Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

Telegram, the messaging app, has become the latest company to file a formal antitrust complaint to the EU over Apple’s App Store. In a complaint to EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager, Telegram, which has more than 400 million users, said Apple must “allow users to have the opportunity of downloading software outside of the App Store.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/telegram-files-eu-antitrust-complaint-against-apples-app-store/?source=Snapzu

He was promised a job in the U.S. He found himself trapped in a nightmare.

Visas for farmworkers have surged under Trump. But the program has subjected some workers to horrific abuse.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/h2a-visa-program-for-farmworkers-surging-under-trump-and-labor-violations/index.html?source=Snapzu

3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever

The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/30/896714437/3-months-of-hell-u-s-economys-worst-quarter-ever?source=Snapzu

Bye, boomer: the coming cull of workers over 50

Uh-oh. Those of us who remember when ’80s music was new had better start bracing ourselves for those big-box-store greeter jobs earlier than we expected. It doesn’t take a genius to see that the jobs market is probably heading for a massive, rolling shakeout. And that means plenty of employers may be using the cover of COVID-19 to get rid of lots of expensive older workers.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bye-boomer-the-coming-cull-of-workers-over-50-2020-07-29?source=Snapzu

Why Andrew Yang's push for a universal basic income is making a comeback

As coronavirus cases continue to reach new heights in the United States, the push for a universal basic income is more tangible than ever before. Andrew Yang discusses the need for a UBI to combat the effects of the pandemic and gives insight into his work to influence American politics.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/29/why-andrew-yangs-push-for-a-universal-basic-income-is-making-a-comeback.html?source=Snapzu

Quarter of UK’s mammals at risk of extinction

One quarter of the UK’s native mammals are classified as being at “imminent risk of extinction” and conservationists are calling for urgent action to save them, as the first official Red List for British mammals has been published.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/animal-extinction-uk-red-list-beaver-red-squirrel-wildcat-bat-biodiversity-crisis-a9645276.html?source=Snapzu

ByteDance Sells TikTok For Over 11 Figures; Guess the Price?

Bored? Why not buy a company!
Read more: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/251440/20200729/this-man-wants-to-buy-tiktok-from-china-costing-him-50-billion.htm?source=Snapzu

One Mystery of Stonehenge’s Origins Has Finally Been Solved

For more than four centuries, archaeologists and geologists have sought to determine the geographical origins of the stones used to build Stonehenge thousands of years ago. Pinning down the source of the large blocks known as sarsens that form the bulk of the monument has proved especially elusive. Now researchers have resolved the mystery: 50 of the 52 extant sarsens at Stonehenge came from the West Woods site in the English county of Wiltshire, located 25 kilometers to the north of Stonehenge. The findings were published on Wednesday in Science Advances.
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-mystery-of-stonehenges-origins-has-finally-been-solved1/?source=Snapzu

Kaepernick and Fauci will be honored as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award laureates

Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick are being honored as 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope award laureates.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/us/kennedy-award-fauci-kaepernick-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Rapper Malik B, founding member of The Roots, dies at 47

Malik B, the founding member of The Roots, has died at 47. No cause of death has been announced.
Read more: https://ew.com/music/malik-b-of-the-roots-dies-at-47/?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: Madonna's Instagram account flagged for vaccine misinformation

Instagram has taken action against Madonna for sharing a coronavirus conspiracy theory to her more than 15 million followers. The pop star claimed in a post that a vaccine for COVID-19 had already been found - but that it was being kept from public distribution to "let the rich get richer".
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-madonnas-instagram-account-flagged-for-vaccine-misinformation-12038586?source=Snapzu

The COVID Crisis Could Lead To A Green Energy Boom

As the world grapples with the economic fallout from the COVID crisis, a growing number of governments and international agencies are calling for a green energy stimulus
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-COVID-Crisis-Could-Lead-To-A-Green-Energy-Boom.html?source=Snapzu

Trump administration petitions FCC on social media content rules

A U.S. Commerce Department agency on Monday petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to reinterpret a 1996 law to require transparency in how social media companies moderate content, after President Donald Trump asked it to intervene in the matter.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-trump/trump-administration-petitions-fcc-on-social-media-content-rules-idUSKCN24S2QM?source=Snapzu

Wolfgang Beltracchi: The German forger

Wolfgang Beltracchi is a German art forger and artist who has admitted to forging hundreds of paintings in an international art scam netting millions of euros.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQyaKoWhjc?source=Snapzu

Trump Shared A COVID-19 Video Full Of Lies and Misinformation. Twitter Just Deleted It.

Facebook took hours to remove the video, showing once again that the company simply cannot control the spread of disinformation on its network.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gpvj/trump-shared-a-covid-19-video-full-of-lies-and-misinformation-twitter-just-deleted-it?source=Snapzu

Konami Launches A Line Of Gaming PCs

Besides developing video games, Konami has long making arcade, pachinko, and other amusement hardware. Now, add gaming PCs to that list. The PC gaming brand is called Arespear and features the tagline, “Advanced revolution of esports.” The name is from Greek mythology, combining “Ares” with the word “spear.” Currently there are three entries in the line up: the Arespear C700+ for 338,800 yen ($3,228), Arespear C700 for 316,800 yen ($3,018), and the Arespear C300 for 184,800 yen ($1,760.94).
Read more: https://kotaku.com/konami-launches-a-line-of-gaming-pcs-1844541222?source=Snapzu

The Growing Fight Against the School Death Trap

A special education teacher at a public high school in Queens remembers a week in April when, almost every day, she learned another student at her school had lost a parent or grandparent to Covid-19. Now she fears reopening this fall—even with a hybrid learning model like the one proposed in New York—will trigger another wave of grief.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/158625/growing-fight-school-death-trap?source=Snapzu

Tencent overtakes Facebook as world’s most valuable social media company

Tencent Holdings blasted past Facebook to become the world’s most valuable social media network operator by market capitalisation on Tuesday. It now also ranks as the seventh largest company globally. The Chinese online games and WeChat giant soared 4.5 per cent to HK$543.50, taking its market capitalisation to just under HK$5.2 trillion (US$670 billion), compared to the American rival’s market value of US$657.8 billion.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3094961/tencent-overtakes-facebook-worlds-most-valuable-social-media?source=Snapzu

Man is Honoring Handshake From 28 Years Ago, Splitting Lottery Jackpot With a Friend After Winnings Millions

Friends Tom Cook and Joe Feeney shook hands in 1992, swearing that if either one of the pals won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings…no matter who bought the ticket. Tom, of Elk Mound, was ’frozen’ when he realized the Powerball ticket he bought was the $22 Million jackpot winner. Afterward, he called Joe in Menomonie to tell him the news and Joe, an avid fisherman, couldn’t quite believe it.
Read more: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-honors-28yo-handshake-splitting-lottery-win-with-friend/?source=Snapzu

COVID-19 Doc 'Wuhan- A Season in Hell' in the Works From Malcolm Clarke

The doc will feature exclusive interviews with traders at the wet market, local doctors, volunteers, senior officials investigating the outbreak of the virus, and several of the first patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/covid-19-doc-wuhan-a-season-hell-works-malcolm-clarke-1304550??source=Snapzu

Study identifies top reasons for sewer line failure

Concrete sewer pipes around the world are most likely to fail either because their concrete is not strong enough or because they can’t handle the weight of trucks that drive over them, a new study indicates.
Read more: https://news.osu.edu/study-identifies-top-reasons-for-sewer-line-failure/?source=Snapzu

Australia's fires 'killed or harmed 3bn animals'

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia's devastating bushfires of the past year, scientists say. The findings meant it was one of "worst wildlife disasters in modern history", said the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which commissioned the report. Mega blazes swept across every Australian state last summer, scorching bush and killing at least 33 people.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53549936?source=Snapzu

Here’s Trump’s Plan To Regulate Social Media

President Trump wants to make the FCC rewrite the 1996 law that made social media possible to make it difficult-to-impossible for social media to be mean to the president.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/07/28/heres-trumps-plan-to-regulate-social-media/#67b8c73c62fa?source=Snapzu

France to launch 'railway highways' in push for greener economy

France's prime minister vowed on Monday to develop "railway highways" to carry food and other goods that now go by truck, part of a government push to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-railways-freight/france-to-launch-railway-highways-in-push-for-greener-economy-idUSKCN24S2BL?source=Snapzu

Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

Republican senator who wants to ‘save’ US history from New York Times gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times?source=Snapzu

Existing evidence suggests face coverings do not lead to false sense of security

Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead to a false sense of security and is unlikely to increase the risk of infection through wearers foregoing other behaviours such as good hand hygiene, say researchers from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London.
Read more: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/existing-evidence-suggests-face-coverings-do-not-lead-to-false-sense-of-security?source=Snapzu

Trump blasts 'trending' section on Twitter: 'Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!'

President Trump blasted Twitter's "trending" section in a Monday tweet, calling it "really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!"
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-blasts-trending-section-on-twitter-really-ridiculous-illegal?source=Snapzu

Lockdown has made the nation happier, study finds

‘Lockdown may be the single most effective action a government can take during a pandemic to maintain psychological welfare,’ says researcher
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/coronavirus-lockdown-happiness-study-cambridge-university-yougov-a9638506.html?source=Snapzu

The birth of a militia: how an armed group polices Black Lives Matter protests

The Utah Citizens’ Alarm is only a month old, and yet it already boasts 15,000-plus members. The citizen militia’s recruits wear military fatigues and carry assault rifles. Their short-term goal, they say, is to act as a physical presence of intimidation to deter protesters from becoming violent and destroying the state of Utah. Their long-term goal: to arm and prepare the state of Utah against underground movements they believe will incite civil war.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/27/utah-militia-armed-group-police-black-lives-matter-protests?source=Snapzu

Ghislaine Maxwell: lawyers ask judge to stop accusers from posting evidence online

Lawyers don’t want women who claim Maxwell abused them to use evidence from criminal case to boost lawsuits by posting online
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/27/ghislaine-maxwell-lawyers-judge-accusers-internet?source=Snapzu

You Can Stop Cleaning Your Mail Now

People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/?s=09?source=Snapzu

Rewilding Britain: the plan to restore an area the size of Manchester

A new nature network wants to rewild 300,000 acres of land in the UK, in a bid to boost biodiversity and tackle climate change
Read more: https://www.positive.news/environment/the-plan-to-rewild-an-area-the-size-of-manchester/?source=Snapzu

California’s Only Known Gray Wolf Pack Has Eight New Pups Giving Hope To The Future Of Their Species

California’s only known wolf family, the Lassen pack, has produced its fourth litter of pups. The pups’ father joined the pack recently, after the pack’s first breeding male disappeared last summer. “We’re elated at the birth of the Lassen pack’s endearing pups, who are breathing new life into the Golden State’s wolf recovery,” said Amaroq Weiss, a senior West Coast wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity in a statement.
Read more: https://worldanimalnews.com/californias-only-known-gray-wolf-pack-has-eight-new-pups-giving-hope-to-the-future-of-their-species/?source=Snapzu

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are officially Greek citizens

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have a special reason to celebrate this week: they're both officially Greek citizens. In a picture posted on social media by the country's prime minister, the two proudly hold up their brand new passports. The couple and their children became honorary Greek citizens last year -- after officials highlighted Hanks' role in helping raise awareness about the 2018 fires that devastated areas near Athens and claimed the lives of more than 100 people.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/entertainment/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-greek-citizenship-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

COVID has Caused the Longest and Deepest Reduction in Human Noise on Record

With most of the world in lockdown, the "seismic noise" produced by humans has reduced by up to 50 percent.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3zqmv/covid-19-causes-biggest-reduction-in-human-noise-on-record?source=Snapzu

The $5.3 Trillion Question Behind America’s COVID-19 Failure

That’s the amount of buybacks U.S. corporations funneled to shareholders during the past decade—rather than invest in technologies for the common good.
Read more: https://prospect.org/coronavirus/americas-covid-19-failure-corporate-stock-buybacks/?source=Snapzu

California's only known wolf pack produces new litter of pups

At least 14 wolves now in Lassen family after new male joined pack following disappearance of original father in June last year
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/27/california-wolf-pack-litter-pups-lassen?source=Snapzu

Centuries-Old Paintings Help Researchers Track Food Evolution

Art inadvertently documents the domestication of carrots, wheat, watermelon and other culinary delights
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-paintings-can-teach-us-about-evolution-food-180975381/?source=Snapzu

Sources: Marlins cancel game as virus spreads

The Marlins have canceled their home opener and remain in Philadelphia as the coronavirus spreads among the team, sources told ESPN.
Read more: https://es.pn/2EphZhh?source=Snapzu

The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-invention-of-the-police?source=Snapzu

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps including a TikTok clone and is eyeing hundreds more

Along with 47 cloned versions of already prohibited apps, the Indian government is considering banning 275 more apps.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-has-banned-47-more-chinese-apps-including-a-tiktok-clone-and-is-eyeing-hundreds-more/articleshow/77198195.cms?source=Snapzu

North Korea declares state of emergency as Covid-19 case reported

Kim Jong-un imposes lockdown on Kaesong, calling it a ‘critical situation’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/kim-jong-un-conveys-urgent-meeting-after-suspected-case-of-covid-19?source=Snapzu

Upcoming Netflix Documentary Immigration Nation Reportedly Almost Blocked By ICE

A new documentary that gives Netflix NFLX +0.6% viewers an in-depth look at the machinations of immigration enforcement was allegedly - according to filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz - pressured by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove a number of scenes.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwilson/2020/07/25/upcoming-netflix-documentary-immigration-nation-reportedly-almost-blocked-by-ice/#272618dc7996?source=Snapzu

Olivia de Havilland, ‘Gone With the Wind’ Star, Dies at 104

Olivia de Havilland, one of the last remaining actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, two-time Academy Award winner and star of “Gone With the Wind,” has died. She was 104. Her publicist …
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/olivia-de-havilland-dead-died-gone-with-the-wind-1234716790/?source=Snapzu

Why America is running out of aluminum cans

A shortage of one of the most mundane items in daily life -- the humble aluminum can -- means beer fans are likely to find that some of their favorite brews are out of stock right now.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/business/beer-shortage-aluminum-can/index.html?source=Snapzu

Putin says Russian Navy to get hypersonic nuclear strike weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, which the defence ministry said were in their final phase of testing.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-navy-day-parade-putin/putin-says-russian-navy-to-get-hypersonic-nuclear-strike-weapons-idUSKCN24R0CJ?source=Snapzu

Baboons 'carrying knives and chainsaw' spotted in safari park

Baboons at Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside have been spotted by park workers with knives and screwdrivers, as well as a chainsaw.
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/safari-park-baboons-knives-chainsaw-160316231.html?source=Snapzu

Taylor Swift sells 1.3m copies of new album Folklore in 24 hours

Taylor Swift sold 1.3 million equivalent copies of her new album within 24 hours of its release, according to her label, Republic Records. Swift surprised the world this week with the announcement of her eighth album, Folklore, which appeared on streaming services less than 17 hours later.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-folklore-album-copies-sold-24-hours-a9638311.html?source=Snapzu

Bishop Believes Coronavirus is "a Sign from God" and Proof that "Science is always Precarious", then Dies of it - Breaking Wide

Bishop believes coronavirus is “a sign from God” and proof that “science is always precarious”, then dies of it. Faith has led many downplay the dangers pose by the novel coronavirus, the pandemic (COVID-19) is caused by a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that has not been previously identified in humans.
Read more: https://breakingwide.com/bishop-believes-coronavirus-sign-god-proof-science-precarious/?source=Snapzu

Congress has a million-plus documents from Big Tech antitrust investigation, and are ready to grill big-name CEOs

For more than a year, the federal government has circled Big Tech and its business practices. On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives will roll out evidence their staffs have found and put pressure directly on some of the most prominent executives in the world.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/congress-has-a-million-plus-documents-from-big-tech-antitrust-investigation-and-are-ready-to-grill-big-name-ceos-2020-07-25?source=Snapzu