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☆ Dating is hard. Have apps made it worse?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“Dating on the apps, it’s ruined dating a bit,” Nguyen-Don, who works as a digital marketing manager, said. “The… design of those dating apps should definitely be held accountable for this kind of dating culture,” Zhou said. His experiences on dating apps were positive, he said, and he valued the ways they introduced him to new people and new experiences. Dating apps know this. For all their flaws, dating apps are unlikely to disappear any time soon.

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☆ A microbiologist explains where and what she won't eat to avoid food poisoning
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Primrose Freestone | The Conversation Uk | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning– mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Eating outdoorsI rarely eat alfresco – whether picnics or barbecues – as the risk of food poisoning goes up when food is taken outdoors. For barbecues, meat needs to be thoroughly cooked, and a meat thermometer is a good investment to avoid food poisoning. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt is also possible to pick up food poisoning from eating any raw shellfish (clams, mussels, whelks, cockles). The benefits of being a microbiologist are that we know how to avoid food poisoning and, in return, people have confidence our cooking is very safe to eat.

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☆ Thousands of tech workers were laid off last week. Experts say it's just the beginning.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

We've got a lot to get to today, so I'm going to get straight into the news, starting with why experts are warning that tech layoffs are just beginning. Thousands of workers were laid off last week. A Tesla alum used this pitch deck to raise a $2.5 million seed round for his startup. We got a look at the pitch deck its founder used to raise seed funding — check it out here. Plus, check out our full, searchable pitch deck database here.

☆ What to expect from Netflix's new subscription with ads
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After months of talking about it, Netflix has finally released more details about its newest subscription tier, "Basic with Ads." I've got the deets you'll want to know about Netflix's new plan, so let's get into it. At $6.99 per month, the subscription is $3 less than Netflix's basic ad-free plan — but it will also come with more restrictions. Here's what we know about the plan, "Basic with Ads," available starting next month:If you subscribe to the ad plan, Netflix says you can expect four to five minutes of ads per hour. Basic with Ads will become available in Canada on November 1, and in the US and UK on November 3.

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