based courses or join live workshops, learn skills, try activities (all courses are designed to encourage learning by doing or are project based), and then share their creations…

The star gives one of her best performances in her new film, The Power of the Dog. That’s no mean feat when you’re sleep-deprived from bringing up two young children The main things Kirsten Dunst wanted out of her trip to Italy were to sleep soundly on the plane and to drink a Bellini upon arrival. She would have considered anything else to be a bonus – and, as it turned out, those bonuses were considerable. Dunst had gone to Italy for Venice Film Festival, where she was premiering The Power of the Dog, a new Netflix movie directed by Jane Campion that features one of the 39-year-old actor’s best performances. She arrived on the last day of August, after months at home raising a newborn baby and a year before that stuck at home because, well, duh. So you can imagine how Dunst felt when she got off the plane, boarded a boat at sunset and sped towards her hotel with the lights of Venice twinkling on the horizon. As she took it all in, Dunst began to well up. A full day of air travel, four sleepless months of child-rearing and the most beautiful city you ever saw…

Hundreds share messages of support and organisation, relying on end-to-end encryptionActivists protest to demand equal rights for women under Taliban rule, in front of the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters It is past midnight in Kabul, but the phones of 180 Afghan women ping as messages arrive and screens light up with the persistent chatter of resistance against Taliban rule.Few on the WhatsApp group share their real names, and fewer still have a profile photo. But all are Afghan women, trusted with an invitation by a core group to plan a revolution.“We will continue to raise our voice. The world will listen,” one woman wrote.“Ufff, when will the morning come so we can go out again?” another asked.The group's name – changed often to avoid detection should any of the women be detained – is anonymous, as are the women who run it. But the theme revolves around a rough translation to “women’s justice”.It is one of many groups of largely Afghan women, some as young as 15, who are mobilising others to protest against the Taliban’s oppressive regime.The Taliban swept into Kabul on August 15, taking their strict ideology with them – one they used to…

Vimeo founder Zach Klein has sold DIY.org, a learning platform for children, to Singapore and India-based Kyt for an undisclosed sum in February.

As Twitter rolls out new features for private and moderated content, the platform’s beauty influencers are leading the way. While its Stories-esque Fleets were a no-go, Twitter’s latest features are reminiscent of Reddit and Patreon. Communities, launched on September 9, and Super Follows, launched on September 1, offer a more curated experience than Twitter’s main feed. These features’ early adopters include some of Twitter’s top beauty influencers, who received early access as the platform continues to invest in “Beauty Twitter.”  “I had a call with Twitter a few months ago where I introduced this concept to them,” said Lily Njoroge (@caveofbeauty on Twitter), esthetician and Topicals head of education, of the Communities feature. The concept: topic-specific, moderated groups accessible through a bottom menu bar on Twitter’s iOS app. Njoroge joined estheticians Tiara Willis (@makeupforWOC) and Nayamka Roberts-Smith (@LABeautyologist) in meetings with Twitter to help set up one of Twitter’s first communities, #SkincareTwitter. Njoroge, Roberts-Smith and Willis serve as the moderators for the skin-care-focused group, where they answer questions focused on skin-care advice. Members often seek product recommendations, acne solutions and details on the moderators’ skin-care routines. Tweets are visible to anyone who has the update to see Communities on iOS, but…

Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff is calling for one major Apex Legends ranked change ⁠— inspired by the title’s pro tour ⁠— that he believes could solve the battle royale’s competitive grind, but admits the bold idea could lead to new “boosting” issues. “RP” has been a hot topic in Apex Legends for a while now. The battle royale’s competitive currency has been part of the title since 2019 and, for the most part, has been relatively well-received. The way the points work means you don’t have to score a hard-earned victory to climb; instead, kills, assists, and placements help that goal too. There is one issue that arises from the “RP” ⁠— Ranked Points, that is ⁠— is that survival hands Apex Legends big boosts, multiplying any kill or assist points a player may have raked in across the competitive lobby. That means ranked players will “rat” (hide until the end), often kill-stealing from teammates in an effort to climb faster, and NICKMERCS has had enough. Respawn EntertainmentMuch of Apex Legends’ ranked play is based on scoring kills and assists. The Twitch star’s call for new Apex Legends ranked changes came after fellow streaming star Jack ‘CouRageJD’ Dunlop raised the topic…

Dilip Kumar's Twitter account is being shut after wife and veteran actor Saira Banu's consent. The official Twitter account of late screen icon Dilip Kumar will be closed, family friend Faisal Farooqui said on Wednesday. The news comes months after Kumar's death on 7 July at the age of 98 after a long ailment. In a tweet on the verified page, Farooqui wrote that he has received Kumar's wife and veteran actor Saira Banu's consent to close the account. "After much discussion and deliberation and with the consent of Saira Banu ji, I have decided to close this Twitter account of beloved Dilip Kumar Saab (sic)," Farooqui said in the post. "Thank you for your continuous love and support," he added. Both Farooqui and Saira Banu used the account to share information and keep fans updated about Kumar's health in the past. Kumar's account on the microblogging site has over 619.6k followers. The page was created in November 2011. (Also read on Firstpost - Dilip Kumar dies at 98: Era comes to an end, peerless thespian was the defining voice of Independent India)

by: Erin Coulehan Posted: Sep 15, 2021 / 04:01 PM MDT / Updated: Sep 15, 2021 / 10:21 PM MDT EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 22-year old man is facing several charges related to the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year old girl he met on Snapchat in Sunland Park. Alex Cole is being charged with criminal sexual penetration, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. According to an affidavit obtained by KTSM 9 News, the alleged victim said she met Cole on Snapchat and that he later assaulted her two days later. The alleged victim claims Cole picked her up in a black motorcycle near her home then took her to a converted garage where he lives. She alleges that she saw a white powder inside the garage that she says Cole told her was cocaine. The victim says she “smelled the drugs” then began to feel dizzy and lightheaded. She says Cole then penetrated her. She says the two lay on Cole’s brown bed sheets and white pillowcases when he removed her clothes and began kissing her, then tried to pressure her to perform sexual acts on…

A video that briefly appeared on Snapchat cost Armand Tatum his job as football coach at Western Hills High School, something Hamilton County's top prosecutor calls inexplicable."This coach deserves a huge apology," Joe Deters said.Deters said the video runs about five seconds and involves members of West High's football team. At one point in the video, Deters said a boy's pants are pulled down during what he calls a tussle."They didn't hurt the kid that we're aware of. They embarrassed the (expletive) out of him. I'm sure," Deters said.Deters blamed the current legal climate for costing Tatum his job and disrupting the season for West High football players, some of whom were not present when the hazing happened."Everybody has a lawyer. Everybody's suing everybody. CPS is afraid of being sued," he said. "Look, I don't blame the kid’s mom for hiring a lawyer. That's fine. It's perfectly within her rights, and she should be worried about her child. Sometimes ... common sense has to prevail here, and it's not prevailing. ... Incidents like this cause — really need more of an Andy Griffith approach than a Barney Fife approach."Deters said criminal charges in the case are not likely and hopes…

The federal courthouse in downtown Bay City.BAY CITY, MI — A Midland woman is facing federal charges for allegedly producing child pornography at her boyfriend’s request.During an investigation into child exploitation, an FBI special agent obtained lascivious images of a female child born in 2010, the agent wrote in an affidavit contained in court files. The agent believed Megan E. Troutman had created the photos, he wrote.On Sept. 7, the agent interviewed the 30-year-old Troutman. During the interview, Troutman admitted to taking the explicit photos “for the sexual gratification of her then-boyfriend,” the agent wrote.Troutman said the child was 9 at the time she took the photos. She said her then-boyfriend asked her to send her such images on several occasions, the affidavit said.The affidavit does not say how Troutman had access to the girl.The photos depicted the child in “various stages of undress,” with her privates visible in some of them, the affidavit states. The agent showed Troutman seven such photos, one of which had Troutman’s own arm in it. Troutman said she took at least one of the photos in her Midland living room in the fall of 2019.Troutman told the agent she refused to send nude photos…