Content subscription service OnlyFans is expected to stop its support for sexually explicit content this fall.
Bloomberg reported that the company will stop allowing its users, specifically creators who offer subscriptions, to share such content from October forward. “In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of our platform, and the continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must evolve our content guidelines,” said OnlyFans.
Back in June, it was reported that the company was seeking a valuation of over $1 billion as it looked to change its reputation from a website for pornography and other adult content. Advertisers had expressed concern regarding the prolificacy of sexually explicit content on the platform, which is unfortunately another reminder of how often sex work is stigmatized.
Additionally, many venture capital firms and investors are often prevented from investing in industries that include pornography, alcohol, or firearms due to concerns about tarnished reputations. This is all despite the fact OnlyFans brought in more than $2 billion in sales in 2020.
While the exact details as to what constitutes “sexually explicit content” remain unclear, the company has said creators can still post nude photos and videos if they’re “consistent” with the company’s policies. The news comes just days after the company rolled out a new app exclusively for its SFW content. Designed for phones, tablets, and smart TVs, the new app was soft-launched earlier this year but received a larger public push this week.
When reached for comment, a rep for OnlyFans shared the below statement.
Effective 1 October, 2021, OnlyFans will prohibit the posting of any content containing sexually-explicit conduct. In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the platform, and to continue to host an inclusive community of creators and fans, we must evolve our content guidelines.
Creators will continue to be allowed to post content containing nudity as long as it is consistent with our Acceptable Use Policy. These changes are to comply with the requests of our banking partners and payout providers. We will be sharing more details in the coming days and we will actively support and guide our creators through this change in content guidelines.
We remain dedicated to our community of 130 million users and over 2 million creators that have earned over $5 billion on our platform. OnlyFans remains committed to the highest levels of safety and content moderation of any social platform. All creators are verified prior to being able to upload any content to OnlyFans, and all uploaded content is checked by automated systems and human moderators.
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Many of the highest profile creators on OnlyFans specialize in sexual content. The news has already been heavily criticized on social media, but it remains to see how this move will impact the platform.
The chief executive of digital asset hedge fund Polychain Capital says crypto assets are poised to trigger a once-in-a-generation transfer of wealth.
In a new interview with Real Vision, Olaf Carlson-Wee says the technology that fuels Bitcoin has spawned two new asset classes at once.
He points to BTC’s use as a digital currency and the advent of the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement as a pair of transformational technologies that will have long-lasting impacts on the economy.
“We talk about the DeFi, or the decentralized finance space, where they’re sort of lending products, trading products, escrow products. These DAO-like entities can manage the parameters of those products and actually accrue revenue from the operations of those products. So for example, that DAO (decentralized autonomous organizations) might have to decide what types of assets can be used as collateral in this lending system.
That’s actually quite tricky, figuring out which types of assets are basically allowed to be used as collateral in the lending system and what the collateral requirements might be for those individual assets. And so then that DAO has what look and feel a bit like ownership shares that represent rights to manage the rules of that system, as well as govern the capital held in that system. This is not a currency the way that, say, Bitcoin is. It’s a completely new type of feeling structure. But it’s completely native to the internet, like Bitcoin…
And so to me, this really does represent a completely new way to organize humans. And when I think about both this electronic commodity assets, like a bitcoin, or these DAOs that are things like MakerDAO or Compound Finance or Uniswap. I think that we have already invented, in 10 years, two completely new asset classes using blockchains.”
Carlson-Wee says he believes the combination of Bitcoin and DeFi is set to trigger a financial revolution and wealth transfer, unlike anything the world has seen in decades.
“One of the interesting things about these blockchain-based assets is that I really do think that it’s going to end up being one of the biggest shifts and fastest changes in the system of wealth that humanity has ever seen. Because these, literally, were just invented overnight and have sort of exploded, really, over the last 10 years, I see no reason why this will stop.
I do sometimes call this like the greatest wealth transfer of our lifetimes and, really, that humanity has ever seen. And it’s going to happen very, very, very rapidly. Because when we effectively just recreate these systems of corporations or these systems of money and you actually shift and allocate the amount of money that’s in traditional corporate investments or traditional investments in commodities or gold or money systems into blockchains, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime.”
While no one enjoys power outages, being prepared makes all of the difference in feeling safe and comfortable when it happens. With these three BioLite items on hand, you can light your home and power your important devices in the case of an emergency.
1) SolarHome 620+:
The SolarHome 620+, a portable kit of lighting, charging, and music, can light up any room in your home as if you had working electricity. Hanging lights have individual, dimmable switches and a power box that can charge your other USB-supported devices.
6W solar panel connects to 23 Wh Control Box
3 overhead lights, one with motion sensor
Wall-mounted switches control hanging lights
Control Box plays radio/MP3 & provides charge out
18ft daisy-chainable cables for multi-room lighting
AlpenGlow is a line of portable, rechargeable lanterns with 8 different lighting modes. Modes include a bright cool white a warm candle flicker, both perfect for waiting out a storm.
Utilizes ChromaReal Technology, delivering broad-spectrum lighting to your home so you can see accurate colors / textures in lowlight conditions, great for cooking and eating.
Rechargeable 6,400 mAh battery offers Charge Out – so you can power your personal electronic devices and connect to other BioLite lighting products to light, power, and charge devices off-grid.
8 Light Modes: Cool White + Dim , Warm White + Dim, Single Color + Dim, Multicolor + Dim, Candle Flicker, Party Mode (cycling colors), Multicolor (Blended sunrise / sunset), Fireworks Mode (Bursting, Flashing Color).
Designed to power the next generation of high-performance personal electronics, Charge series power banks feature USB-C Power Delivery for faster, more flexible charging. Store these charged for an emergency power source.
Fully charge a 13” laptop (Charge 80), 2.5 cell phone charges (Charge 40), or 1.5 cell phone charges (Charge 20)
Charge multiple devices at once with 2x USB-A Quick Charge Out ports
It is with great excitement that Fossil announces the newest generation to our wearables portfolio: the Gen 6 Touchscreen Smartwatch. The Gen 6the smartwatch will be the first smartwatch powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Wear™4100+ Platform, providing users faster application load times, highly responsive user experiences, and more efficient power consumption. In addition, the battery charging speed is two times faster than leading smartwatches, reaching 80% charge in just over 30 minutes. Users will also benefit from continuous heart rate tracking, a new SpO2 sensor, speaker functionality to make and receive tethered calls, software updates from Wear OS by Google™and Fossil Group, smart battery modes, and more. The Fossil brand Gen 6 smartwatch will be first to market, launching globally for pre-order for Android™and iOS phone users alike beginning August 30.
Gen 6 will also be compatible with Google’s new system update, Wear OS 3, announced earlier this year. The smartwatch will be eligible for the Wear OS 3 system update in 2022, alongside other updates that will continue to improve the overall user experience.
“We are proud to announce our highly-anticipated next generation of smartwatches. At Fossil Group, we are always striving to deliver increased performance and delight users, working in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, and we are excited by the new capabilities Gen 6 is bringing to our users. Faster interface, less time to charge, and upgraded health and wellness features are only a few of the benefits Gen 6 will see as our teams continue to innovate and evolve our smartwatch portfolio,” says Steve Evans, Fossil Group EVP Chief Brand Officer. “We also know how crucial personalized style continues to be in the wearables space for our design-conscious consumer, so I am excited to share that in addition to Fossil brand, Michael Kors will soon be launching Gen 6 as well. Our innovation teams at Fossil Group continue to provide users the best-in-class experience without compromising stunning design from brands they love.”
“Fossil Group and Qualcomm have had a long-standing partnership and have led the convergence of fashion and technology in the industry,” says Pankaj Kedia, Global Head of Wearables, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are delighted to have collaborated with Fossil Group on their latest smartwatch, the Gen 6, which is the first product to come to market based on our Snapdragon Wear 4100+ platform. This platform enables users to experience lightning-fast processing and richer, always-on, ambient modes and watch faces with ultra-low power consumption thanks to the integration of the always-on co-processor in the platform.”
The new Fossil brand Gen 6 smartwatch launches with four colorways in a 44mm case and three colorways in a 42mm case for added size options. In addition to offering seven timeless styles and endless interchangeable strap options, users can customize dials and buttons to UNDER EMBARGO until August 30 at 8 a.m. CST to easily access their most-used functions. Fossil Gen 6 is upgradable to Wear OS 3, Google’s new system update announced earlier in the summer, and will benefit from continued improvements in features and user experience.
Have you heard that BD now has the first Smartphone Interpreted Home COVID-19 test- The BD Veritor™? Because its technology results can be shared in real-time [the reporting feature is unlike what any other test can do], consumers can travel, see family and friends, and go to school. It’s also being used by many companies to manage their employee populations as well – in the office and in the factory, etc.
BD developed this new, rapid self-test to make COVID-19 testing faster and easier for people to complete in the privacy and safety of their own homes. The BD Veritor™ At-Home COVID-19 Test uses the Scanwell® Health mobile app to interpret and provide a digital display of testing results in 15 minutes. The test is also one of the only at-home tests to fully automate reporting of results to federal and state public health agencies and provides a streamlined experience for optional reporting to businesses and schools.
The BD Veritor at-home test will retail for around $40 for a packet of two tests. Amazon, which has a testing partnership with the U.S. government, is selling the two-pack for $26.50.
At home review: BD made testing easy with the step by step instructional videos. As the winter season approaches, this is a must have tool to keep at home to prepare for a new potential COVID wave!
A decade after its release as Moog Music’s first professional synthesizer for iOS devices, the award-winning Animoog Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE) app sees a complete transformation, reborn as Animoog Z. The evolved iteration of the app, now available for both iOS and macOS devices, is free to download in the App Store.
An Immersive Moog Synthesizer Experience
Animoog, the anisotropic wavetable synthesis app introduced by Moog Music in 2011, changed the face of iOS music production with its innovative approach to dimensional sound design and uniquely interactive touch surface interface.
A full decade and more than 700,000 downloads later, Moog has completely redesigned the app—now Animoog Z—with more futuristic functionality and creative workflows for the next generation of producers and sound designers.
Animoog Z is an inspiring 16-voice polyphonic synthesizer that invites users to explore new concepts of multidimensional sound and performance. The app is powered by Moog’s innovative Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE), which utilizes an orbiting system to expand the concepts of wavetable and vector synthesis. This unique synthesis concept allows for dynamic navigation through the app’s X, Y, and Z axes for evolving and layered sound.
Visually captivating and sonically immersive, Animoog Z expands on what made the original Animoog the go-to iOS synthesizer for professional musicians and entry-level synthesists alike, now with a more streamlined user experience, powerful new features, and availability on more platforms.
This universal app is available for iPad, iPhone, Mac, as an AUv3, and through a VST wrapper for integration in all DAWs that support AUv2, AUv3 and VST3. Download and explore the app for free with the option to upgrade in order to unlock Animoog Z’s full functionality for an introductory price of $9.99.
“Currents” by Suzanne Ciani, an Original Performance with Animoog Z & Buchla Modular Synthesizer
Electronic music pioneer and modular synthesis icon Suzanne Ciani invites you inside her seaside home studio for a dynamic improvised composition that demonstrates the unique sonic character of Animoog Z integrated with her Buchla modular system.
In the hands of one of Animoog’s earliest adopters, “Currents” presents a captivating representation of the evolved app’s striking new visual and auditory features, incorporating the artist’s imported and enhanced presets from the original Animoog. An “unexpectedly powerfully expressive tool” for live performance, according to Ciani, Animoog has been a staple of the five-time Grammy award-nominated composer’s musical repertoire for years.
“The interface is a hands-on dream. It’s alive with a vibrant spatial sound that blends in with my quadraphonic Buchla perfectly,” Ciani shares. “I love its playability, being able to tune the scale and glide over the sensitive keyboard where any note brings awesome expression. A bass note can rouse a crowd—it couldn’t be more compact and road-worthy.”
Getting started with Animoog Z is immediate and intuitive: simply select and drag the orbit path to create endless sonic configurations as the patch travels through an array of timbres.
Use Animoog Z’s built-in configurable keyboard to control pitch and pressure per voice (or send MIDI out), or connect your favorite MPE controller to explore Animoog Z’s MPE-compliant sound engine.
Animoog Z’s diverse library of timbres includes digital tones and spectral sources alongside analog waveforms captured from classic Moog oscillators (both vintage and modern), all run through a boutique’s worth of high-end outboard and analog signal processors. These include modular synth circuits, Moog analog effects, and more. New to Animoog Z, the built-in Timbre Editor allows users to record and design custom timbres, turning any sound around you into a source for musical inspiration.
Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Synth Engine (ASE)
An award-winning Moog technology, ASE allows the user to move dynamically through the X, Y, and Z axes of unique timbres to create an expressive and constantly evolving soundscape. Sonic modulations are visualized in real time, providing a multisensory feedback mechanism for sound creation.
Available as an AUv3 Plugin (iOS, macOS)
Animoog Z, available for Apple mobile devices and desktop use, integrates seamlessly with your DAW of choice.
Built-in Timbre Editor & Recorder
Go beyond sample playback and build unique sounds that evolve in multi-dimensional space. Assemble your sound from a wide variety of timbres recorded from vintage and modern Moog synthesizers. Customize your sound and record your own timbres (or import your own WAV files) with the built-in timbre recorder.
Full MPE Support
Use Animoog Z’s built-in keyboard to control pitch and pressure per voice (or send MIDI out), or connect your favorite MPE controller and explore the app’s MPE-compliant sound engine.
Professionally Designed Presets
Instantly explore a range of artist-designed presets with the free version of Animoog Z. To discover more inspiring sounds and timbres, unlock the app’s full sound design and production functionality for just $9.99. Additional expansion preset packs professionally designed for production and performance use are also available to purchase.
More Powerful Features
Multiplatform Experience: Share presets, timbres, and in-app purchases across your compatible Apple devices.
Path Module: Direct the synth engine through Animoog Z’s X/Y/Z space to create exciting and shifting sounds.
Orbit Module: Independently control the rate of orbit in the X/Y/Z space to create interesting three-dimensional visual shapes for subtle to extreme voice manipulation.
Polyphonic Modulation: Take control of Animoog Z’s highly regarded touch surface keyboard with configurable scales, key distances, pitch correction, and glide. Simply slide your fingers to control multiple per-voice modulation parameters in Animoog Z right from the keys.
Polyphonic Pitch Shifting: Easily manipulate the exact pitch of each note in a chord by rotating or sliding your fingers.
Base Frequency Offset: Alter Animoog Z’s 440Hz base frequency by +/- 10Hz to tune up with non-traditional instruments or detuned samples—or simply to explore new vibrations.
ENV/LFO Page: Articulate your dynamics with 3 independent six-stage DAHDSR envelopes for Amp, Filter, and Mod, each with loop and sync functionality. Give motion to your sound with 3 independent LFOs featuring continuously variable wave shapes, phase offset, delayed start, sync, and support for 1-8 repeats.
MOD Page: Highly flexible modulation matrix with 10 lanes and a multitude of sources, controllers, and destinations—including global destinations like Delay and Thick. Use the Solo and Enable controls to explore complex modulations layer by layer.
Effects Page: A collection of dynamic sound-altering and sound-augmenting effects, each with oscilloscope-style views of their output and impact.
Arpeggiator Module: Built-in arpeggiator with multiple patterns, octaves, time division, gate, and latch features for programmable syncopation and melodic motion.
Moog Filter Module: The classic four-pole Moog ladder filter with High Pass, Low Pass, and Band Pass modes.
Thick Module: From bit crushing to unison voice detuning and drive, this module adds depth, edge, and character to Animoog Z’s already massive sound palette.
Delay Module: Classic analog-style delay with echo and ping-pong settings.
Looper Module: Record your performance and overdub new layers, or play along live. Transfer recordings between Animoog Z and other apps, email, and messenger.
Global BPM with Tap Tempo: Easily change tempo and sync multiple Animoog Z parameters to the beat.
Ableton Link Support: Stay in sync across devices with full Ableton Link support.
Optimized Preset and Timbre Organization:Advanced preset and timbre browsing with groups and tagging, including powerful sharing features and integration with iCloud drive for sharing across your own devices.
Typing, Shortcut, and Undo/Redo Support: Full control from a typing keyboard, including useful shortcuts and a full menu system on macOS. Full undo/redo system on macOS through the menus and by shaking the device on iOS.
MIDI: Use your favorite MIDI controller to control Animoog Z (with full support for MPE input) or go MIDI out to use Animoog Z’s highly expressive keyboard to control your favorite instruments. Dive even deeper with Animoog Z’s exhaustive MIDI CC mapping system featuring MIDI Learn, multiple destinations for a single CC, and detailed control of which presets are loaded with program change.
Randomized Presets: The Random Preset function intelligently generates different values for all of Animoog Z’s sound engine parameters. It even makes up a name for you. Combined with the Selective Loading options, it’s possible to only randomize specific modules of the current sound while preserving others.
With the success of CZ Smart Wear OS, Citizen introduces its newest smartwatch – a hybrid with an analog display. With the aesthetic of a Citizen sport watch, it provides the exceptional design we have come to expect from Citizen while delivering technology, feature-rich convenience.
Citizen’s newest innovation is distinctive in that it marries the style of a traditional timepiece with the technical capabilities of a smartwatch. With these modern features, the smartwatch has the look and feel of a sport timepiece with analog hands that snap to the sides to reveal notifications. The 44mm stainless steel case features a standout bezel with bold numerical design. Offered in both silver-tone stainless steel and black ion-plated stainless steel, this smart timepiece is a true showstopper. The integrated silicone strap with hexagon inlay pattern, contours to fit your wrist and is available in a range of stylish colors: black, bright white, navy and hunter green. The watch features a large black and white display that eliminates glare, making it easier to read the screen in daylight. Compatible with both iPhone and Android phones.
The hybrid provides its wearer with health and wellness monitoring through a built-in heartrate sensor and accelerometer. Continuous heartrate monitoring, step tracking, workout tracking, calories burned, and advanced sleep monitoring keep wearers on track with their fitness goals – they can even monitor their daily, weekly, and monthly activity with the Citizen Connected app, which syncs with Google Fit and Apple Health.
One of the most unique features of the Hybrid is its robust battery life. To eliminate the need for daily charging, the CZ Smart Hybrid has an impressive 15-day battery life and comes with a 40-minute quick charging cable. The Citizen Connected app seamlessly syncs with Bluetooth connection within 30 feet, and 5 customizable dials are created to fit any lifestyle and personality – with information including heart rate, steps, active minutes, day/date, a second time zone, weather and many more features. Receiving your smartphone notifications allows for convenience of at-a-glance with updates for calendar, email, text and other important alerts.
The watch will feature a golf app, with proprietary software that include US and Canada golf course locations along with information about course weather by the hour, wind speed and direction, yardage of hole and more. Citizen will continue to add special features to the software in coming months, with plans to launch further advancements to the Citizen Connected app in Spring 2022, giving each hybrid smartwatch owner an even more unique experience.
“The CZ Smart hybrid smartwatch is for those who want the accessibility of a smartwatch but prefer the elevated style of a traditional timepiece,” says Citizen Watch America President Jeffrey Cohen. “We are continuously creating new solutions for our customers’ needs. Many smartwatches on the market are only about functionality. This timepiece not only provides the functionality our consumers are asking for, but also makes a statement with superior Citizen design and style. It embodies Citizen’s commitment to excellence and the drive for continued innovation.”
Qblox Cluster control stack is the go-to choice for the new 20-qubit quantum computer to put Sweden at the forefront of quantum technology. The Qblox fully-integrated control stack comprises dedicated and modular electronics developed in Delft, The Netherlands.
In the Quantum Technology Lab (QTL) of Chalmers University, the mission to create their first 20-qubit processor began in 2018, spearheaded by Dr Giovanna Tancredi with Prof Jonas Bylander and Prof Per Delsing. This processors’ purpose is to solve problems far beyond the capabilities of any available supercomputer. The QTL quantum processor will be based on superconducting circuits, a widely-used technology for quantum computing.
In order to effectively exploit a 20-qubit quantum computer, the QTL decided to procure robust and scalable control and readout electronics. Following a thorough tendering process between various well-known competitors from around the world, the procurement contract has been awarded to Qblox because of its ability to surpass the requested technical requirements and its ability in scaling up in the future.
The Qblox control stack comprises a fully-integrated system providing all software and hardware components to control and readout their quantum device. The new Cluster RF modules were launched at the APS March meeting 2021:
Qubit control is managed by the QCM-RF module, which directly outputs RF signals in the range of 2-18.5 GHz. It integrates 6 AWG’s capable of generating complex baseband signals, two LO’s, and two IQ mixers. The module can self-calibrate its IQ mixer skewness, amplitude imbalance and LO leakage.
Qubit readout is performed by the QRM-RF module which includes LO’s, mixers, 6 AWGs pulse generators and digitizers for multiplexed readout in the range of 2 – 18.5 GHz. The QRM has advanced binning and averaging capabilities and can store up to 131072 IQ measurement results in a single experimental run.
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Through MWC 2021, Asleep hopes to display their contactless WiFi sleep monitoring technology which measures, analyzes, and improves people’s sleep. Asleep leverages contactless sleep monitoring combining both AI and IoT technology to measure motion, heart rate, and respiratory rate data that is extracted through sleep technology. Through AI-based analysis, Asleep develops and provides the following solutions: real-time estimation of sleep stage, personalized sleep quality, diagnosis and prediction of the possible future heart disease/mental illness. CEO Lee Dong Heon with his KAIST research colleagues started Asleep co. in June 2020. 4 months after the start of business, Asleep was selected by KOTRA (Korea Tradevestment Promotion Agency) to attend the KOTRA booth at MWC 2021. KOTRA booth selects only a handful of startups worldwide to attend. Though Asleep isn’t the only sleep tech company that will be attending the event, Asleep believes that they have their competitive edge with their technology. Asleep has already registered 4 technology patents for their contactless sleep technology. Asleep will be presenting their contactless IOTtechnology and AI/IOT integration onto a sleep application. More information can be found at Asleep’s MWC 2021 digital activation package. Asleep is a sleep tech solution company. We digitize the sleep process by conveniently monitoring, accurately analyzing, and providing all-day care for user’s sleep.
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