UK security bill to introduce biometric age verification for social media registration

UK government will see the introduction of comprehensive rules to prevent online harms to children, including biometrics-based age checks.
Read more: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202105/uk-security-bill-to-introduce-biometric-age-verification-for-social-media-registration?source=Snapzu

A mummy discovered in a vast burial ground of Egypt's pharaohs could change how ancient history is understood

Analysis of the mummy of a nobleman from the Age of the Pyramids suggests that expensive resins and fine linens were used, surprising experts.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-mummy-burial-ground-of-the-pharaohs-could-change-history-2021-10?source=Snapzu

Coroner actor Nicholas Campbell off the show after using N-word on movie set | CBC News

Actor Nicholas Campbell has apologized for saying the N-word while shooting a new film and is not returning to the CBC show Coroner pending an investigation.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nicholas-campbell-impasse-racism-1.6231055?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar?source=Snapzu

Canada promises 73 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses for the developing world | CBC News

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday that Canada will donate millions more COVID-19 vaccine doses to a global vaccine-sharing initiative as rich countries scramble to send more shots to the developing world to help curb stubbornly high case counts.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-promises-covid-vaccine-doses-1.6231465?source=Snapzu

Here's Why PETA is Pushing MLB to Rename 'Bullpen'

PETA called the term "outdated" and is pushing for MLB to rename it to 'arm barn,' a more "animal-friendly term" that also happens to be a vulgar slang reference.
Read more: https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/10/29/peta-calls-for-mlb-to-rename-outdated-bullpen-to-arm-barn?source=Snapzu

Gunmen kill at least three at Afghan wedding to stop music being played

Killers said they were Taliban but government denies responsibility and says two of them have been arrested
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/30/gunmen-kill-at-least-three-at-afghan-wedding-to-stop-music-being-played?source=Snapzu

Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative.
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2294967-skin-patch-coated-in-covid-19-vaccine-may-work-better-than-injections/?source=Snapzu

Fossil fuels doomed in New York as regulator blocks new gas power plants

New York took an aggressive stance toward fossil fuels this week, effectively killing the development of new fossil fuel power plants in the state. The Department of Environmental Conservation denied permits for two proposed natural gas power plants, saying they were incompatible with the state’s climate law, which calls for an end to fossil fuel-generated electricity by 2040.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/fossil-fuels-doomed-in-new-york-as-regulator-blocks-new-gas-power-plants/?source=Snapzu

FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency authorization for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. The FDA's authorization follows the recommendation of its independent advisory committee, which earlier this week voted nearly unanimously in favor of authorizing the vaccine. The committee of 18 voting members voted 17 to 0 in favor, with one abstention.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/fda-authorizes-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-5-11/?source=Snapzu

Oil companies downplay early climate knowledge under fire from Dems

Leaders of the U.S. oil industry refused to concede that their companies had ever misled the public about the link between burning fossil fuels and global warming during a tense House hearing on Thursday.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/579046-oil-companies-downplay-early-climate-knowledge-under-fire-from-dems?source=Snapzu

Why We Need ‘Goosebumps’ More Than Ever

Thanks to R.L. Stine’s scary stories for kids, I’ve been able to replace some of the real horrors of the past year with fears outlandish enough to laugh at.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/magazine/goosebumps.html?source=Snapzu

Big oil CEOs just lied before Congress. It’s time they’re held accountable | Jamie Henn

The top oil executives claim they never approved a disinformation campaign. That is simply not true
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/29/big-oil-ceos-just-lied-before-congress-its-time-theyre-held-accountable?source=Snapzu

New York state health care workers will no longer have religious exemption to Covid-19 vaccine mandate, court rules

New York State health care workers will no longer have a religious exemption to the state's Covid-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court vacated a temporary injunction Friday. The three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit also sent the two court cases back to the lower courts to continue.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/us/ny-state-health-care-workers-religious-exemption-ruling/index.html?source=Snapzu

Climate change is shifting polar bears’ Arctic menu, research shows

The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the world. Because of that warming, some organisms are adapting by shifting their natural stomping grounds, and the region is seeing some species move in as they follow the warmth north and stick around there for longer.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/a-key-to-tracking-the-arctics-changing-ecology-may-lie-in-bear-fat/?source=Snapzu

It’s clear capitalism isn’t working when US politicians try to bring back child labor

There is something very, very wrong with a system that would rather recruit more kids instead of paying better wages and providing more benefits to adults
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/30/capitalism-isnt-working-us-politicians-child-labor?source=Snapzu

Death toll rises as Sudan’s capital rocked by more clashes

At least one anti-coup protester killed, medics say, on a fourth day of confrontations with soldiers in Khartoum.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/28/death-toll-sudans-anti-coup-protests?source=Snapzu

UK teen sentenced to 35 years for devil-pact double murder

A British teenager who murdered two sisters in a London park as part of a pact he believed he had made with demonic forces to kill women every six months in exchange for a future lottery win has been jailed for a minimum of 35 years.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-teen-sentenced-35-years-devil-pact-double-murder-2021-10-28/?source=Snapzu

No end in sight for chip shortage as supply chain problems pile up

Earlier this year, the chip shortage seemed like it might ease sometime in 2022. Now, that forecast appears to have been optimistic. “The shortages are going to continue indefinitely,” Brandon Kulik, head of Deloitte’s semiconductor industry practice, told Ars. “Maybe that doesn’t mean 10 years, but certainly we’re not talking about quarters. We’re talking about years.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/no-end-in-sight-for-chip-shortage-as-supply-chain-problems-pile-up/?source=Snapzu

North America’s first whale sanctuary is taking shape in rural Nova Scotia

The plan to build North America’s first wild refuge for whales retired from marine parks was poised to take a big step forward Friday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. The Whale Sanctuary Project is expected to officially open its visitor and operations centre in Sherbrooke, N.S., marking the first time the U.S.-based conservation group has moved from the planning phase to actually building something.
Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-north-americas-first-whale-sanctuary-is-taking-shape-in-rural-nova/?source=Snapzu

Women are steering Saudi Arabia toward revolutionary change

Anyone hoping to evaluate the kingdom’s economic future or political stability will need to understand the unprecedented speed of its cultural revolution.
Read more: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/578902-women-are-steering-saudi-arabia-towards-revolutionary-change?source=Snapzu

7 Bizarre Witch Trial Tests

From barbaric tortures and occult dessert dishes to unwinnable trials by ordeal, find out more about seven unusual tests once used as evidence of supernatural misconduct.
Read more: https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests?source=Snapzu

US Copyright Office says you can fix a game console (but only the optical drive)

The librarian of Congress has provided a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that will let people repair optical drives on video game consoles. The new rule will also allow users to perform "diagnosis, maintenance, and repair" of other types of software-enabled devices marketed to consumers.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/us-copyright-office-oks-right-to-repair-for-video-game-console-optical-drives/?source=Snapzu

World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds

Every corner of society is failing to take the “transformational change” needed to avert the most disastrous consequences of the climate crisis, with trends either too slow or in some cases even regressing, according to a major new global analysis.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/world-failing-make-changes-avoid-climate-breakdown-report?source=Snapzu

United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker

The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the State Department said Wednesday.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-passports-x-gender-designation-2c29e18fc6566d549b9a06fda0857602?source=Snapzu

Ayrton Senna's father has passed away at 94

Milton da Silva, the father of the late Ayrton Senna and the grand-father of former F1 driver Bruno Senna, died on Wednesday in Sao Paulo at the age of 94 from natural causes. Although the three-time world champion raced under his mother's surname, his father was a quiet but enduring force in Senna's life.
Read more: https://f1i.com/news/422713-ayrton-sennas-father-has-passed-away-at-94.html?source=Snapzu

The NRA Has Reportedly Been Hacked

The National Rifle Association has reportedly been hacked. A cybercriminal gang claims to have stolen the much maligned gun lobby’s data and has been posting samples of it to the internet.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/the-nra-has-reportedly-been-hacked-1847948727?source=Snapzu

Merck agrees to let other drug makers make its COVID pill

LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Merck agreed to allow other drug makers to produce its COVID-19 pill, in a move aimed at helping millions of people in poorer countries get access to the potentially life-saving drug, a United Nations-backed public health organization said on Wednesday.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-public-health-health-ddde9854faee530d6c4bc435f3e6da74?source=Snapzu

Pablo Escobar's 'Cocaine Hippos' Become First Animals in U.S. to Be Considered Legal 'Persons'

In a legal first, hippopotamuses located in Colombia that were once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are now considered 'interested persons.'
Read more: https://people.com/pets/pablo-escobar-cocaine-hippos-become-first-animals-in-u-s-to-be-considered-legal-persons/?source=Snapzu

Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour

Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this year as businesses hike pay to draw and retain workers amid a labor shortage. Costco (COST) told employees last week that it would increase its minimum wage from $16 an hour to $17 starting on Monday. Costco has around 180,000 US employees, and 90% of them work hourly.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/business/costco-minimum-wage/index.html?source=Snapzu

India rejects net zero carbon emissions target before COP26

India is the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the US. India has rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/28/india-net-zero-carbon-emissions-target-cop26-climate-crisis?source=Snapzu

Do we really want TV shows to mention the pandemic?

From The Morning Show to You to Curb Your Enthusiasm, shows are facing a thorny question: should they include Covid?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/tv-shows-covid-pandemic-streaming?source=Snapzu

China builds world’s fastest programmable quantum computers

One of the quantum systems is million times more powerful than Google’s Sycamore
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/china-scientists-programmable-quantum-computers-b1946018.html?source=Snapzu

Cybercriminals claim to have hacked the NRA

A notorious Russian cybercriminal group has posted what appear to be National Rifle Association files to the dark web.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/cybercriminals-claim-hacked-nra-rcna3929?source=Snapzu

Investors on board as U.S. oil majors dismiss wind and solar projects

Top U.S. oil firms are doubling down on drilling, deepening a divide with European rivals on the outlook for renewables, and winning support from big investors who do not expect the stateside companies to invest in wind and solar.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/investors-board-us-oil-majors-dismiss-wind-solar-projects-2021-10-27/?source=Snapzu

7 Bizarre Witch Trial Tests

From barbaric tortures and occult dessert dishes to unwinnable trials by ordeal, find out more about seven unusual tests once used as evidence of supernatural misconduct.
Read more: https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests?source=Snapzu

Men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse can be called ‘rioters’ and ‘looters’ but not ‘victims,’ judge rules

Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder said "victims" was a "loaded" term and could not be used in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial to describe Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber and Gaige Grosskreutz, who were shot by the teen in August 2020.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/26/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-judge-victims/?source=Snapzu

The Strange New Trend That’s Enraging Hiring Managers

My, how the tables have turned.
Read more: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/10/job-seeking-advice-hiring-trend-tight-economy.html?source=Snapzu

Woman claims strawberry Pop-Tarts don't have enough strawberries, sues for $5 million

Kellogg is being hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging its "Whole Grain Frosted Strawberry" Pop-Tarts are deceiving consumers, failing to warn them that strawberries are not its only fruit filling ingredient. “Strawberries are the Product’s characterizing ingredient, since their amount has a material bearing on price and consumer acceptance, and consumers expect they are present in an amount greater than other fruits,” the suit asserted.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1282442?source=Snapzu

Too big to cover alone: Newsrooms team up

Newsrooms are embracing quickly formed partnerships to years-long projects.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/journalism-partnerships-facebook-papers-panama-127415c0-e11d-4e5e-8697-322ab75c02cc.html?source=Snapzu

France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon

Sophie Fornairon's independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-commerce giant's ability to undercut on shipping still skews the market against stores like hers.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/france-moves-shield-its-book-industry-amazon-2021-10-25/?source=Snapzu

Mark Zuckerberg called to testify before the Senate following Instagram reports

The request follows testimony from Frances Haugen.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/20/22737081/facebook-instagram-mark-zuckerberg-testify-senate-child-safety-frances-haugen?source=Snapzu

U.S. Department of Justice Likely to File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple

The United States Department of Justice is accelerating its antitrust probe into Apple and there is increased likelihood that Apple will face an antitrust lawsuit, reports The Information.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/25/apple-antitrust-lawsuit-likely/?source=Snapzu

Long Covid ‘is a very debilitating condition with serious cognitive conditions,’ says researcher behind new study

The author of a new study discussed the damaging impacts for “long Covid” patients, people whose symptoms last months after initially becoming infected. “Our work and the work of others has shown that this affects people’s abilities to make plans, synthesize information, and do their daily activities of work,” said David Putrino, the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/25/long-covid-is-a-very-debilitating-condition-with-serious-cognitive-conditions-says-researcher-behind-new-study.html?source=Snapzu

Climate change: Australia pledges to reach net zero emissions by 2050

Leading global coal and gas supplier Australia has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Prime Minister Scott Morrison however said the plan would not include ending Australia's fossil fuel sectors. The nation will also not set ambitious targets for 2030 - an objective of next month's COP26 global climate summit.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-59046032?source=Snapzu

Giant owl not seen for 150 years pictured in wild for first time

No sightings confirmed of Shelley’s Eagle Owl since 1870s
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/shelleys-eagle-owl-picture-ghana-b1944627.html?source=Snapzu

CEO Mark Zuckerberg responds to the massive Facebook document dump

CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook's quarterly earnings call by addressing the latest wave of coverage based on a trove of leaked internal documents on Monday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/tech/facebook-earnings-q3/index.html?source=Snapzu

Whistleblower Frances Haugen says Facebook's investment in the 'metaverse' shows how its priorities are all wrong

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told UK lawmakers on Monday she's "shocked" that the company is pouring so much money into the so-called "metaverse." Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told The Verge in July that he wanted Facebook to become a "metaverse company." The word metaverse is borrowed from science-fiction, and refers to a future version of the internet which people access using virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets, rather than via laptops and phones.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-metaverse-frances-haugen-whistleblower-shocked-by-investment-2021-10?source=Snapzu

Inside Amazon’s Worst Human Resources Problem

A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/technology/amazon-employee-leave-errors.html?source=Snapzu

Randy Bachman to be reunited with his guitar that was lost for four decades

Rock star Randy Bachman will be reunited with a favorite guitar that was lost for more than four decades thanks to an internet sleuth who identified the instrument in a Christmas performance by Japanese musicians. The writer of hit songs such as American Woman and band member in Bachman Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who had his rare Gretsch guitar stolen from a Toronto Holiday Inn hotel in 1976, and had all but given up hope of ever seeing it again.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/16/randy-bachman-lost-guitar-gretsch?source=Snapzu

One of Spain’s Most Celebrated Female Authors Turned Out to Actually Be 3 Men

Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero came forward after “Carmen Mola” won a coveted €1 million literary prize.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5wm4/carmen-mola-spains-most-celebrated-female-authors?source=Snapzu