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Someone has invented the first Apple Watch sex toy – and it’s a sell-out –
When you heard about all the apps you could get on an Apple Watch, was the first thing that sprung into your head an Apple Watch operated sex toy? As unorthodox an idea you may think it is, a lot of people want the piece of tech – it reached its $10,000 crowdfunding goal in just 24 hours. The $39 early bird special is sold out already, as is the reseller’s special, for people and websites who want to sell the sex toy to other customers. ‘Blush’ works by remote control, and is attached to a vibrating sex toy, that would be either controlled by you or your partner. The sex toy has three speed settings, can be recharged via a USB port and has up to two hours of battery life, and can either be directly controlled by Bluetooth for up to 30 feet or internet controlled, which can make it reach long distances. [Daily Telegraph]
Ashley Madison founder and chief executive Noel Biderman quits following hack –
The founder and chief executive of cheaters’ dating website Ashley Madison has stepped down just weeks after it was hacked. Noel Biderman, who heads the Canadian business’s parent company, Avid Life Media, is no longer employed at its headquarters, a spokesman said. It comes after a hacker group named The Impact Team stole the personal details of 37m Ashley Madison clients and posted them online. UK victims allegedly included 124 civil servants, 92 Ministry of Defence staff, around 50 police officers, 56 NHS workers, 65 local education and school staff and 1,716 people at universities and further education colleges. The data contained addresses, ages, phone numbers, credit card details and even sexual fantasies of users. [Daily Telegraph]
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- South Sudanese Civil War
- Rebels and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army trade accusations of violations of a recently signed peace accords. (Reuters)
- Iraq War (2014–present)
- A car bomb detonates in the parking lot of a Baghdad police station while police attempt to defuse it, killing 6 officers and injuring another 10. (AP via St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- 2015 India-Pakistan border skirmishes, Kashmir conflict
- Indian and Pakistani border guards exchange gunfire over the disputed Kashmir border with 9 civilians killed and 63 injured. (AP via KSL)
- Arts and culture
- The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommends that Costa Rica remove Cocorí from schools because of its perceived racial connotation. (Tico Times)
- Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- The body count from a van found on an Austrian highway carrying migrants yesterday rises to at least 71. Three people are arrested in Hungary in relation to their deaths. (AP via New York Times) (ITV)
- 2015 Atlantic hurricane season
- Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reported that Tropical Storm Erika has left at least 12 dead and more than 20 missing. Erika deposited almost 12 inches of rain in less than 10 hours and caused extensive damage across the island as floods wiped out roads, swamped villages and started mudslides. (CNN)
- Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency as Erika is forecast to hit the Gulf Coast of Florida on Monday. The storm is over Hispaniola with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, but is expected to weaken this weekend. Of particular concern is Tampa Bay, which has had historic rainfall in late July and early August. (Tampa Bay Times) (Miami Herald)
- 2015 Pacific hurricane season
- Hawaii Governor David Ige signed an emergency proclamation in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Ignacio on Monday. Ignacio is expected to strengthen to Category 2 this weekend. The state is still recovering from precipitation from Tropical Storm Kilo which skirted the islands earlier this week. In addition, Hurricane Jimena, which is expected to intensify to near category 5 strength on Saturday, is trailing Ignacio also heading toward Hawaii. (Hawaii News Now) (AP via Washington Post) (Maui Now) (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
- Seven people are killed and two injured after being exposed to toxic chemicals at a paper mill in central China. (AP)
- Thirty-eight girls and young women die in a crash and twenty others on board the truck are injured travelling to the traditional Umhlanga ceremony in Swaziland. (AP)
- International relations
- Colombia–Venezuela relations
- Turkey–PKK conflict
- Turkish police detain two British journalists from Vice News covering unrest in southeastern Turkey. (ABC News)
- Law and crime
- Two French journalists are arrested for allegedly attempting to blackmail King Mohammed VI of Morocco. (AP via New York Times)
- President Trương Tấn Sang of Vietnam signs two directives granting amnesty to 18,539 prisoners including murderers, rapists, human traffickers and other criminals but no political prisoners were released. (AP via New York Times)
- New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran is charged with 64 counts including fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. (Albuquerque Journal)
- Politics and elections
- Greek government-debt crisis
- Interim Prime Minister of Greece Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, the country’s first female prime minister, was sworn in Thursday. The PM named her caretaker government cabinet that will oversee implementation of austerity measures required by the latest debt bailout with Eurogroup. Elections, required after Alexis Tsipras resigned last week, are scheduled for 20 September 2015, the third time Greeks will be going to the polls this year. (AP via New York Times) (Irish Examiner) (CTV News)
- Sports
- 2015 World Championships in Athletics
- Dafne Schippers defeats Elaine Thompson in the Women’s 200 metres finals in Beijing. (NL Times)
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