Developing Coronavirus Vaccines Are Harming Shark Species

As vaccines candidates are being developed to cure coronavirus, some developers use squalene - an ingredient found in shark liver oil. Wildlife experts fear that millions of sharks may be killed if vaccine developers don't look for alternative sources.
Read more: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/27486/20200928/developing-coronavirus-vaccines-harming-shark-species.htm?source=Snapzu

Trump sold voters on the folly that he's a successful businessman. That's a con

Trump’s gymnastic finances were problems of his own making and the headache of his staff, workers and bankers
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/28/trump-new-york-times-tax-returns-president?source=Snapzu

New Big Data Sentiment Analysis Show Potential Biden Election Landslide

LUX Election 2020, a big data analysis program running on a supercomputer shows a growing divide in voter sentiment, with Democrat Joe Biden gathering positive sentiment, even among Republicans.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynerash/2020/09/29/new-big-data-sentiment-analysis-show-potential-biden-election-landslide?source=Snapzu

How China Impacts the Future of Gaming

China banned videogames for almost 15 years, but how dies Chinese video game censorship impact the gaming market? The Chinese impact on the international gaming market is huge and leads the direction of the future of gaming. China still bans video games and this is for certain reasons!
Read more: https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/37fa37a4-6204-41fa-96d2-d9e8c3cd82fa?source=Snapzu

Half a million sharks 'may be killed in effort to make Covid vaccine'

Around half a million sharks may be slaughtered in an effort to make a Covid-19 vaccine, wildlife experts have claimed. The top predators are harvested for squalene, a natural oil made in the liver of sharks, which is used medicine - including in current flu jabs.
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8778565/Half-million-sharks-killed-effort-make-Covid-vaccine-wildlife-experts-say.html?source=Snapzu

Boy, 5, uses Alexa to save mom's life during epileptic seizure

A 5-year-old Pennsylvania boy is being hailed a hero after he used Amazon’s Alexa to call for help while his mother suffered an epileptic seizure. The child’s grandmother, Natalie Neal, says she programed the Alexa app with her phone number so that her grandson, Tyrion Spann, can call her anytime, PEOPLE reports. ″I just thought for, you know, him to tell me, ‘Hey grandmom, I love you. Hey Gigi, I love you,’″ Neal explained to ABC affiliate WPVI.
Read more: https://thegrio.com/2020/09/29/boy-uses-alexa-to-save-moms-life/?source=Snapzu

Joe Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of presidential debate

The former vice president and his wife, Jill, reported $944,737 in taxable income last year and paid $299,346, or a 31% tax rate, in federal income taxes.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/joe-biden-releases-2019-tax-returns-ahead-of-presidential-debate.html?source=Snapzu

Christian group raises over $500K for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse

A Christian crowdfunding site has raised more than $520,000 to help cover legal fees for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. The GiveSendGo site, created shortly after Rittenhouse shot three Black Lives Matter protesters in the Wisconsin city on Aug. 25, killing two, is sponsored by a group called “Friends of the Rittenhouse family,” which is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2020/09/28/christian-group-raises-500k-for-kenosha-shooter-kyle-rittenhouse?source=Snapzu

France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks

France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban in the coming years on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses and on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-ban-wild-animals-circuses-marine-parks-73307384?source=Snapzu

Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology set to break electric speed record

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited has announced on its blog that the company has completed testing of the technology it plans to use in its line of electrically powered planes—one of which they expect will break speed records for electric airplanes. The new plane will be one of the core products of the company's ACCEL initiative, whose main objective will be to produce zero-emission planes and engines for other plane makers, and to be net-zero by 2050. Rolls-Royce has also created a video showing parts of the ground testing, which has been posted on YouTube.
Read more: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-09-rolls-royce-plane-technology-electric.html?source=Snapzu

Threat to evacuate U.S. diplomats from Iraq raises fear of war

Washington has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear could turn their country into a battle zone.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-iran/threat-to-evacuate-u-s-diplomats-from-iraq-raises-fear-of-war-idUSKBN26J1Z6?source=Snapzu

Yes, Donald Trump Is Still A Billionaire. That Makes His $750 Tax Payment Even More Scandalous

“Is Donald Trump really a billionaire?” everyone seemed to be asking Sunday night, after the New York Times dropped a bombshell report about the president’s taxes, which detailed big losses in some years and limited income in others. The answer: Yes, he is indeed.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/09/28/yes-donald-trump-is-still-a-billionaire-that-makes-his-750-tax-payment-even-more-scandalous/#59281c802885?source=Snapzu

Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5,000 Electric Car From GM

SAIC-GM-Wuling’s Hongguang MINI EV has been a runaway hit.
Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/tesla-s-nemesis-in-china-is-a-tiny-5-000-electric-car-from-gm?source=Snapzu

Global Microsoft outage brings down Teams, Office 365 and Outlook

Microsoft says a recent update has affected the processing of authentication requests, making cloud-based services inaccessible
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/29/major-microsoft-outage-brings-down-office-365-outlook-and-teams?source=Snapzu

Fox News Lobotomizes Its ‘Brain Room,’ Cuts Fact-Based Journalism

The recent mass layoffs at Fox News—an estimated body count of around 70, amounting to a little less than 3 percent of the cable channel’s workforce—signal what current and former employees describe as the purposeful devaluing of fact-based journalism in favor of right-wing opinion, race-baiting, and conspiracy-mongering at the top-rated, Donald Trump-friendly cable outlet.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-lobotomizes-its-brain-room-cuts-fact-based-journalism?source=Snapzu

China accuses U.S. of "shamelessly robbing" TikTok and warns it is "prepared to fight"

"This is blunt bullying. It's a robbery of Chinese company's achievements under the guise of security," the editorial by state mouthpiece, the Global Times, said.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/china-tiktok-bytedance-global-times-editorial-1534560?source=Snapzu

The Biden campaign wants to take back YouTube

On Tuesday night, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2020 cycle, and cable channels will be lit up with analyses of which candidate beat expectations and which lines landed best with audiences at home.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/21489979/biden-trump-presidential-dabate-election-youtube-ben-shapiro-dave-rubin?source=Snapzu

Rapid COVID-19 tests to be rolled out in poorer countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it has agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid-diagnostic tests for the coronavirus. Along with its leading partners, WHO aims to help lower- and middle-income countries make up ground in a testing gap with richer countries.
Read more: https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/29/rapid-covid-19-tests-that-give-results-in-minutes-to-be-rolled-out-in-poorer-countries?source=Snapzu

Jet suit paramedic 'could save lives'

A jet suit for paramedics which would see patients reached in minutes by a "flying" medic has been tested by the Great North Air Ambulance Service. After a year of talks between GNAAS and Gravity Industries, a first test flight was carried out in the Lake District. Andy Mawson, director of operations at GNAAS, came up with the idea and described seeing it as "awesome".
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54331994?source=Snapzu

Cyberattack hits major hospital system, possibly one of the largest in U.S. history

Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/cyberattack-hits-major-u-s-hospital-system-n1241254?source=Snapzu

Germany's World War I Debt Was So Crushing It Took 92 Years to Pay Off

After the Treaty of Versailles called for punishing reparations, economic collapse and another world war thwarted Germany's ability to pay.
Read more: https://www.history.com/news/germany-world-war-i-debt-treaty-versailles?source=Snapzu

5 takeaways from NY Times report on Trump's tax returns

A New York Times report that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax the year he entered the White House — and, thanks to colossal losses, no income tax at all in 11 of the 18 years that the Times reviewed — served to raise doubts about Trump's self-image as a shrewd and successful businessman.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-takeaways-ny-times-report-021700525.html?source=Snapzu

Maine Becomes First State To Try Ranked-Choice Voting for President

Voting for Libertarian, Green, or independent candidates will not mean “throwing your vote away.”
Read more: https://reason.com/2020/09/23/maine-becomes-first-state-to-try-ranked-choice-voting-for-president/?source=Snapzu

NYT got 2 decades of Donald Trump income taxes — paid no federal income taxes for 10 of past 15 years, and $750 for two years

The New York Times has obtained two decades of impeached and manifestly unfit U.S. President Trump. The resulting report shows he is in massive debt, and The full $100 million comes due in 2022.
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/27/nyt-has-2-decades-of-donald-trumps-taxes-hes-in-massive-debt-and-paid-no-federal-income-taxes-for-10-of-past-15-years.html?source=Snapzu

Trump moves to open Tongass National Forest for logging, to environmentalists' dismay

During his first term, President Trump has rolled back or weakened more than 100 environmental regulations. On Friday, his administration moved to open up the country’s largest national forest for development. Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has been called “America’s Amazon,” and it absorbs about 8 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. Amna Nawaz talks to The New York Times’ Coral Davenport.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/trump-moves-to-open-tongass-national-forest-for-logging-to-environmentalists-dismay?source=Snapzu

Over 860,000 Americans have already voted, compared to fewer than 10,000 by this point in 2016

The reported number is a sign of Americans' excitement for the upcoming election, as well as an increased commitment to voting early fueled by the coronavirus pandemic and concern over the U.S. Postal Service.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/over-860000-americans-have-already-voted-compared-fewer-10000-this-point-2016-1534452?source=Snapzu

Anthony Fauci: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread to the U.S., there was one person millions of Americans immediately knew we could turn to for guidance: Dr. Anthony Fauci. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fauci has advised six Presidents over 36 years. When COVID-19 reared its ugly head, he was among the first to step forward with facts and only facts.
Read more: https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888309/anthony-fauci/?source=Snapzu

Remember 1929 when looking for the cause of the coming financial crisis

Alarm bells are ringing in the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities
Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/f9ff9ed0-c7ff-4718-a65b-8be712379e84?source=Snapzu

5 Cops Involved in Breonna Taylor’s Case Were Also Part of a Botched Raid in 2018

The incident traumatized a family, led to zero charges, and is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit filed against the Louisville Metro Government. 
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zkax/5-cops-involved-in-breonna-taylors-case-were-also-part-of-a-botched-raid-in-2018?source=Snapzu

How Work Became an Inescapable Hellhole

Instead of optimizing work, technology has created a nonstop barrage of notifications and interactions. Six months into a pandemic, it's worse than ever.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/how-work-became-an-inescapable-hellhole/?source=Snapzu

Brain-eating amoeba found in Brazosport water supply

DO NOT USE! That's the warning from state environmental authorities for water customers in at least eight communities.
Read more: https://abc13.com/brain-eating-amoeba-bad-water-supply-warning-tceq/6574686/?source=Snapzu

Facebook’s Oversight Board won’t launch in time to oversee the election — and activists aren’t happy

One activist called Facebook "a roiling cauldron of lies, violence and danger."
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21454094/facebook-oversight-board-election-criticism-activists?source=Snapzu

SpaceX Can Now Launch National-Security Satellites With Used Rockets

U.S. Space Force has announced that it will launch two GPS satellites on a used Falcon-9 rocket next year. It is the first such decision from the Space Force.Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, just signed a contract modification with the U.S. Space Force. This grants permission to use Falcon 9 Boosters with preflown first stages for the upcoming GPS satellite launches.
Read more: https://atomstalk.com/news/spacex-can-now-launch-national-security-satellites-with-used-rockets/?source=Snapzu

Did indigenous Americans and Vikings trade in the year 1000?

Centuries before Columbus, Vikings came to the Western hemisphere. How far into the Americas did they travel?
Read more: https://aeon.co/essays/did-indigenous-americans-and-vikings-trade-in-the-year-1000?source=Snapzu

Climate change may prompt a new mass American migration, a move that could leave behind vulnerable groups and widen the wealth gap across the country

August besieged California with a heat unseen in generations. A surge in air conditioning broke the state's electrical grid, leaving a population already ravaged by the coronavirus to work remotely by the dim light of their cellphones. By mid-month, the state had recorded possibly the hottest temperature ever measured on earth — 130 degrees in Death Valley — and an otherworldly storm of lightning had cracked open the sky. From Santa Cruz to Lake Tahoe, thousands of bolts of electricity exploded down onto withered grasslands and forests...
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-climate-change-could-prompt-new-mass-migration-across-us-2020-9?source=Snapzu

Anti-Mask Doctor Condemned For Flashing Gun During Live Interview

Orange County officials and hospital leaders are seeking to distance themselves from Dr. Jeff Barke, a Newport Beach family medicine physician, The Lost Angeles Times reported on Friday. Barke, known for his opposition to face coverings meant to protect against the novel coronavirus, generated controversy during a live interview earlier this month when he waved a gun.
Read more: https://www.inquisitr.com/6300327/jeff-barke-coronavirus-mask-gun/?source=Snapzu

Judge removes Trump’s public lands boss after governor sued

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and has blocked him from continuing in the position.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/nation-world/2020/09/25/judge-removes-trumps/?source=Snapzu

Britain has offensive cyberwar capability, top general admits

Gen Sir Patrick Sanders says Boris Johnson has told him to ensure UK is major cyber power
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/25/britain-has-offensive-cyberwar-capability-top-general-admits?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other?source=Snapzu

Amazon Employee Warns Internal Groups They’re Being Monitored For Labor Organizing

An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that the company monitors dozens of internal listservs but said that the program did not exist for the purposes that the employee described.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jz7b/amazon-employee-warns-internal-groups-theyre-being-monitored-for-labor-organizing?source=Snapzu

World's youth rallies against climate change

United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global protest since the coronavirus crisis began.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/climate-change-protests/worlds-youth-rallies-against-climate-change-idUSKCN26G113?source=Snapzu

Facebook removes hundreds of accounts linked to Russian agencies ahead of election

Facebook on Thursday announced it has removed three networks consisting of hundreds of accounts, pages and groups tied to Russian malign influence efforts, including accounts with ties to past efforts by the Russian government to target U.S. elections. One of the networks included 214 Facebook accounts, 35 pages, 18 groups and 34 Instagram accounts. It was removed for violating policies against foreign or government interference, with Facebook announcing the networks had posed as journalists or credible news sources in an effort to spread Russian narratives.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/518113-facebook-removes-hundreds-of-accounts-linked-to-russian-agencies-ahead-of?source=Snapzu

Police shootings are a leading cause of death for young American men, new research shows

The study's authors say police violence is a "public health issue" with profound consequences for democracy.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/08/police-shootings-are-leading-cause-death-young-american-men-new-research-shows/?source=Snapzu

Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook, Twitter over content

Thailand launched legal action on Thursday against tech giants Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first such move against major internet firms.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-internet-idUSKCN26F0R7?source=Snapzu

China’s cities will soon be crawling with self-driving robotaxis

As the taxi drove itself through Shenzhen’s bustling streets, Bill Russo marveled from the passenger seat. Be it a scooter making a u-turn in front of the robotaxi, or a nearby driver who decided to go straight instead of following the legal left or right turns marked on the road, there was no shortage of obstacles for the self-driving car.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90553995/chinas-cities-will-soon-be-crawling-with-self-driving-robotaxis?source=Snapzu

Ron Cobb, ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Designer, Dies at 83

Film designer and cartoonist Ron Cobb died Thursday of Lewy body dementia at the age of 83. Cobb was a significant influence on the look and aesthetics of films including “Alien,” ̶…
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/obituaries-people-news/ron-cobb-dead-back-to-the-future-alien-star-wars-1234777800/?source=Snapzu

The name's Bond, seriously: 007's namesake found in Polish Cold War archives

Poles were left shaken and stirred by news that a suspected British agent called James Bond was on Her Majesty's secret service in the country in the 1960s, after the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) posted about him on social media.
Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-poland-spy-james-bond/the-names-bond-seriously-007s-namesake-found-in-polish-cold-war-archives-idUKKCN26E2UE?source=Snapzu

As Their Numbers Grow, COVID-19 “Long Haulers” Stump Experts

For 32-year-old Hanna Lockman of Louisville, Kentucky, it all started March 12. She was at work when she suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her chest. “It just got worse and worse and worse, to the point I was crying from the pain,” she recalled in a recent interview. At 3 am, the pain sent her to the emergency department. “I had developed a dry cough, maybe a mild fever. I don’t remember.”
Read more: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771111?source=Snapzu

Trump signs executive order barring critical-race theory training by federal contractors

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday barring federal funds from any contractors who conduct critical-race theory diversity training, saying it promotes a “destructive ideology.” Expanding on action the White House took earlier this month with federal agencies, the president said the administration won’t allow “race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating in the federal workforce” and won’t permit contractors “to inculcate such views in their employees.”
Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/22/trump-signs-executive-order-barring-critical-race-/?source=Snapzu

Tofu sales skyrocket during the pandemic, as consumers search for affordable meat alternatives

American grocery store shoppers became accustomed to limits on certain household staples during the first half of 2020. The quest for toilet paper, ground beef and hand sanitizer sparked panic buying and supermarket aisle scuffles, while overzealous bread bakers desperately searched for flour and a drop in carbon dioxide supply threatened the soda industry.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/09/21/tofu-sales-skyrocket-during-the-pandemic-as-consumers-search-for-affordable-meat-alternatives/?source=Snapzu

Xinjiang government confirms huge birth rate drop but denies forced sterilization of women

Chinese officials have officially acknowledged birth rates in Xinjiang dropped by almost a third in 2018, compared to the previous year, in a letter to CNN in which they also denied reports of forced sterilization and genocide by authorities in the far western region.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/asia/xinjiang-china-response-sterilization-intl-hnk/index.html?source=Snapzu