Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law

The Google fight with the country echoes a similar battle in Australia, where the tech industry eventually struck deals with news publishers after tense negotiations.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1185087587/google-says-it-will-start-blocking-canadian-news-stories-in-response-to-new-law?source=Snapzu

It burns wild and free up there: Canada fires force US crews to shift strategy

Different strategies in fighting wildfires have prompted new questions about best practices in the face of a global challenge
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/canada-wildfires-us-crews-shift-strategy?source=Snapzu

The FTC plans to file a huge antitrust suit against Amazon accusing it of punishing sellers who don't pay to use its logistics services report says

The antitrust suit is likely to focus on allegations that Amazon punishes sellers who don't use its warehousing and shipping services, per Bloomberg.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/ftc-amazon-antitrust-suit-marketplace-third-party-sellers-lawsuit-bloomberg-2023-6?source=Snapzu

Only Tom Cruise can save Hollywood from a summer of box office bombs

Success at the summer box office this year has so far been mostly Mission: Impossible. So much for the $2.3 billion “Avatar: The Way of Water” raked in last Christmas — movie theaters are back to being an armory of high-profile bombs. This weekend, wobbly Warner Bros.’ “The Flash” dropped a staggering 73% in its second week to a worldwide total of just $210 million. A more-than-50% decline for an expensive DC Comics superhero film spells trouble.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/tom-cruise-needs-to-save-movies-again/?source=Snapzu

Nicolas Coster Dies: Santa Barbara All My Children All The Presidents Men Actor Was 89

Nicolas Coster, the British-American actor who played an evasive lawyer in All the President’s Men (“I’m not here,” he insisted to Robert Redford’s Bob Woodward as the…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/06/nicolas-coster-dead-actor-santa-barbara-all-my-children-1235425211/?source=Snapzu

Gambling ads should be banned within three years to tackle addiction crisis parliamentary committee says

Committee chair Peta Murphy says Australians are among the biggest gambling losers anywhere in the world, and previous attempts to regulate gambling advertising have failed to address the problem.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/online-gambling-advertising-sports-broadcasts-computer-games/102531432?source=Snapzu

Only VIPs can drink alcohol in Paris 2024 venues

VIPs can quaff champagne to their hearts' delight while watching the Paris Olympics, but the average fan will have to make do with soft drinks and water after organizers decided not to seek an exemption to a law prohibiting the sale of alcohol in stadiums.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/37922558/only-vips-drink-alcohol-paris-2024-venues?source=Snapzu

Guillermo del Toro: I Dont Fear Artificial Intelligence. I Fear Natural Stupidity

“Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio,” the roving, ever-expanding, 8,000-square-foot exhibit dedicated to the art of making Guillermo del Toro and co-director Mark Gustafson’s meticulous Oscar-winning stop-motion film, has made its way from New York’s Museum of Modern Art to the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.
Read more: https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/guillermo-del-toro-ai-the-buried-giant-pinocchio-1234878950/?source=Snapzu

After Montana Banned TikTok Users Sued. TikTok Is Footing Their Bill.

The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators’ lawsuit for more than a month.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/business/media/tiktok-ban-montana-lawsuit-funding.html?source=Snapzu

Paper trail

Canada is one of the biggest exporters of recyclable paper to India, but along with that paper comes plastic waste — lots of it.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/paper-trail?source=Snapzu

Its Canadas worst fire season in modern history as smoke fills skies

In the seven days ending Sunday, more than 3.5 million acres had burned. That's nearly 70 percent of an average full fire season in the country.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/26/canada-wildfire-worst-season-quebec-ontario-smoke/?source=Snapzu

Thief who stole $2 million of Apple devices faces a decade in prison

A Nashua man hired to transport $2 million worth of iPhones, iPads, and more Apple devices for a customer, has pleaded guilty to taking bribes to fake documents and reroute the shipment.
Read more: https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/26/thief-who-stole-2-million-of-apple-gear-faces-a-decade-in-prison?source=Snapzu

Australia plans huge fines if big tech fails to tackle disinformation

Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
Read more: https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-australia-huge-fines-big-tech.html?source=Snapzu

AI steps in to save 5000-year old Cuneiform writing

With few experts left in the world who understand this ancient form of writing, can AI step in to save the language?
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/science/ai-steps-in-to-save-5000-year-old-cuneiform-writing?source=Snapzu

Australian earless dragon last seen in 1969 rediscovered in secret location

Victorian grassland earless dragon was once common west of Melbourne but numbers declined due to habitat loss and predators such as feral cats
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/25/australian-earless-dragon-last-seen-in-1969-rediscovered-in-secret-location?source=Snapzu

Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit

DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News laid bare how the network communicated behind the scenes about broadcasting 2020 election misinformation, ultimately leading the network to fork over a massive settlement. Newsmax could be next, as voting technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed several of the right-wing cable network’s current and former employees for work and personal correspondence.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/newsmax-subpoena-2020-election-defamation-lawsuit-1234777288/?source=Snapzu

Attempted Coup by Wagner or Botched Attempted Regime Change by the West?

The media has been overflowing with reports of an attempted military coup in Russia, claiming Yevgeny Prigozhin, commander of the private military company Wagner Group, attempted to overthrow the government of President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin managed to eliminate the threat of the supposed coup, but gaps in the mainstream narrative raise questions as to whether this supposed coup was orchestrated by Prigozhin himself, or if it was merely a staged show put on by the Kremlin to weed out foreign operatives in the Russian military.
Read more: https://shultzreport.substack.com/p/attempted-coup-by-wagner-or-botched?source=Snapzu

Train derailment on bridge causes possible hazardous spill into Montanas Yellowstone River

The cause of the derailment remains under investigation.
Read more: https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/train-derailment-bridge-causes-possible-hazardous-spill-into-montanas-yellowstone-river/AXW6HN3LTJDOZDVCIWNTDYVMSE/?source=Snapzu

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Is Writing a Book on Leadership

"At first, my answer was no. I didn’t want to write a book that hauled over the internal politics of the last five years, and then someone convinced me that I didn’t have to," Ardern wrote. “That maybe it might be worth expanding on some of things I talked about in my valedictory instead — like the idea you can be your own kind of leader and still make a difference. And so that’s what I’m planning to do.”
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2023-06-22/former-new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-is-writing-a-book-on-leadership?source=Snapzu

The FTC Forces Ring to Take User Privacy Seriously

Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which will require the company to pay $5.8 million over its inability to keep private footage and audio collected from users’ homes.
Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/ftc-forces-ring-take-user-privacy-seriously?source=Snapzu

Texas governor signs bill rescinding water breaks as deadly heat grips state

Measure will nullify local ordinances that provide workers protection from devastating, triple-digit temperatures
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/23/greg-abbott-texas-governor-bill-water-breaks-heatwave?source=Snapzu

Candace Owens Peddles Cell Phone Provider as Alternative to Woke AT&T But Its Still on AT&Ts Network

Daily Wire host Candace Owens peddled a cell phone provider as an alternative to "woke companies like AT&T." However, the provider still runs on AT&T's network.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/candace-owens-peddles-cell-phone-provider-as-alternative-to-woke-att-but-its-still-on-atts-network/?source=Snapzu

Lab-grown meat is cleared for sale in the United States

Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/business/cultivated-meat-us-approval/index.html?source=Snapzu

US might finally force cable-TV firms to advertise their actual prices

Biden angry about cable firms' hidden "Broadcast TV" and "Regional Sports" fees.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/us-might-finally-force-cable-tv-firms-to-advertise-their-actual-prices/?source=Snapzu

Comcast is Considering Selling Part Of Its Cable TV Empire & T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Gets Better

Read more: https://snapzu.com/lostwonder/comcast-is-considering-selling-part-of-its-cable-tv-empire-t-mobile-5g-home-internet-gets-better?source=Snapzu

Price is Right contestant dislocates shoulder while jubilantly celebrating game win

“The Price is Right” got a little ‘bonkers’ last week when a highly energetic contestant named Henry dislocated his shoulder while celebrating a game win. The animated contestant was tasked with guessing the right price to win a trip to Hawaii during a game called “Bonkers,” which he successfully won on his first try.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/price-contestant-dislocates-shoulder-while-234311599.html?source=Snapzu

Ex-CNN Producer Sentenced To More Than 19 Years In Prison For Coercing Minor Into Sexual Activity

A former CNN producer was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison after he plead guilty to a charge of coercing a 9-year-old minor into sexual acts.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/06/cnn-producer-sentenced-coercing-minor-into-sexual-activity-1235421612/?source=Snapzu

Expedition: Unknown Host Josh Gates Says He Dove In Titanic Sub But Decided Against Going Down Again To Film Because Craft Did Not Perform Well

Josh Gates, the host of Discovery’s Expedition: Unknown, revealed today that he dove in the same sub that is now missing near the wreck of Titanic. Gates said that the prospect of getting foo…
Read more: https://deadline.com/2023/06/expedition-unknown-tv-host-josh-gates-titanic-sub-dive-concerns-1235422136/?source=Snapzu

Fabio says men in modern romance books are too 'soft' and 'woke' now but readers disagree

Have romance novel characters become, well, too romantic? Fabio Lanzoni, the Italian American actor and model popular known as just Fabio who famously flaunted his muscular body on the covers of scores of romance novels, thinks so.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/06/21/fabio-slams-modern-romance-books-male-characters-woke/70344580007/?source=Snapzu

A carpenter saved his whole life to fund college scholarships and helped 33 strangers go to school for free

Four years ago, one of the happiest days of Kira Conard’s life carried a cloud of sadness. At a high school graduation party, her friends were buzzing with excitement about their next steps. Many were going to college, but the aspiring therapist in Des Moines, Iowa, scarcely had the heart to tell them she couldn’t go. Her family just couldn’t afford it.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/us/carpenter-funds-33-college-scholarships-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Theyre Scared: 5000-Plus Demonstrators Rally In L.A. to Support Writers Strike Pressure Studios

Scribes and supporters marched from Pan Pacific Park to the La Brea Tar Pits on Wednesday, the 51st day of the strike: "We are out here today to tell the companies how strong we are," said one negotiating committee member.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wga-strong-rally-labor-leaders-solidarity-amptp-1235520297/?source=Snapzu

US Senate is the latest to look into Amazon's warehouse safety practices

A US Senate committee is investigating Amazon’s warehouse safety practices.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/us-senate-is-the-latest-to-look-into-amazons-warehouse-safety-practices-200029313.html?source=Snapzu

The maker of the lost Titan submersible previously complained about strict passenger-vessel regulations saying the industry was 'obscenely safe'

The founder of the company behind the Titan submersible previously described his industry as "obscenely safe" and complained that passenger-vessel regulations held back innovation. OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush is understood to be aboard the Titan, the submersible that lost contact with the surface Sunday, prompting fears for his safety.
Read more: https://www.insider.com/titan-submarine-ceo-complained-about-obscenely-safe-regulations-2023-6?source=Snapzu

Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC

A year-long investigation uncovers a sadistic abuse network stretching from Indonesia to the US.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65951188?source=Snapzu

Pornhub asks CRTC not to regulate adult content under online streaming bill

MindGeek argues that Pornhub is 'not an expression of Canadian cultural identity that Canadians expect the federal government to protect.'
Read more: https://montrealgazette.com/news/politics/pornhub-crtc-regulate-adult-content?source=Snapzu

EU votes to bring back removable batteries in phones and appliances

The new law will restrict manufacturers from selling phones that require special tools to open up.
Read more: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/eu-votes-to-bring-back-removable-batteries-in-phones-and-gadgets-8666819/?source=Snapzu

Book checked out of Queens Public Library in 1926 finally returned

"It turns out it is the oldest book ever returned to the Queens Library," assistant manager Florence Palomo said.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/queens-public-library-overdue-book-1926/?source=Snapzu

Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. now the largest recorded in province's history | CBC News

The Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. has now surpassed the 2017 Plateau fire as the largest, by area burned, ever recorded in the province's history.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/donnie-creek-bc-wildfire-jun-18-1.6880715?source=Snapzu

They Bought a House With Plans to Airbnb. Then They Were Banned for Knowing the Wrong People

For Kristin Turner and her family, the short-term rental company's ban was as devastating as the appeal process was maddening.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvvkd/they-bought-a-house-with-plans-to-airbnb-then-they-were-banned-for-knowing-the-wrong-people?source=Snapzu

Woman found alive in coffin during own wake definitely dead this time

Classy headline
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2023/06/19/woman-found-alive-in-coffin-during-own-wake-definitely-dead-this-time.html?source=Snapzu

Ezra Miller proves youre only as canceled as the rich person in your corner

All it takes to weather a public relations storm is having the sympathy of the people who control the purse strings.
Read more: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ezra-miller-flash-reviews-cancel-culture-rcna89741?source=Snapzu

Bus driver transporting Pirates charged with DUI

A bus driver hired to transport the Pittsburgh Pirates from Chicago to Milwaukee was stopped during the journey and charged with DUI.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37869731/bus-driver-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates-charged-dui?source=Snapzu

The Disturbing CIA Iceberg - Part 3

The CIA certainty has committed their share of naughty no-nos over the years, this iceberg contains basically all of them...that they allow us to know about
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZJsfi-YXE?source=Snapzu

At least 41 have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a Ugandan school

Police said rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who have been launching attacks for years from their bases in eastern Congo, carried out the raid on the school in the border town of Mpondwe.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/17/1182936177/at-least-25-killed-rebel-attack-ugandan-school?source=Snapzu

The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange and the Death of Journalism

Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out. He could be extradited to the U.S. this week. Should he be convicted in the U.S., any reporting on the inner workings of power will become a crime.
Read more: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-imminent-extradition-of-julian?source=Snapzu

Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart: The most hatred I have ever witnessed

A professor was accused of antisemitism. The controversy has exploded into a bigger, messier debate about the future of psychology itself
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/16/george-washington-university-professor-antisemitism-palestine-dc?source=Snapzu

14-year-old boy set to graduate college start job at SpaceX

The 14-year-old says he is grateful leaders gave him opportunities to perform beyond his age.
Read more: https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/06/13/14-year-old-boy-set-graduate-college-start-job-spacex/?source=Snapzu

Chinese researchers turn to $1 adhesive to counter billion-dollar laser weapon from the US

By adding few market-bought compounds, the researchers have further strengthened the heat coating on ballistic missiles , making them indestructible by lasers.
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/adhesive-to-counter-billion-dollar-us-laser-weapon?source=Snapzu

PGA Tour LIV seek to dismiss antitrust lawsuits

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf filed a motion on Friday to dismiss all legal claims against each other in a federal antitrust lawsuit.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/37866755/pga-tour-liv-golf-file-motion-drop-antitrust-lawsuits?source=Snapzu

Arnold Schwarzenegger Says Hed Absolutely Run for President in 2024 If He Could: Its a No BrainerI See So Clearly How I Could Win

Arnold Schwarzenegger would throw his name into the race for U.S. president if he was eligible, the actor and former California governor told Chris Wallace on a recent episode of Max and CNN’…
Read more: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-president-2024-says-win-1235646563/?source=Snapzu