Facebook threatens to ban Australians from sharing news

Australians could be blocked from sharing news content on Facebook and Instagram, with news organisations not allowed to post their content to the platforms if a world-first attempt to govern news on social media becomes law.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-01/facebook-threatens-to-ban-australians-from-sharing-news-content/12616216?source=Snapzu

FBI worried Ring and other doorbell cameras could tip owners off to police searches

The cameras have been embraced by law enforcement.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/31/21408861/fbi-doorbell-camera-police-search-surveillance-warning-document?source=Snapzu

Tenet takes more than $50m as film fans return to cinemas

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has taken more than $50m at the box office on its opening weekend as movie fans shrugged off the coronavirus pandemic, donned face masks and headed back to big screens. British movie fans led the way with a $7.1m (£5.4m) UK box office take for Tenet, the first Hollywood blockbuster to be released in cinemas since the lockdown in March. It is the biggest box office take for a film in the UK in seven months, since Sam Mendes’s 1917 in January.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/31/tenet-takes-more-than-50m-as-film-fans-return-to-cinemas-covid-19?source=Snapzu

Pandemic-Fueled Automation Eats Jobs We'll Never Get Back

The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies have been facing as a result is how to keep business moving along without putting employees at risk of being infected. As you might expect, one of the ways many businesses are staying operational is by automating tasks that would otherwise be done by humans. Robots, after all, aren’t at risk of dying from COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/pandemic-automation-jobs-economics/?source=Snapzu

This map lets you see where your hometown was on the Earth millions of years ago

A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved over 750 million years of continental drift.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/us/map-hometown-earth-continental-drift-scn-trnd/?source=Snapzu

Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet

Amazon received federal approval to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, a milestone that allows the company to expand unmanned package delivery. The approval will give Amazon broad privileges to “safely and efficiently deliver packages to customers,” the agency said. The certification comes under Part 135 of FAA regulations, which gives Amazon the ability to carry property on small drones “beyond the visual line of sight” of the operator.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/amazon-prime-now-drone-delivery-fleet-gets-faa-approval.html?source=Snapzu

Facebook threatens to block Australians from sharing news in battle over landmark media law

Digital giant says it will stop users of Facebook and Instagram sharing local and international news if new law proposed by competition watchdog is approved
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/sep/01/facebook-instagram-threatens-block-australians-sharing-news-landmark-accc-media-law?source=Snapzu