Inside the Phone Company Secretly Run By Drug Traffickers

Crime blogger Martin Kok was assassinated while leaving a sex club. It turned out MPC, one of his clients, was not an ordinary phone company.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjwbmm/inside-the-phone-company-secretly-run-by-drug-traffickers?source=Snapzu

If Trump Is Impeached or Defeated, Conservatives Will Call It a ‘Coup’

The rhetoric of violence on the right.
Read more: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019/10/trump-impeached-defeated-coup.html?source=Snapzu

Twitter Will Ban All Political Ads, C.E.O. Dorsey Says

The social media company’s action is a stark contrast to Facebook, which is taking a hands-off approach to political advertising.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/technology/twitter-political-ads-ban.html?source=Snapzu

Nationals rally past Astros in Game 7 to win first World Series

The Washington Nationals rallied in the seventh inning of Game 7 to defeat the Houston Astros 6-2 and capture their first World Series championship in franchise history.
Read more: https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/nationals-rally-past-astros-game-7-win-first-world-series/?source=Snapzu

Billionaire activist Bill Ackman says WeWork has a 'high probability' of being worth zero

While speaking at the Robin Hood Investors Conference on Tuesday, the billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman said SoftBank might have to write off its entire investment in WeWork, according to the Financial Times. "I think WeWork has a pretty high probability of being a zero for the equity, as well as for the debt," Ackman said, according to the newspaper.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-could-be-worth-zero-activist-investor-bill-ackman-says-2019-10?source=Snapzu

Epstein family pathologist says financier's body shows signs of homicide

A forensic pathologist hired by Jeffrey Epstein's brother to look into his suicide said on Wednesday that the convicted sex offender's body showed a number of signs o
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/468071-pathologist-epstein-body-shows-signs-of-homicide?source=Snapzu

‘Friends Talking Faith’ co-host Rev. Bryan Fulwider, accused of child rape, commits suicide

Well-known pastor Bryan Fulwider, a co-host of the currently suspended “Friends Talking Faith,” has killed himself in the wake of child-rape allegations, police in Florida said.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-bryan-fulwider-faith-accused-rape-girl-suicide-20191029-qosubn7scjcgvejzxqemckaaqm-story.html?source=Snapzu

'Friday' Actor John Witherspoon Dead at 77

Witherspoon's family confirmed the news.
Read more: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/10/john-witherspoon-dead-at-77?source=Snapzu

Elon Musk offers discounted solar panels and batteries after California blackouts

Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. More than 2 million people across California have been affected by power outages since October 25th as utility companies try to prevent their power lines from sparking new blazes. A fire just north of San Francisco has already consumed more than 66,000 acres and is only 5 percent under control.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/28/20937049/elon-musk-tesla-solar-panels-batteries-california-blackouts-fire?source=Snapzu

USC study implicates flavored e-cigs in teen vaping epidemic

Researchers found that 64% of teens using flavored e-cigs were still vaping six months later, compared to 43% who used more traditional flavors.
Read more: https://news.usc.edu/162360/flavored-e-cigs-teen-vaping-usc-study-addiction-science/?source=Snapzu

The fight to stop Nestlé from taking America's water to sell in plastic bottles

The network of clear streams comprising California’s Strawberry Creek run down the side of a steep, rocky mountain in a national forest two hours east of Los Angeles. Last year Nestlé siphoned 45m gallons of pristine spring water from the creek and bottled it under the Arrowhead Water label.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/the-fight-over-water-how-nestle-dries-up-us-creeks-to-sell-water-in-plastic-bottles?source=Snapzu

Sexy witch. Sexy nurse. Sexy Mr. Rogers? Inside the sexy Halloween costume industrial complex.

Four weeks before Halloween, Dominique Fiacco tried on the costume that its creators hope to turn into one of the holiday’s hottest and stepped in front of the camera in a small photography studio.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inside-the-sexy-halloween-costume-industrial-complex/2019/10/25/7184c23a-eacd-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html?source=Snapzu

Masterpiece found in French kitchen fetches €24m

The painting was found hanging above a hotplate in an elderly woman's home in northern France.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50201691?source=Snapzu

WiFi Is Illegal in This American Town. (And Yes, People Actually Live There.)

In order to do its important research, the Green Bank Observatory needs electromagnetic silence. Is that even possible anymore?
Read more: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/telescopes/a29589714/town-wifi-illegal/?source=Snapzu

How a simple ‘hello’ became the first message sent via the Internet

No fanfare. No cleverly contrived quote for the history books. And yet, at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1969, three months after Neil Armstrong’s famous step, came another giant leap for mankind. Just months after the first manned moon landing, the ARPANET, granddaddy to the World Wide Web, was brought to life with a rather inauspicious first communication: the letters “L” and “O.” UCLA grad student Charley Kline had been trying to type “LOGIN,”
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/internet-got-started-simple-hello?source=Snapzu

Facebook’s new political-ad policy already showing cracks, loopholes

If you create a system, someone will try to game it—that's true of everything from Candyland to the tax code. And so we should not be terribly surprised that Facebook—which is desperately trying to create some kind of coherent system for political advertising and speech as the United States careens headlong into the 2020 election season—already has players pushing to exploit loopholes in its policy.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/facebooks-new-political-ad-policy-already-showing-cracks-loopholes/?source=Snapzu

Facebook’s embrace of Breitbart doesn’t add up

Trying to build trust with one hand, and chipping away at it with the other. If you missed the first-ever Interface Live last week, I hope you’ll consider come seeing me this week! I’ll be talking with Clara Tsao, a researcher and entrepreneur who focuses on disinformation and platforms, at a free event in San Francisco. It’s on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., and I would love to see you there. The event is free, and you can RSVP here.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/10/29/20936441/facebook-news-breitbart-mosseri-trust-political-ads?source=Snapzu

Brown: California fires show 'the horror' world will face from climate change

As Californians suffer widespread power outages and mass evacuations due to wildfire dangers, former Gov. Jerry Brown is warning that the dark scenario may be “only the beginning” for Americans across the country — unless officials in Washington seriously tackle the issue of climate change.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/10/28/brown-california-fires-show-the-horror-world-will-face-from-climate-change-1226036?source=Snapzu

Voting machines pose a greater threat to our elections than foreign agents

As the election security conversation widens beyond Russia, to include countries like Iran and China, it’s important to examine how security flaws in our country’s voting equipment increase the vulnerability of our elections.
Read more: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/464065-voting-machines-pose-a-greater-threat-to-our-elections-than-foreign-agents?source=Snapzu

Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking

It highlighted Facebook's reluctance to fact-check politicians.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/27/facebook-takes-down-fake-lindsey-graham-ad/?source=Snapzu

Tiger Woods ties record for most PGA Tour titles with 82nd win in Japan

Tiger Woods won his 82nd career win, tying the legendary Sam Snead.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/27/golf/tiger-woods-pga-title/index.html?source=Snapzu

USA Today's print edition reportedly set to be phased out after GateHouse-Gannett deal

USA Today's print edition is down to a circulation of 520,000 (with most of that at a lower hotel rate), and it could end entirely after the GateHouse deal.
Read more: https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/usa-today-print-edition-reportedly-set-to-be-phased-out.html?source=Snapzu

Super-rich fuelling growing demand for private jets, report finds

Almost 8,000 new private jets are expected to be bought by multinational companies and the super-rich over the next decade, each of which will burn 40 times as much carbon per passenger as regular commercial flights, according to a report by aviation firm Honeywell Aerospace.
Read more: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/27/super-rich-fuelling-growing-demand-for-private-jets-report-finds?source=Snapzu

Ohio mom reportedly finds alleged intruder attempting to give 2-year-old son a bath

An Ohio mother said she recently woke up to find another woman inside her home preparing to give her 2-year-old a bath, according to a report. Areica Hill woke up Oct. 16 to the sound of her dog barking and saw a woman in the bathroom with her son, WCMH-TV reported.
Read more: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ohio-mom-reportedly-finds-alleged-intruder-attempting-to-give-2-year-old-son-a-bath?source=Snapzu

Argentina Imposes Draconian Capital Controls As Peronists Return To Power After Macri Defeat

It's time for Paul Singer to start buying up Argentina bonds again, and confiscating ships again.
Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/argentina-imposes-draconian-capital-controls-peronists-return-power-after-macri-defeat?source=Snapzu

Google searches on 'anxiety' accurately indicate when and where people are feeling anxious, study finds

Google searches for anxiety appear to accurately reflect population-level anxiety, according to new research published in the journal Emotion. “I am interested in the potential of big data analysis in illuminating the cultural influence on human minds. I think this type of analysis is especially useful to study questions that are difficult to study otherwise,” said study author Takeshi Hamamura, a senior lecturer at Curtin University in Australia.
Read more: https://www.psypost.org/2019/10/google-searches-on-anxiety-accurately-indicate-when-and-where-people-are-feeling-anxious-study-finds-54692?source=Snapzu

Martin Scorsese Says Marvel Movies Are “Not Cinema”

Prolific filmmaker Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are “not cinema.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/10/03/marvel-movies-not-cinema-martin-scorsese-the-irishman/?source=Snapzu

‘I took a stand’: the centrist Democrat navigating impeachment in a divided district

At a middle school auditorium three hours south of the capital, where an intensifying impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump consumes all aspects of political life, the Virginia congresswoman Abigail Spanberger greeted a restive crowd of constituents with a PowerPoint presentation on the American system of government.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/27/abigail-spanberger-impeachment-trump-centrist-democrat?source=Snapzu

Facebook included far-right Breitbart News in its new 'high quality' news tab

Facebook is giving Breitbart News, the self-proclaimed platform for the alt-right, a prized space in its new 'high quality' news section on the app.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-includes-breitbart-news-high-quality-journalism-section-on-app-2019-10?source=Snapzu

My Grandfather’s Halloween Treat Changed Our Block Forever

When I think of Halloween, I don’t think of candy, costumes, or even the Halloween movie franchise, though I do love Jamie Lee Curtis. Instead, I think of one thing: three slightly overripe pumpkins carefully buckled into the back of my grandfather’s 1993 Buick LeSabre.
Read more: https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/halloween-chinese-food-traditions-potluck?source=Snapzu

Hitman hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman who hires hitman

A businessman and the hapless assassins he hired were all convicted of attempted murder.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/23/hitman-hires-hitman-hires-hitman-hires-hitman-hires-hitman-tells-police-10971438/?source=Snapzu

Someday, They'll Be Amazed We Didn't Impeach Trump Over the Climate Crisis

Yeah, Ukraine. But actively undermining our efforts to combat an existential threat to human civilization as we know it surely qualifies as a high crime.
Read more: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a29587387/california-fires-2019-trump-climate-change/?source=Snapzu

MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air

A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.
Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-engineers-develop-new-way-remove-carbon-dioxide-air-1025?source=Snapzu

Massachusetts Sues Exxon Over Climate Change, Accusing Oil Giant of Fraud

Exxon is facing allegations of deceptive advertising, misleading investors and actions that threaten the world economy. It's already on trial in New York.
Read more: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24102019/massachusetts-sues-exxon-climate-change-investor-fraud-misleading-advertising-healey?source=Snapzu

Offshore wind to become a $1 trillion industry

COPENHAGEN – Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonise energy systems and reduce air pollution as it becomes a growing part of electricity supply, according to an International Energy Agency report published today.
Read more: https://www.iea.org/newsroom/news/2019/october/offshore-wind-to-become-a-1-trillion-industry.html?source=Snapzu

This gran picked up roadkill to create an armchair

How Nanny Pat's homemade labour of love made her the internet's favourite grandmother.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50101668?source=Snapzu

UN orders Saudi Arabia to stop stoning children

The United Nations has called on Saudi Arabia to repeal laws that allow stoning, amputation, flogging and execution of children. Children over 15 years are tried as adults and can be executed, "after trials falling short of guarantees of due process and a fair trial", according to the report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-stoning-un-children-united-nations-a7349861.html?source=Snapzu

Why Trump's Tariffs May Ruin Black Friday

Take note, shoppers. While the holiday season is traditionally the best time of year to make your tech purchases, the ongoing trade war with China is throwing everything on its head.
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/why-trumps-tariffs-may-ruin-black-friday?source=Snapzu

Facebook includes Breitbart in new 'high quality' news tab

The social media site has received backlash over its choice to include a publication that has been called ‘the platform for the alt-right’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/25/facebook-breitbart-news-tab-alt-right?source=Snapzu

Weekly Digest News

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the digest news regarding business development as well as tech development!
Read more: https://2muchcoffee.com/blog/weekly-news-digest-25/?source=Snapzu

Instead of writing a ticket, an officer bought car seats for a mother in Wisconsin

On the streets of Milwaukee, children without car seats is a problem for the police. One officer used his own money to help a mother out instead of giving her a ticket. “A big pet peeve of mine is little ones that are not in a car seat,” officer Kevin Zimmermann said.
Read more: https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Instead-of-writing-a-ticket-an-officer-bought-car-seats-for-a-mother-in-Wisconsin-563632951.html?source=Snapzu

Felicity Huffman Released Early From College Admissions Prison Sentence

Felicity Huffman was released from prison on Friday after serving 11 of her 14 days for her role in the nationwide college admissions cheating case. Huffman’s early release is a normal policy for inmates who are set to be released over the weekend, according to a prison official. Huffman’s reps did not immediately respond for comment.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/felicity-huffman-gets-early-release-from-college-admissions-case-prison-sentence/?source=Snapzu

Netflix and Spotify Might Be Required to Issue Emergency Alerts From the Government Just Like TV and Radio

Streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify might be required to issue emergency alerts from the government if U.S. lawmakers have their way. TV and radio stations operating in the U.S. are required by law to issue emergency warnings, like the infamous fake missile alert for Hawaii issued in early 2018, but lawmakers want to bring those alerts to more platforms, as viewers use more and more internet-based services.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-and-spotify-might-be-required-to-issue-emergenc-1839348553?source=Snapzu

Happy 25th year, blogging. You’ve grown up, but social media is still having a brawl

The blogosphere remains a valuable source of information and insight
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/12/blogging-twenty-five-years-old-all-grown-up?source=Snapzu

Japanese hotel chain sorry that hackers may have watched guests through bedside robots

Can we at least turn the thing around before we... y'know?
Read more: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/22/japanese_hotel_chain_sorry_that_bedside_robots_may_have_watched_guests/?source=Snapzu

Internal Cybersecurity Memo: White House Is Bound To Get Hacked

In the 1,006 days since Donald Trump became president, his administration has shown little vigilance when it comes to its own security, and a new internal memo suggests the White House is working to weaken its own cybersecurity safeguards.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/internal-cybersecurity-memo-white-house-is-bound-to-ge-1839303204?source=Snapzu

Why Big Oil faces court cases that echo the litigation against Big Tobacco in the '90s | CBC News

How much did the oil industry know about the impact of fossil fuel emissions on the climate? When did they know it? And what did they do with that knowledge? Those are the central questions in a series of court cases attempting to hold companies accountable for their role in climate change.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/exxon-shell-climate-change-court-new-york-attorney-general-litigation-documents-1.5331228?source=Snapzu

Ring Gave Police Stats About Users Who Said ‘No’ to Law Enforcement Requests

Amazon’s home security company Ring tracked how its users responded to law enforcement requests for surveillance footage captured by Ring devices, and it provided overviews of that data to police departments upon request.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/ring-gave-police-stats-about-users-who-said-no-to-law-e-1837713840?source=Snapzu

BBC News launches 'dark web' mirror

In a bid to thwart censorship attempts, the BBC News website is now available via Tor.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981?source=Snapzu

Scientists fired by Trump warn particle pollution standards don’t protect people

A group of scientist advisers dismissed by the Trump administration has concluded that national limits on fine particles of air pollution aren’t strong enough to protect people. The expert panel of epidemiologists and toxicologists was disbanded by the Environmental Protection Agency but decided to continue its work anyway.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/22/scientists-warn-fine-particle-pollution-standards-dont-protect-people?source=Snapzu