Thursday, 29 March 2018

Amazon shares slump as Trump goes after the retail giant

Amazon shares slump as Trump goes after the retail giant

President Donald Trump lashed out at Amazon in a tweet Thursday, a day after the company's stock tanked following a report that said he wants to "go after" the e-commerce giant for alleged antitrust violations.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/trump-goes-after-amazon-on-twitter-again.html?source=Snapzu

Jimmy Carter: Supreme Court seems eager to see rich people become more powerful

Jimmy Carter: Supreme Court seems eager to see rich people become more powerful

Former President Jimmy Carter says the power wielded by people who give a lot of money to political candidates has resulted in a “vast disparity in income in America” and that that has “resulted in polarization more than any other single factor.” In the second part of a wide-ranging interview, Carter talks with Judy Woodruff about how his own faith, the NRA and allegations against the president.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/jimmy-carter-supreme-court-seems-eager-to-see-rich-people-become-more-powerful?source=Snapzu

‘You’re a mother’: Laura Ingraham faces boycott for taunting Parkland teen over college rejections

‘You’re a mother’: Laura Ingraham faces boycott for taunting Parkland teen over college rejections

At least one advertiser says it's removing ads after Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called for a boycott of Ingraham's Fox News show.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/29/laura-ingraham-savaged-for-taunting-parkland-activist-over-college-rejections/?utm_term=.6db24b41fc20?source=Snapzu

Chinese facial recognition and AI sends fines to jaywalkers via text

Chinese facial recognition and AI sends fines to jaywalkers via text

Traffic police in Shenzhen City, south-east China, have asked Intellifusion to upgrade a system installed last April to detect jaywalkers to send texts and instant messages to offenders.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5554579/Facial-recognition-AI-used-China-send-FINES-jaywalkers-text-messages.html?source=Snapzu

Facebook severs relationship with third-party data brokers

Facebook severs relationship with third-party data brokers

In light of Facebook’s recent privacy woes, the company today pledged to take a meaningful step in righting past wrongs by shutting data brokers out of its multi-billion dollar ad platform. Facebook’s product marketing director Graham Mudd had this to say...
Read more: https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2018/03/29/facebook-to-block-data-brokers-from-its-ad-network/?source=Snapzu

Facebook — Even as It Apologizes for Scandal — Funds Campaign to Block a California Data-Privacy Measure

Facebook — Even as It Apologizes for Scandal — Funds Campaign to Block a California Data-Privacy Measure

The initiative also would allow Californians to sue companies that violate their request not to share personal information — another point of contention for business groups, which almost always oppose policies making it easier for them to be sued.
Read more: https://www.kqed.org/news/11658309/facebook-even-as-it-apologizes-for-scandal-funds-campaign-to-block-a-california-data-privacy-measure?source=Snapzu

ICE Won’t Deport the Last Nazi War Criminal in America

ICE Won’t Deport the Last Nazi War Criminal in America

He confessed to being a concentration-camp guard—and was stripped of his citizenship. But the U.S. government still won’t kick him out of the country.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-wont-deport-the-last-nazi-war-criminal-in-america?ref=home?source=Snapzu