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Millions of people around the world are affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Both as kids and later in life, these individuals and their families need better detection, treatment and support solutions that will help them live with autism. Autism Impact Fund (AIF) was a pioneer when it emerged in 2021, three years after the son of its co-founder and managing partner, Chris Male, was diagnosed with ASD.
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One in 36 children in the U.S. has autism, according to the CDC. EarliTec Diagnostics just raised fresh capital to expand its system that helps clinicians diagnose children as young as 16 months old. According to EarliTec, children with autism won't focus on the video the same way that kids without autism will.
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The Phoenix Mercury star spared little detail recounting the horrors of Russian prison.
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A researcher is suing Meta for the right to ‘turn off’ Facebook’s news feed
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is suing Meta on behalf of a researcher who wants to release a browser extension that would allow people to “effectively turn off” their algorithmic feeds.
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U.K. regulator Ofcom is investigating OnlyFans, an online adult content subscription service, for failing to prevent children from accessing pornography through the platform. Ofcom, the official regulatory body for the U.K.'s broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries, says it has grounds to suspect that OnlyFans' parent company, Fenix International Limited, failed to implement age-verification measures sufficiently. The regulator is also investigating whether Fenix may have provided incomplete or inaccurate information as part of two information request notices issued by Ofcom — one in June 2022, and another in June 2023.
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It turns out the money was going from Ohtani's bank account to an illegal bookie to ... casinos.
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NBA playoffs: Celtics C Kristaps Porziņģis out for 'several games' with calf strain
If the Boston Celtics want to close out the Miami Heat on Wednesday, they'll have to do it without Kristaps Porziņģis.
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With $175M in new funding, Island is putting the browser at the center of enterprise security
Island, the enterprise browser company, may be the most valuable startup that you have never heard of. Island has now raised a total of $487 million. Doug Leone, a partner at Sequoia who invested in Island going back to the A round, says that he was attracted to the company’s founding team and unique value proposition.
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Cowboys, RB Ezekiel Elliott reportedly reuniting on one-year, $3 million deal
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