World's oldest known fossils push evidence for life back by 220 million years

The oldest fossils known to date have been discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old rocks in Greenland by an Australian-led team of researchers.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-01/worlds-oldest-fossils-in-3.7-billion-year-old-rocks-in-greenland/7802336?source=Snapzu

Dropbox hack leads to dumping of 68m user passwords on the internet

Data stolen in 2012 breach, containing encrypted passwords and details of around two-thirds of cloud firm’s customers, has been leaked
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/31/dropbox-hack-passwords-68m-data-breach?source=Snapzu

Voters Just Kicked One of America’s Deadliest Prosecutors Out of Office

During the span of her term, Corey sent far more people to death row than any other Florida prosecutor. Most of these capital defendants were black men. She was unapologetic about her use of the death penalty; when one victim’s mother said she opposed capital punishment for her daughter’s killer, Corey declared on live radio that the mother was “more interested in publicity than actually grieving for her daughter.” Yet Corey was oddly lenient on several high-profile defendants accused of killing black men, including George Zimmerman.
Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/31/angela_corey_fired_voters_kick_florida_prosecutor_out.html?source=Snapzu

Cocaine 'worth €50m' discovered at Coca-Cola plant - BBC News

Cocaine with a street value of up to 50 million euros is discovered at a Coca-Cola plant in southern France.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37232010?source=Snapzu

Brazil's Senate Removes President Dilma Rousseff from Office

Brazil's Senate removed leftist President Dilma Rousseff from office on Wednesday for breaking budgetary laws, in an impeachment process that has polarized the Latin American country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-impeachment-idUSKCN114071?source=Snapzu

Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally

"It's like modern-day slavery."
Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration?source=Snapzu

Scientists might have accidentally found a cure for cancer

Scientists might have accidentally made a huge step forward in the search for a cure for cancer — discovering unexpectedly that a malaria protein could be an effective weapon against the disease. Danish researchers were hunting for a way of protecting pregnant women from malaria, which can cause huge problems because it attacks the placenta. But they found at the same time that armed malaria proteins can attack cancer, too — an approach which could be a step towards curing the disease.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cure-for-cancer-might-accidentally-have-been-found-and-it-could-be-malaria-a6693601.html?source=Snapzu

Latour: rethinking ecological crisis from the ground down

In the title for one of his Tokyo lectures, Latour refers to this global ecological crisis as a “new climatic regime,” although elsewhere, it has become more commonly known as the Anthropocene: a proposed epoch that, as the etymology of its title suggests, points to the significant global impact that human activities have had on the Earth’s geology and ecosystems as the definitive characteristic of our current era. By Mike Sunda.
Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/13/books/latour-rethinking-ecological-crisis-ground/?source=Snapzu

Facebook Recommended That This Psychiatrist's Patients Friend Each Other

Facebook’s ability to figure out the “people we might know” is sometimes eerie. Many a Facebook user has been creeped out when a one-time Tinder date or an ex-boss from 10 years ago suddenly pops up as a friend recommendation. How does the big blue giant know? While some of these incredibly accurate friend suggestions are amusing, others are alarming, such as this story from Lisa*, a psychiatrist who is an infrequent Facebook user, mostly signing in to RSVP for events.
Read more: http://fusion.net/story/339018/facebook-psychiatrist-privacy-problems/?source=Snapzu

Chris Brown arrested after woman's gun threat claim, police say

The unidentified woman reported the incident to police, saying he pointed the gun at her before she left his gated estate in Los Angeles.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/chris-brown-be-arrested-after-woman-claims-he-threatened-her-n640126?source=Snapzu

New Published Results on the 'Impossible' EmDrive Propulsion Expected Soon

New results on the controversial, “impossible” EmDrive propulsion system could be soon published in a prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journal, according to credible rumors. “It is my understanding that Eaglework’s new paper has been today accepted for publication in a peer-review journal, where it will be published,” said high-reputation poster José Rodal, Ph.D, on the NasaSpaceFlight forum, which is often the primary source of updates for all things EmDrive. “Congratulations to the Eagleworks team!” The poster added that the sources of the leak are not employed by NASA.
Read more: https://hacked.com/new-published-results-impossible-emdrive-propulsion-expected-soon/?source=Snapzu

Google reportedly dropping the Nexus brand name from its phones

Google’s newest smartphones won’t be Nexus devices after all. According to Android Central, Google is dropping the Nexus branding with its two upcoming, HTC-made smartphones. Instead, the company...
Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/30/12712722/google-new-nexus-phones-brand-name-change?source=Snapzu

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is denied parole

Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon 36 years ago, was denied parole for a ninth time on Monday, on the grounds that his crime was premeditated and celebrity-seeking in nature, the New York State Board of Parole said. The board said Chapman's release would deprecate the seriousness of the crime. On December 8, 1980, Chapman staked out the Manhattan apartment building where former Beatle John Lennon lived with his wife, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/29/us/john-lennon-mark-david-chapman-denied-parole-ninth-time/index.html?source=Snapzu

Researchers discover how human immune receptors become activated in the presence of harmful substances

In George Orwell's classic dystopian novel Animal Farm, as the barnyard devolves into chaos the slogan "all animals are equal" quickly becomes "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others". The same might be true for the tiny immune receptors scattered across the surface of our T-cells. Before now, it was unclear how these complex molecular receptors recognised harmful invaders (or antigens) and sent warning signals into the cell. It was largely assumed that "all receptors were equal".
Read more: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-08-human-immune-receptors-presence-substances.html?source=Snapzu

UN pays tens of millions to Assad regime under Syria aid programme

Exclusive: Guardian analysis shows series of contracts awarded to government and charities linked to president’s family
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/29/un-pays-tens-of-millions-to-assad-regime-syria-aid-programme-contracts?source=Snapzu

Thousands to receive basic income in Finland: A trial that could lead to the greatest societal transformation of our time

Finland is about to launch an experiment in which a randomly selected group of 2,000–3,000 citizens already on unemployment benefits will begin to receive a monthly basic income of 560 euros (approx. $600). That basic income will replace their existing benefits. The amount is the same as the current guaranteed minimum level of Finnish social security support.
Read more: http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/08/30/thousands-to-receive-basic-income-in-finland-a-trial-that-could-lead-to-the-greatest-societal-transformation-of-our-time/?source=Snapzu

Google Takes on Uber With New Ride-Share Service

Google is moving onto Uber’s turf with its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco that would help commuters carpool at far cheaper rates, according to a person familiar with the matter, jumping into a booming but fiercely competitive market.
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-takes-on-uber-with-new-ride-share-service-1472584235?source=Snapzu

France to call for an end to EU-US free trade talks

Talks over the hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US are in danger as France pushes for an end to negotiations and a German minister says they have failed. French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday became the latest European leader to speak out against the free trade agreement, saying talks would not meet their deadline. Earlier on Tuesday, France's chief negotiator, minister of state for trade Matthias Fekl, had said that Paris would request in September that the European Commission stop negotiations on the trade deal.
Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/france-to-call-for-an-end-to-eu-us-free-trade-talks/a-19512025?source=Snapzu

Apple: You can have taxes or you can have jobs, but you can't have both

Apple's official statement on the EU ruling against its Irish tax arrangements tells you all you need to know about what is at stake: You can have taxes or you can have jobs, but Apple is in no mood to deliver both. After learning on Tuesday morning that the EU expects Apple to pay 13 billion euros — equal to 11 billion pounds or $14.5 billion — in back taxes, the company said, "It will have a profound and harmful effect on investment and job creation in Europe."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-eu-tax-ruling-profound-harmful-effect-investment-job-creation-2016-8?source=Snapzu

Parisians set to go car-free for one day next month

The streets of Paris will look completely different late next month. City officials have announced a plan to enforce a daylong car ban on Sunday, September 25. Parisians will need to leave their car keys at the door from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last year’s ban was limited to a handful of neighborhoods in the heart of the city, but this year’s has been expanded to include a majority of the districts in central Paris. The city hall predicts that 400 miles’ worth of pavement — including the most touristic areas — will be mostly car-free on the 25th.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/paris-car-free-day-news-report/?source=Snapzu

The ‘handsome weeping boys’ paid to wipe away your tears

Japanese companies are paying for employees to attend "crying workshops".
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37178014?source=Snapzu

Redskins Preseason Finale Moved to Wednesday Due to Inclement Weather

The Redskins final preseason game with the Buccaneers has been rescheduled due to incoming inclement weather in Tampa Bay.
Read more: http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/washington-redskins/report-inclement-weather-forces-redskins-buccaneers-game-be-rescheduled?source=Snapzu

FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems

The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks, prompting the bureau to warn election officials across the country to take new steps to enhance the security of their computer systems, according to federal and state law enforcement officials.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-says-foreign-hackers-penetrated-000000175.html?source=Snapzu

Iraqi Woman Shoots Dead ISIS Commander That Once Made Her A Sex Slave

A woman, believed to be of the Yazidi-Kurdish minority, shot and killed senior Islamic State commander Abu Anas just outside the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, Iraq. The woman is a part of a group of Iraqi women, who are growing in numbers that are fighting against ISIS, the terrorist organization that abused them for so long. According to sources, the Iraqi woman in question was taken as a sex slave by Anas and then given off to his friends as a “gift.”
Read more: http://americanmilitarynews.com/2016/08/iraqi-woman-shoots-dead-isis-commander-that-once-made-her-a-sex-slave-2/?source=Snapzu

Nasa lab to publish 'impossible' fuel free EmDrive paper

The so-called EmDrive creates thrust by bouncing microwaves around in an enclosed chamber, and uses only solar power - and now a Nasa lab is set to reveal its findings on the technology.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3764112/Is-mystery-impossible-fuel-free-EmDrive-thruster-solved-Claims-secretive-Nasa-lab-publish-paper-warp-drive-humans-Mars-10-weeks.html?source=Snapzu

Google discontinues the Chromebook Pixel 2

The Chromebook Pixel 2 -- the second generation of Google's first-party Chromebook Pixel laptop running Chrome OS, and the fanciest Chromebook to date -- has gone out of stock on the Google Store, and it's no longer available from Best Buy, either. It turns out that Google has chosen to discontinue the product.
Read more: http://venturebeat.com/2016/08/29/chromebook-pixel-2-discontinued/?source=Snapzu

Federal court rejects lawsuit accusing AT&T of ‘data throttling’

A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/federal-court-rejects-lawsuit-accusing-att-of-data-throttling/?source=Snapzu

Girl, 7, Finds Olympic Gold Medal in Trash

An Olympic champion is thanking a 7-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of trash weeks after it got stolen, the AP reports. Joe Jacobi won the medal in men's canoe double slalom at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Jacobi says it was stolen when somebody broke into his car in June. Weeks later, Chloe Smith was walking with her father when she spotted the gold medal discarded in a pile of garbage.
Read more: http://www.newser.com/story/230334/girl-7-finds-olympic-gold-medal-in-trash.html?source=Snapzu

Anthony Weiner caught sexting yet again, report says

Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner sent a woman a photo of himself in white boxer briefs while his 4-year-old son was lying beside him, NYPost.com reported. Weiner, who is married to Huma Abedin, the vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, has twice before admitted to engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with various women.
Read more: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/anthony_weiner_caught_sexting_yet_again_report_say.html?source=Snapzu

KY Innocence Project claims prosecutors, police 'fabricated' evidence against man in 1987 murder

His murder conviction was thrown out and he was released from prison in the last year thanks in large part to DNA testing that was not available when William Virgil was found guilty in the 1987 slaying of Retha Welch, a Veterans Administration nurse in Newport. Now, as he prepares for a retrial, Virgil's attorneys are on the attack, claiming prosecutors and police "fabricated" evidence in the case to "successfully frame Mr. Virgil for murder."
Read more: http://www.wdrb.com/story/32864485/ky-innocence-project-claims-prosecutors-police-fabricated-evidence-against-man-in-1987-murder?source=Snapzu

America’s persistent digital divide is getting further entrenched

It’s hard enough to get an Internet connection in some parts of America. But recent court judgments could halt a series of initiatives that were slowly taking broadband to poor and remote areas. Around the U.S., many cities have established their own broadband schemes to provide high-speed Internet access in areas where commercial providers have yet to offer a competitive service. These schemes, known as municipal broadband networks, typically supply Internet connections at lower prices than commercial offerings...
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602260/states-are-putting-the-brakes-on-municipal-broadband/?source=Snapzu

Will This “Neural Lace” Brain Implant Help Us Compete with AI?

“Can we just inject electronic circuits through a needle into the brain, or other tissue, and then connect it, and then monitor? Yes, we can, and that’s where we are today.” By Kiki Sanford
Read more: http://nautil.us/blog/with-this-neural-lace-brain-implant-we-can-stay-as-smart-as-ai?source=Snapzu

Cameron 'gave pay rise of 24% to some special advisers' before resignation

Former PM bumped up salaries of some advisors by £18,000 at a time when public pay sector pay rises were capped at 1%
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/30/david-cameron-gave-pay-rise-of-24-to-some-special-advisers-before-resignation?source=Snapzu

The U.S. plans to build the most advanced fusion reactor ever

The US government has put its weight behind efforts to create an economically viable fusion reactor, endorsing a new category of designs that could become the most efficient and viable yet. Re-creating the atom fusing processes that sustain the sun on Earth has long been one of the holy grails of modern physics. Hydrogen fusion has been powering out Sun for the past 4.5 billion years now, and it’s still going strong — a machine that could safely and stably harvest these processes would offer humanity safe, clean, and virtually endless energy.
Read more: http://www.zmescience.com/ecology/renewable-energy-ecology/us-fusion-reactor/?source=Snapzu

A lightning strike killed 323 reindeer, and this is the ghastly aftermath

It was the deadliest -- and probably eeriest -- strike ever recorded.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/08/29/a-lightning-strike-killed-323-reindeer-and-this-is-the-ghastly-aftermath/?tid=pm_national_pop_b?source=Snapzu

Apple facing record bill for Irish tax

Apple could be ordered to pay billions of euros in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland under a European Union ruling expected on Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37216176?source=Snapzu

Largest Quakes to Hit Katla Volcano in Decades

Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.6 and 4.5 hit Katla volcano in Mýrdalsjökull glacier last night, followed by a series of aftershocks. These are the largest quakes to hit Katla since 1977, when a 5.1 earthquake was measured there.
Read more: http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/08/29/largest-quakes-hit-katla-volcano-decades?source=Snapzu

Mom Arrested for Leaving Her Children, 8 & 9, Home Alone for 45 Minutes

A mother is facing charges for leaving her children home alone for 45 minutes while she left to go pick up dinner. Susan Terrillion, 55, was arrested last week after leaving her 8- and 9-year-old kids alone at their vacation rental in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Police said that they received reports of two children left alone and unsupervised. When they arrived on the scene, a neighbor said the two kids and their dogs ran in front of his car. He stopped to help the children get control of their pets, and that's when he learned that they were alone.
Read more: http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/27/mom-arrested-leaving-her-children-home-alone-45-minutes?source=Snapzu

Google Cast is now built-in to Chrome

"Two years ago we launched Google Cast, an extension for Chrome that allowed you to show content from your favorite websites on the best screen in your home — your TV — using Chromecast. Whether watching your favorite show on Netflix, or sharing a photo slideshow at a family gathering, Google Cast makes it easy to extend the web to the big screen."
Read more: https://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/08/google-cast-is-now-built-in-to-chrome.html?source=Snapzu

Southern Poverty Law Center to list White Lives Matter movement as a hate group

The White Lives Matters movement will be listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center come February.  
Read more: http://www.chron.com/national/article/Southern-Poverty-Law-Center-to-list-White-Lives-9186288.php?source=Snapzu

Russian journalist critical of Vladimir Putin found shot in the head

A well-known Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin has been found dead in his Kiev apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. The body of Alexander Shchetinin, founder the Novy Region (New Region) press agency, was found at his flat after friends tried to visit him on his birthday. A police spokesperson said Kiev forces were alerted of Ms Schetinin’s death at around midnight on Saturday. He is believed to have died a few hours earlier, between 8 and 9.30pm.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/russian-journalist-vladmir-putin-critic-alexander-schetinin-found-dead-on-birthday-kiev-ukraine-a7214286.html?source=Snapzu

Royals rout Red Sox 10-4 with a monster eight-run sixth inning

The Royals trailed by two runs when they scored eight times in the sixth inning and beat the Red Sox 10-4 on Sunday night in Boston. Raul Mondesi’s bases-loaded triple was the big blow in the inning as Kansas City clinched another series victory and prolonged its wild August surge.
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article98528662.html?source=Snapzu

Virgin broke own rules by releasing Corbyn CCTV, document shows

The decision by Virgin Trains to release CCTV images of Jeremy Corbyn on one of its services after he complained on video about the journey being “completely ram-packed” was in breach of the company’s own policies, the Guardian can reveal. The company handed images, which appeared to show the Labour leader walking past empty seats before sitting on the train’s floor, to the media earlier this week in a move that embarrassed Corbyn.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/28/virgin-broke-rules-releasing-corbyn-cctv-document?CMP=fb_gu?source=Snapzu

Dog becomes legendary for daily walks to town

The lumbering figure comes into view shortly after sunrise. His pace is steady, his resolve determined on his four mile walk up Highway 84. Bruno, a wandering, wooly, wolf of a dog, is on his way to town. “It's just been his routine as far back as I know,” says Sharon Rouse, who watches Bruno’s arrivals from the picture window of the Hansen Realty office, where she works the reception desk.
Read more: http://www.kare11.com/news/local/land-of-10000-stories/dog-becomes-legendary-for-daily-walks-to-town/304369559?source=Snapzu

New Startup Aims to Commercialize a Brain Prosthetic to Improve Memory

Kernel wants to build a neural implant based on neuroscientist Ted Berger’s memory research. By Eliza Strickland. (Aug. 16, 2016)
Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/new-startup-aims-to-commercialize-a-brain-prosthetic-to-improve-memory?source=Snapzu

Chinese hotels have banned guests from Muslim countries

Police in China have reportedly ordered hotels to reject guests from five Muslim majority countries. Budget hotels in the southern city of Guangzhou said they had received notices from police beginning in March, ordering them to turn away guests from Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan. China’s foreign ministry said it had never heard of the policy, but several hotel workers have corroborated reports of a ban.  
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/url-china-hotels-ordered-reject-guests-muslim-countries-islam-pakistan-syria-iraq-turkey-a7214231.html?source=Snapzu

Gene Wilder, Star of 'Willy Wonka' and Mel Brooks Classics, Dies at 83

The comic actor was at his best in 'The Producers,' 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Young Frankenstein' and teamed with Richard Pryor in four films.
Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gene-wilder-dead-willy-wonka-828477?source=Snapzu

Anthony Weiner just blew his second chance at a second chance

He broke the most important rule of redemption in politics: come clean.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/29/anthony-weiner-just-blew-his-a-second-chance-at-a-second-chance/?source=Snapzu

Ursula Le Guin Has Earned a Rare Honor. Just Don’t Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer.

The 86-year-old author will become one of the few living writers recognized by the Library of America, and she did it on her terms.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/books/ursula-le-guin-has-earned-a-rare-honor-just-dont-call-her-a-sci-fi-writer.html?source=Snapzu

The Remain campaign does not want a second referendum

The official Remain campaign, known as Britain Stronger In Europe, has relaunched as a campaign group called Open Britain, but has stopped short of calling for a second referendum, and says controls on free movement of people should form part of Britain’s renegotiated arrangements with the European Union. Open Britain will campaign to ensure that the UK is seen as outward looking and open for business with the rest of the world, but accepts that the result of the referendum should be final.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-news-open-britain-remain-campaign-relaunches-second-referendum-a7213911.html?source=Snapzu