Apple Fitness+ instructors tease their workouts ahead of launch

Ahead of the launch of Apple Fitness+ the service's instructors have taken to Instagram to tease the workouts you'll be able to do.
Read more: https://www.imore.com/apple-fitness-instructors-tease-their-workouts-ahead-launch?source=Snapzu

Hackers are targeting MacOS users with this updated malware

A newly discovered form of malware is targeting Apple MacOS users in a campaign which researchers say is tied to a nation-state backed hacking operation. The campaign has been detailed by cybersecurity analysts at Trend Micro who've linked it to OceanLotus – also known as APT32 – a hacking group which is thought to have links to the Vietnamese government.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-targeting-macos-users-with-this-updated-malware/?source=Snapzu

12-year-old boy genius accepted at Georgia Tech, has dreams of going to Mars

Caleb could read at 6 months old. He started taking college classes at the age of 10.
Read more: https://abc7.com/education/12-year-old-genius-boy-accepted-at-georgia-tech/8226507/?source=Snapzu

Netflix says Queen's Gambit is its most watched limited series

A show about an orphaned chess prodigy living with addiction doesn't exactly have all the hallmarks of a breakout hit, but The Queen's Gambit has been watched by 62 million accounts.
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/netflix-says-queens-gambit-is-its-most-watched-limited-series/?source=Snapzu

Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent

The justice minister says it was a "misunderstanding" because of a "technical error" in field testing.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55067876?source=Snapzu

Pope, for first time, says China's Uighurs are 'persecuted'

In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-book-idUSKBN2832RU?source=Snapzu

UK Government Calls On Netflix To Add Disclaimer To ‘The Crown’ Making Clear It’s Fictionalized

Netflix should add a disclaimer to The Crown making clear to its 195M subscribers that the royal drama is partly a work of fiction, according to the UK government. Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has piled pressure on the streamer to address historic fabrications in its flagship series, which is penned by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/11/the-crown-fiction-disclaimer-uk-government-oliver-dowden-1234622828/amp/?__twitter_impression=true?source=Snapzu

Boy's heartbreaking letter to Santa 'only asking for love' goes viral

It’s a time-honored tradition to write to Santa Claus. But some kids don’t want the latest toy or a new iPhone — they just want to help their family pay the bills or to be loved. A recent photo posted on Twitter of a letter to Santa from a little boy named Will is striking a chord around the world.
Read more: https://www.muhabarishaji.com/2020/11/boys-heartbreaking-letter-to-santa-only-asking-for-love-goes-viral/?source=Snapzu

The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism

Socialist-minded millennial heirs are trying to live their values by getting rid of their money.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/style/trust-fund-activism-resouce-generation.html?source=Snapzu

First Nation fights to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Gwich'in First Nation is once again facing down a threat to their way of life, as outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump makes a late-game effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration before he leaves office.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/first-nation-fights-to-save-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/article/581780?source=Snapzu

Trump lashes out at Georgia’s Republican governor for not helping him overrule election result

Donald Trump has lashed out at Georgia’s Republican governor, angry at him for not helping to overrule election results in the crucial battleground state. “The governor’s done nothing, he’s done absolutely nothing. I’m ashamed I endorsed him," the president said of Brian Kemp. Mr Trump made the comments during a wild interview — his first since the election — phoning in to speak on-air with Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-georgia-election-governor-kemp-b1763553.html?source=Snapzu

Xbox says pre-order models are outdated and it’s considering a deposit system

Phil Spencer wants to give customers more "clarity" about when they’ll get products…
Read more: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-says-pre-order-models-are-outdated-and-its-considering-a-deposit-system/?source=Snapzu

‘Daredevil’ Fans Urge MCU Revival Now That Rights Have Reverted To Marvel Studios

The fans without fear are out in force on Twitter today. The Netflix movie and TV rights to the adventures of blind superhero Daredevil are expiring today, which means the Man Without Fear could finally be used in any number of ways by Marvel Studios, where the property can be further exploited for film and TV.
Read more: https://deadline.com/2020/11/daredevil-fans-urge-mcu-revival-upon-rights-reversion-1234622907/?source=Snapzu

Your Local Bookstore Wants You to Know That It’s Struggling

Independent booksellers are desperate for customers to return, and not just for an online reading.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/books/independent-bookstores-economy.html/???source=Snapzu

Is Middle Class Stagnation a Myth?

The decline of the American middle class began around the mid- to late-1980s, at the same time as the negative long-run changes in modern American life — increased income and wealth inequality, lower social mobility — began to intensify. The figure below shows the share of the middle four deciles in total market income. (Market income includes all labor and property incomes, plus income from own businesses.)
Read more: https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/320a8c4b776b4214a24f7633e9b67795?source=Snapzu

Rare photos kept secret for over a century - BBC Reel

When Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell stumbled across a photo from the 1920s of two men in a tender embrace they thought it was one-of-a-kind. But things changed when they found more photographs. The result of their unexpected discovery is a moving book, portraying male romance over the course of a century.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08z30tq/rare-photos-kept-secret-for-over-a-century?source=Snapzu

Apple Watch user credits high heart rate monitoring feature with detecting irregularity

The heart monitoring features of the Apple Watch are again being credited with alerting a user to an undiagnosed condition. As 24 News reports, 25-year-old Zachary Zies was notified by his watch of a high resting heart rate at 210 beats per minute. As the report explains, Zies, a recent graduate of Ohio State University, has battled Friedreich’s ataxia for most of his life and been in a wheelchair since middle school.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/28/apple-watch-user-credits-high-heart-rate-monitoring-feature-with-detecting-irregularity/?source=Snapzu

U.S. Army banks on developing mindreading tech for future field soldiers

With technology advancing at light-speed these days, the U.S. Army is getting in on the sci-fi action by funding a far-out project to promote neuroscience research with their sights set on creating a mindreading system for soldiers to communicate with each other on the battlefield.
Read more: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/us-army-developing-mindreading-tech-for-future-field-soldiers?source=Snapzu

How Vincent D’Onofrio Is Still Trying To Save Daredevil Two Years After Cancellation

The Marvel Cinematic Universe series created for Netflix were, overall, pretty good. There were some low points, but there were some incredibly high points as well. Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk was, without question one of those high points. His portrayal of Marvel's Kingpin was quite possibly the single greatest performance across the various series, and D'Onofrio himself has made it clear he loved playing the role, and he very much wants to do it again. Even two years later, he's still campaigning for the gig.
Read more: https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2559367/how-vincent-donofrio-is-still-trying-to-save-daredevil-two-years-after-cancellation?source=Snapzu

Uri Geller Says Nintendo Can Print Kadabra On Pokémon Cards Again

Spoon-bending magician Uri Geller gave Nintendo permission to use the character Kadabra on Pokémon cards today, after a 20 year legal dispute in which Geller claimed the Pokémon’s Japanese name and image were too close to his own.
Read more: https://kotaku.com/uri-geller-says-nintendo-can-print-kadabra-on-pokemon-c-1845769417?source=Snapzu

Mike Tyson draws with Roy Jones Jr in battle of legends

The two former world champions met in an exhibition fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing/mike-tyson-roy-jones-result-fight-b1763399.html?source=Snapzu

Spotify is publicly testing its own version of Stories

It looks like Spotify didn't want to be left out in the cold when Twitter introduced its Snapchat stories clone Fleets.
Read more: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/11/28/spotify-is-publicly-testing-its-own-version-of-stories/?source=Snapzu

The mysterious silver monolith in the Utah desert has disappeared

A tall, silver, shining metal monolith discovered in the desert in southeastern Utah -- which prompted theories of alien placement and drew determined hikers to its secret location -- has now disappeared, the state's Bureau of Land Management said Saturday.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/us/utah-monolith-disappears-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

More than 2.5m people in England to get free vitamin D

Care home residents and clinically vulnerable to be offered four-month supply
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/28/more-than-25m-people-in-england-to-get-free-vitamin-d-supply?source=Snapzu

Appeals court deals Trump-Giuliani Pennsylvania lawsuit yet another blow

A federal appeals court Friday rejected the Trump campaign's effort to revive its lawsuit claiming that Pennsylvania officials conducted the election in a way that discriminated against those who voted for President Donald Trump. "Calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here," said a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/appeals-court-deals-trump-giuliani-pennsylvania-lawsuit-yet-another-blow-n1249144?source=Snapzu

Trump supporter who gave $2.5m to fight election fraud wants money back

Businessman Fredric Eshelman sues pro-Trump ‘election ethics’ group citing ‘disappointing results’ of effort to expose cheating
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/28/trump-donor-election-fraud-sues-money-back?source=Snapzu

Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal

The company has added 427,300 employees in 10 months, bringing its global work force to more than 1.2 million.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/pushed-by-pandemic-amazon-goes-on-a-hiring-spree-without-equal.html?source=Snapzu

'World's Loneliest Elephant' Moving To Sanctuary, With Help From Cher

Singer Cher was in Pakistan on Friday with a message for "the world's loneliest elephant": There is life after love. Kaavan the elephant has been languishing in poor conditions in Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad since 1985, according to the animal welfare group Four Paws International. He was brought there as a gift from Sri Lanka at 1 year old.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/27/939509981/worlds-loneliest-elephant-moving-to-sanctuary-with-help-from-cher#:~:text=Singer%20Cher%20was%20in%20Pakistan,welfare%20group%20Four%20Paws%20International.?source=Snapzu

Most Americans Object to Government Tracking of Their Activities Through Cellphones

A new survey found widespread concern among Americans about government tracking of their whereabouts through their digital devices, with an overwhelming majority saying that a warrant should be required to obtain such data.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-americans-object-to-government-tracking-of-their-activities-through-cellphones-11606305601?mod=djemalertNEWS?source=Snapzu

Why Are Chicago Public Libraries Still Open Amid Soaring COVID Rates?

Despite a COVID-19 positivity rate of over 15% and a stay-at-home order from Mayor Lori Lightfoot encouraging residents to “only leave home to go to work or school, or for essential needs such as seeking medical care, going to the grocery store or pharmacy, picking up food, or receiving deliveries,” Chicago Public Libraries are still open for in-person browsing, reference, computer use, and more.
Read more: https://bookriot.com/chicago-public-libraries-open-amid-soaring-covid-rates/?source=Snapzu

Apple security chief maintains innocence after bribery charges

A grand jury in California's Santa Clara County has indicted Thomas Moyer, Apple's head of global security, for bribery. Moyer is accused of offering 200 iPads to the Santa County Sheriff's office in exchange for concealed carry permits for four Apple employees.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-security-chief-maintains-innocence-after-bribery-charges/?source=Snapzu

Reliable Leaker Suggests Redesigned MacBooks in 2021 Will Include Both Apple Silicon and Intel Models

Reliable leaker known as "L0vetodream" has today suggested on Twitter that redesigned MacBooks coming in the second half of 2021 will include models with both Apple Silicon chips and Intel processors.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/25/redesigned-macbooks-intel/?source=Snapzu

‘Mini desk. Tiny hands. Small soul’: Trump mocked for giving speech at little table

For a US president obsessed by size – his hands, his wealth, his crowds – Donald Trump made something of a bold U-turn on Thursday night by addressing the country from a desk seemingly designed for a leprechaun.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/27/mini-desk-trump-mocked-speech-little-table-diaperdon-twitter-president-furniture?source=Snapzu

The solar discs that could power Earth

Space-based power stations are turning from an idle dream into a serious engineering prospect, as scientists hope they can take renewable energy into orbit.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201126-the-solar-discs-that-could-beam-power-from-space?source=Snapzu

Trump administration proceeds with rollback of bird protections despite objections of scientists, environmentalists

The Trump administration on Friday advanced its plans to cut federal regulation protections for birds despite criticisms from scientists and former federal officials that the move will likely be severely detrimental to the U.S. bird population.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/527735-trump-administration-proceeds-with-rollback-of-bird-protections?source=Snapzu

Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday, according to a statement from DTP Companies, which he founded. Downtown Partnership spokesperson Megan Fazio said Hsieh passed away in Connecticut, KLAS-TV reported.
Read more: https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Tony-Hsieh-retired-Zappos-CEO-dies-at-46-15759435.php?source=Snapzu

12 Iconic Images From 2020 That Define The Rise Of Veganism

Plant Based News will be releasing its highly-anticipated new documentary Vegan 2020 on YouTube next month. The film is the fifth installment in the annual series that started in 2015. Each year, the movie documents the growth of the vegan movement over the last 12 months. In anticipation for Vegan 2020 – which director Klaus Mitchell brands the most exciting installment yet – this gallery highlights key moments.
Read more: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/film/10-momentous-images-from-2020-that-define-the-rise-of-veganism/?source=Snapzu

Apple MacBook Air M1 with 50 % longer battery runtime, but the weak power adapter limits the charging performance

Apple advertises much longer battery runtimes for the MacBook Air with the new M1 processor. We can confirm this after our initial tests with an improvement of more than 50%. However, Apple still uses the small 30W power adapter, which limits the charging performance.
Read more: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-MacBook-Air-M1-with-50-longer-battery-runtime-but-the-weak-power-adapter-limits-the-charging-performance.506395.0.html?source=Snapzu

What Windows can teach the Mac about the switch to ARM processors

We knew ARM-based Mac processors were coming, but Mark Gurman is reporting at Bloomberg that Apple will announce the transition at its online-only WWDC later this month. Back in April, I called on Apple to announce as early as possible and to provide as much detail as possible to both developers and users.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/10/21285866/mac-arm-processors-windows-lessons-transition-coexist?source=Snapzu

Scientists develop an 'electronic skin' that can mimic the natural functions of human skin

A material that mimics human skin in? stretchability, strength, and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real-time. Electronic skin, or e-skin, may play an important role in upcoming next-generation personalized medicine, prosthetics, AI, and soft robotics.
Read more: https://sciencemint.com/scientists-develop-an-electronic-skin-that-can-mimic-the-natural-functions-of-human-sk?source=Snapzu

Tony Hsieh, Zappos Luminary Who Revolutionized the Shoe Business, Dies at 46

The big-hearted exec pioneered footwear e-tailing and delivered happiness to countless people.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tony-hsieh-zappos-luminary-revolutionized-045239863.html?source=Snapzu

Security researcher accidentally discovers Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 zero-day

A French security researcher has accidentally discovered a zero-day vulnerability that impacts the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems while working on an update to a Windows security tool.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-researcher-accidentally-discloses-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-zero-day/?source=Snapzu

Trans people can now self-identify their gender with a few clicks as India launches revolutionary online portal

Trans people in India can now apply to have their gender identity legally recognised online through a new government portal. The portal, launched on Wednesday (25 November) by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE), will allow trans people to have their gender identity certified by the district magistrate without visiting government offices.
Read more: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/25/india-transgender-online-portal-ministry-social-justice-empowerment/?source=Snapzu

Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears home

A Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid with soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left the asteroid Ryugu, about 300 million kilometers (180 million miles) from Earth, a year ago and is expected to reach Earth and drop a capsule containing the precious samples in southern Australia on Dec. 6.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/japan-spacecraft-carrying-asteroid-soil-samples-nears-home-74424814?cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_headlines_hed?source=Snapzu

Trump administration pulls out of Open Skies treaty with Russia

The Trump administration has officially withdrawn from the Open Skies treaty, six months after starting the process to leave.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/527056-us-withdraws-from-open-skies-treaty-with-russia?source=Snapzu

Why some food brands want you to know their climate impact

Food labels already indicate how good or bad a product is for you. But good or bad for the planet? That's often much less clear. Now a growing number of brands are labeling their products to show their climate impact. Swedish food company Felix is one of them. For two days in October, Felix opened a pop-up store in Stockholm, where all items were priced based on their carbon footprint. The bigger their emissions, the higher the price.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/27/business/food-climate-label-carbon-footprint-spc-intl/index.html?source=Snapzu

Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance

Tool allows managers to use Windows 365 to track their employees’ activity
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance?source=Snapzu

Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder

As someone who studies the impact of misinformation on society, I often wish the young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley who enabled communication at speed had been forced to run a 9/11 scenario with their technologies before they deployed them commercially.
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/misinformation-has-created-a-new-world-disorder/?source=Snapzu

Netflix settles Bandersnatch ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ lawsuit

The exact terms weren’t disclosed.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21720533/netflix-bandersnatch-chooseco-lawsuit-settlement-choose-your-own-adventure?source=Snapzu

'Jeopardy!' Shares Alex Trebek's Posthumous Thanksgiving Message

In his pre-recorded message, Trebek encouraged everyone to "keep the faith" as they celebrate amid the novel coronavirus pandemic: "We’re going to get through all of this, and we will be a better society because of it."
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeopardy-shares-alex-trebeks-posthumous-thanksgiving-message?source=Snapzu