Sunday, 30 April 2017

A new 3-D printer could finally let the technology live up to its promise

A new 3-D printer could finally let the technology live up to its promise

It’s less than two months before his company’s initial product launch, and CEO Ric Fulop is excitedly showing off rows of stripped-down 3-D printers, several bulky microwave furnaces, and assorted small metal objects on a table for display. Behind a closed door, a team of industrial designers sit around a shared work desk, each facing a large screen. The wall behind them is papered with various possible looks for the startup’s ambitious products...
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604088/the-3-d-printer-that-could-finally-change-manufacturing/?source=Snapzu

Chicago Was On The Verge Of Police Reform. Then Trump Picked Sessions To Run The DOJ

Chicago Was On The Verge Of Police Reform. Then Trump Picked Sessions To Run The DOJ

The city will serve as a bellwether for how – or if – the Justice Department will fight police abuse under the new attorney general. By Ryan J. Reilly, Kim Bellware.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/doj-police-reform-jeff-sessions-chicago_us_58f50a77e4b0da2ff86254cf?source=Snapzu

Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security

Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security

Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, the country’s telecommunications watchdog has said, citing a law that allows it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security. The move is likely to further worry rights groups and Turkey’s western allies, who say Ankara has curtailed freedom of speech and other basic rights in the crackdown that followed last year’s failed coup.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/29/turkey-blocks-wikipedia-under-law-designed-to-protect-national-security?source=Snapzu

Tornadoes Rip across East Texas, killing at least Four

Tornadoes Rip across East Texas, killing at least Four

Tornadoes ripped through an East Texas county on Saturday evening, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, and authorities warned the number of casualties could rise.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-idUSKBN17V070?source=Snapzu

Google CEO Sundar Pichai doubled his pay last year to $200 million

Google CEO Sundar Pichai doubled his pay last year to $200 million

Google CEO Sundar Pichai cashed in big during his first full calendar year at the helm of the Internet giant, nearly doubling his total compensation to $200 million in 2016. Pichai received a salary of $650,000 last year, slightly less than the $652,500 he earned in 2015. But the long-time Google employee, who was named CEO during the company's re-organization in August 2015, received a stock award of $198.7 million in 2016, roughly double his 2015 stock award of $99.8 million.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/28/google-ceo-sundar-pichais-compensation-doubled-in-2016-to-200-million.html?source=Snapzu

Australia wants to avoid a Korean conflict at all costs – and with good reason

Australia wants to avoid a Korean conflict at all costs – and with good reason

Australia may indeed be “blindly and zealously toeing the US line” with regards to North Korea – at least openly – but in truth, Canberra wants to avoid conflict with Pyongyang. There is much at stake for Australia should war resume on the Korean peninsula, after more than 63 years of tense calm. While Julie Bishop stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Mike Pence for the cameras, there is no doubt that, privately, Australian diplomats are offering their US counterparts advice geared towards resolving the North Korea dilemma peacefully.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/29/australia-wants-to-avoid-north-korean-war-at-all-costs-pyongyang-trump-kim-jong-un?source=Snapzu

David Ignatius’ 15 Years of Running Spin for Saudi Regime

David Ignatius’ 15 Years of Running Spin for Saudi Regime

Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius wrote what read like a press release for the Saudi regime. By Adam Johnson.
Read more: http://fair.org/home/david-ignatius-15-years-of-running-spin-for-saudi-regime/?source=Snapzu

The NY Times promised to fact check their new climate denier columnist — they lied

The NY Times promised to fact check their new climate denier columnist — they lied

Times’ news staff trashes column on Twitter, while top scientist says paper is “willingly abetting climate change denialism.” By Joe Romm.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/the-ny-times-promised-to-fact-check-their-new-climate-denier-columnist-they-lied-72ad9bdf6019?source=Snapzu

The Pentagon is considering up to 5,000 additional troops for Afghanistan

The Pentagon is considering up to 5,000 additional troops for Afghanistan

The Trump administration is evaluating plans to send as many as 5,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, where America's longest war has hit a stalemate and local security forces have become overwhelmed by rising violence. The Pentagon is considering options that include between 3,000 and 5,000 conventional military personnel to advise Afghan military and police units, those focused on fighting the Taliban, plus an unspecified number of additional special operations forces to escalate counter-terror operations against the al-Qaida and Islamic State loyalists entrenched along the Pakistan border.
Read more: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/us-troops-afghanistan-donald-trump?source=Snapzu

Israeli teen behind 591 bomb threats to Australian schools: police

Israeli teen behind 591 bomb threats to Australian schools: police

An Israeli teenager charged this week with making more than 2,000 hoax bomb threats to schools, Jewish centres, hospitals and airlines in five countries is alleged to have been behind 591 bomb threats against schools in Australia, Victoria police have confirmed. The 18-year-old is alleged to have robo-called schools in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in January 2016.
Read more: http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2091464/israeli-teen-behind-591-bomb-threats-australian-schools-police?source=Snapzu

Renowned Conservationist Kuki Gallmann Shot in Kenya

Renowned Conservationist Kuki Gallmann Shot in Kenya

Conservationist and author Kuki Gallmann, 73, was shot and wounded on Sunday morning in Kenya as she was inspecting damage committed by arsonists to her property, an expansive conservation park in Western Laikipia, in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley.
Read more: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/24/renowned-conservationist-kuki-gallmann-shot-in-kenya/?source=Snapzu

The new season of a much-loved Netflix series has leaked online early following hack

The new season of a much-loved Netflix series has leaked online early following hack

A hacker who was holding Netflix to ransom following claims they have stolen the new season of Orange Is the New Black has leaked episode online. Variety has confirmed that the hacker, known as The Dark Overlord, uploaded the episodes to illegal file-sharing website Pirate Bay after the streaming service failed to pay an undisclosed amount of money. Netflix released a statement earlier saying: “We are aware of the situation. A production vendor used by several major TV studios had its security compromised and the appropriate law enforcement authorities are involved.“
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/netflix-orange-is-the-new-black-season-5-episode-1-leak-online-early-hacker-pirate-bay-a7709486.html?source=Snapzu

Judge won't hear gay adoptions because it's not in a child's 'best interest'

Judge won't hear gay adoptions because it's not in a child's 'best interest'

A family court judge who sits in Barren and Metcalfe counties has announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving “homosexual parties” because he believes allowing a gay person to adopt could never be in the child's best interest. Judge W. Mitchell Nance, who begins court each day by requiring everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, said in an order this week that he would recuse himself from all adoptions involving gay people.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/28/judge-wont-hear-gay-adoptions-because-its-not-childs-best-interest/307679001/#?source=Snapzu

Antarctica's Blood Falls: not so mysterious, but still freaky as heck

Antarctica's Blood Falls: not so mysterious, but still freaky as heck

You may have seen headlines proclaiming that the great mystery of Antarctica's "Blood Falls" has finally been solved. That's a little silly, because the big mystery—the question of why blood-like bright red liquid oozes out of the otherwise white surface of Taylor Glacier—hasn't been all that mysterious for some time. Two years ago, a study suggested that the water, a salty brine full of interesting microbial life and colored by a high level of iron, seems to come up from an underground waterway that connects visible lakes on the surface.
Read more: http://www.popsci.com/antarctica-blood-falls?source=Snapzu

Turkey sacks 4,000 more officials in coup-bid crackdown - BBC News

Turkey sacks 4,000 more officials in coup-bid crackdown - BBC News

The latest purge comes alongside a ban on TV dating shows and the blocking of the website Wikipedia.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39759050?source=Snapzu

Employers legally allowed to pay women less than men for same work, US federal court rules

Employers legally allowed to pay women less than men for same work, US federal court rules

A US federal appeals court has ruled that employers are legally allowed to pay women lower salaries than men for doing the same work, based on differences in the workers' salaries in previous jobs. According to the Associated Press, the decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous lower-court ruling, according to which pay differences based only on prior salaries were discriminatory under the country’s Equal Pay Act.
Read more: http://www.independent.ie/business/in-the-workplace/employers-legally-allowed-to-pay-women-less-than-men-for-same-work-us-federal-court-rules-35662663.html?source=Snapzu

Saturday, 29 April 2017

PowerPoint and LED projector enable new technique for self-folding origami

PowerPoint and LED projector enable new technique for self-folding origami

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Peking University have found a new use for the ubiquitous PowerPoint slide: Producing self-folding three-dimensional origami structures from photocurable liquid polymers.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2017-04-powerpoint-projector-enable-technique-self-folding.html?source=Snapzu

Hemp Food Approved For Sale In Australia

Hemp Food Approved For Sale In Australia

Australia's health ministers have approved the sale of hemp foods nationwide. The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation gave approval for hemp seeds to be sold in Australia, at a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Adelaide on Friday. It comes after Food Standards Australia and New Zealand approved hemp food in March.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/04/28/hemp-food-approved-for-sale-in-australia_a_22059267/?source=Snapzu

Amazing New Chinese Wind Tunnel Lets Shaolin Monks Perform in Midair

Amazing New Chinese Wind Tunnel Lets Shaolin Monks Perform in Midair

The Shaolin Flying Monks Theater has a massive wind tunnel running through that allows for the mystifying spectacle in China.
Read more: http://www.realclearlife.com/architecture/shaolin-monks-levitate-birthplace-of-zen-buddhism-with-the-help-of-an-amphitheater-designed-by-latvian-architects/?source=Snapzu

Denmark Doctors Declare Circumcision Of Healthy Boys 'Ethically Unacceptable'

Denmark Doctors Declare Circumcision Of Healthy Boys 'Ethically Unacceptable'

They believe the procedure has no meaningful health benefits.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/58753ec1e4b08052400ee6b3?timestamp=1484242698611?source=Snapzu

Roseanne Might Be the Next Show to Return From the Dead

Roseanne Might Be the Next Show to Return From the Dead

Who's ready to return to Lanford? Two decades after going off the air, multiple reports point to an eight-episode revival of the classic blue-collar comedy Roseanne is in the works with the all the key players attached to reprise their roles. Yes, even John Goodman, despite the last-minute reveal in the original series finale that he'd actually died a season earlier.
Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/846892/roseanne-might-be-the-next-show-to-return-from-the-dead?source=Snapzu

Brazil faces nationwide strike threatening to paralyze country

Brazil faces nationwide strike threatening to paralyze country

Brazilian protesters torched buses, clashed with police in several cities and marched on President Michel Temer's Sao Paulo residence on Friday amid the nation's first general strike in more than two decades. Unions called the strike to voice anger over Temer's efforts to push austerity measures through congress, bills that would weaken labor laws and trim a generous pension system.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-protests-idUSKBN17U0EX?il=0?source=Snapzu

Oil, tech giants tell Trump to stay in Paris deal

Oil, tech giants tell Trump to stay in Paris deal

Oil giants BP and Shell and a group of utilities and tech companies are pushing President Trump to stay in the Paris climate deal. In a letter sent to Trump on Wednesday, the firms said the deal benefits U.S. companies by putting them on an even playing field with foreign competitors, creates jobs through clean energy work and minimizes the risks climate change poses to them.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/330621-oil-tech-giants-tell-trump-to-stay-in-paris-deal?source=Snapzu

Kill net neutrality and you’ll kill us, say 800 US startups

Kill net neutrality and you’ll kill us, say 800 US startups

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission announced the first step in its plan to kill net neutrality — reversing the Title II classification of internet service providers. Doing so will remove many regulations placed on big cable companies, allowing them to erect barriers and tolls that impede the free movement of data around the internet. You won’t hear Comcast or Verizon complaining, of course — this benefits them.
Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/27/15447394/fcc-net-neutrality-roll-back-startups-letter-y-combinator?source=Snapzu

Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise

Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise

Report prompts warnings that the polar region is 'unravelling'. By Jeff Tollefson.
Read more: https://www.nature.com/news/huge-arctic-report-ups-estimates-of-sea-level-rise-1.21911?source=Snapzu

‘Go Back To Your Country’: Egyptian Student Killed in ‘Racist’ Germany Car Attack

‘Go Back To Your Country’: Egyptian Student Killed in ‘Racist’ Germany Car Attack

German authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Egyptian student in the German city of Cottbus. New witnesses claim the student was racially abused by the passengers of a car that struck her and left her fatally injured in the German city of Cottbus. According to German media, Shaden Mohamed Al-Gohari was struck by a car in a hit-and-run as she crossed the road in the German city on 18 April. Shaden was transported to hospital but later passed away due to the serious injuries she sustained from the hit-and-run.
Read more: https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/04/28/go-back-to-your-country-egyptian-student-killed-in-racist-germany-car-attack/?source=Snapzu

Google’s and Intertrust’s new PatentShield helps startups fight patent litigation in return for equity

Google’s and Intertrust’s new PatentShield helps startups fight patent litigation in return for equity

Google and Intertrust today announced the launch of PatentShield, a new program that aims to help defend startups from patent litigation — in return for a stake in those companies. The basic idea here is to give startups that join the program ownership of a selection of patents from Google’s and Intertrust’s portfolio that they can then use as a deterrent against potential patent litigation from established players in their fields.
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/25/googles-and-intertrusts-new-patentshield-helps-startups-fight-patent-litigation-in-return-for-equity/?source=Snapzu

Senators and Movement Leaders Introduce 100 Percent Clean Energy Bill

Senators and Movement Leaders Introduce 100 Percent Clean Energy Bill

The legislation comes ahead of the People's Climate March on April 29th. Washington, D.C. -- On Thursday, ahead of the People's Climate March on Saturday, Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Senator Ed Markey stood beside movement leaders to introduce legislation that will completely phase out fossil fuel use by 2050. The “100 by ‘50 Act” outlines a bold plan to support workers and to prioritize low-income communities while replacing oil, coal and gas with clean energy sources like wind and solar.
Read more: http://www.alternet.org/environment/senators-and-movement-leaders-introduce-100-percent-clean-energy-bill?source=Snapzu

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

U.S. Signals Possible Airstrikes in Somalia by Asking Aid Groups for Their Locations

A letter obtained by The Intercept asks NGOs to provide coordinates, as the U.S. military appears to be planning for a wider campaign against the Shabab. By Samuel Oakford.
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/04/28/u-s-signals-possible-airstrikes-in-somalia-by-asking-aid-groups-for-their-locations/?source=Snapzu

Goodbye Search, Google Is Becoming "A.I. First"

Goodbye Search, Google Is Becoming "A.I. First"

Think the name “Google,” and for most, the first thing that comes to mind is the company’s founding, eponymous product: Google Search. But it soon might be A.I. Google’s first, and still most profitable venture has become so popular for web searches that its name is now the verb to search, and yet in a call to investors Thursday, reporting the company’s Q1 2017 earnings, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s in translation.
Read more: https://www.inverse.com/article/30899-google-ai-search-assistant-machine-learning?source=Snapzu

United Airlines' policy changes include paying bumped passengers up to $10,000

United Airlines' policy changes include paying bumped passengers up to $10,000

United Airlines will offer up to $10,000 when a traveler voluntarily gives up a seat on an oversold flight, part of a policy overhaul following the passenger-yanking video seen around the world. The Chicago-based carrier is adopting 10 policy changes in response to the outcry over the April 9 incident, recorded by other passengers, during which aviation police pulled David Dao from his seat after he refused to exit the plane. Dao was one of four fliers selected to give up their seats to make room for airline employees.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-fixes-20170426-story.html?source=Snapzu

The decline of bees threatens plant evolution, stunting plant growth and muting scents

The decline of bees threatens plant evolution, stunting plant growth and muting scents

The feared demise of bumblebees could bring the evolution of the plants they pollinate grinding to a halt – leaving them vulnerable to new diseases and other threats – a new study suggests. Researchers in Switzerland tested what happened when field mustard plants were pollinated solely by bumblebees or hoverflies over nine generations. The results were dramatic: the bee-pollinated plants grew taller and produced twice as much scent.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/bees-bumblebees-decline-threatens-plants-evolution-study-suggests-a7629561.html?source=Snapzu

Hennessey Just Dynoed The Exorcist Camaro For 959 Demon Slaying Wheel Horse Power - Shifting Lanes

Hennessey Just Dynoed The Exorcist Camaro For 959 Demon Slaying Wheel Horse Power - Shifting Lanes

Mother of god. I think that’s the only phrase that comes to mind when I hear a near 1000 horsepower Camaro. When Hennessey announced the Exorcist, we all knew it was pointed directly at the Dodge Demon. Yea, fine, the Exorcist isn’t a production car but in all honesty the Demon as we know it is BARELY a production car. It’s a drag specialist that was purpose built to do one thing, go fast in a straight line. Same with the Exorcist
Read more: http://shiftinglanes.com/2017/04/hennessey-just-dynoed-the-exorcist-camaro-for-959-demon-slaying-wheel-horse-power/?source=Snapzu

'Luxury' Fyre Festival is cancelled with ticket-holders still stranded in Bahamas

'Luxury' Fyre Festival is cancelled with ticket-holders still stranded in Bahamas

A luxury music festival in the Bahamas, with tickets costing up to $12,000 (£9,200), has now been officially postponed after reports of no security and cancelled flights. Fyre Festival, co-organised by Ja Rule, promised a "cultural moment created from a blend of music, art and food". Tickets included a flight from Miami, a stay in a "geodesic dome" and activities including yoga and kayaking. Festival-goers have described the event as a "complete disaster".
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39743303/fyre-festival-turns-from-luxury-to-disaster-with-ticket-holders-stranded-in-bahamas?source=Snapzu

Friday, 28 April 2017

Little Nightmares Launches Today on PS4

Little Nightmares Launches Today on PS4

It’s finally arrived… ‘release week’ is now upon us. That thing developers look forward to and dread in equal measure. Today, you’re free to lock yourselves away, with the lights off and the curtains drawn, and bathe in the primary colours and warm, cuddly characters of our lovely new game, Little Nightmares! It’s been over half a year now since we last spoke about the game here, so I thought it might be nice to talk a bit more about how the game has evolved since its inception and how this evolution has informed our approach.
Read more: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/04/28/little-nightmares-launches-today-on-ps4/?source=Snapzu

Kindergartner Vaccinations Rising In San Diego County After State Law Change

Kindergartner Vaccinations Rising In San Diego County After State Law Change

About 2,400 San Diego County kindergartners — in both public and private schools — began the 2016-2017 school year lacking one or more recommended vaccinations against diseases such as measles, polio and whooping cough, according to an inewsource analysis of state data. That figure represents about 5.3 percent of the county’s kindergarten students.
Read more: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/apr/28/kindergartner-vaccinations-rising-san-diego-county/?source=Snapzu

Canada, meet Google Wifi

Canada, meet Google Wifi

Nothing is more annoying than losing your Wi-Fi connection when binge watching your favourite TV show or video chatting in a business meeting. From spotty connections to dropped signals, leave your Wi-Fi troubles behind with the help of Google Wifi, launching today in Canada. Google Wifi is a new kind of home Wi-Fi system that works with your modem and internet provider to give you strong, reliable coverage, in every room.
Read more: https://canada.googleblog.com/2017/04/canada-meet-google-wifi.html?m=1?source=Snapzu

Russian hackers extort money from Trump’s critics

Russian hackers extort money from Trump’s critics

Russian hackers conducted a series of attacks on American liberal organizations, demanding a ransom for non-disclosure of confidential information they had obtained through hacking their e-mails and networking applications like SharePoint that allows sharing Microsoft Office files, Bloomberg reported citing sources with information from the FBI and private security companies.
Read more: https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/russian-hackers-extort-money-from-trump-s-critics-/?source=Snapzu

Apple fanboys cited as Merriam-Webster herds ‘sheeple’ into dictionary

Apple fanboys cited as Merriam-Webster herds ‘sheeple’ into dictionary

“Wake up!” the good folks a Merriam-Webster just tweeted. “Sheeple is in the dictionary now.” And while the induction of such casual slang is sure to offend some, none will likely take great umbrage than Apple zealots, whose zealotry is cited by the dictionary as an example of the proper use of the word. First the definition from Merriam-Webster’s website: “people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced: people likened to sheep.” And the second of two examples...
Read more: http://www.networkworld.com/article/3192857/mobile-wireless/apple-fanboys-cited-as-merriam-webster-herds-sheeple-into-dictionary.html?source=Snapzu

Exclusive: T-Mobile wants to redefine the way you buy phones

Exclusive: T-Mobile wants to redefine the way you buy phones

While AT&T and Verizon are all focusing on supplying you with a range of services – as opposed to just wireless communications – chief rival T-Mobile is snapping up all the wireless subscribers it can. Having reinvented the contract and what unlimited really means, T-Mobile’s next Uncarrier move looks set to take on the way you pay for your phone.
Read more: http://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-uncarrier-redefine-device-payment-767772/?source=Snapzu

Edward Snowden is welcome to stay in Russia as long as he likes

Edward Snowden is welcome to stay in Russia as long as he likes

Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden can stay in Russia until he decides to leave, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. “I think that that is something he will decide himself,” Zakharova said on Thursday when Yahoo News anchor Katie Couric asked her how long Snowden’s sojourn in Russia will continue. The former NSA contractor has been living in Russia since 2013, after leaking thousands of classified intelligence documents and fleeing the U.S.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/snowden-will-decide-himself-if-he-leaves-russia-591645?source=Snapzu

The science of laughter – and why it also has a dark side

The science of laughter – and why it also has a dark side

When you hear someone laugh behind you, you probably picture them on the phone or with a friend – smiling and experiencing a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Chances are just the sound of the laughter could make you smile or even laugh along. But imagine that the person laughing is just walking around alone in the street, or sitting behind you at a funeral. Suddenly, it doesn’t seem so inviting.
Read more: http://theconversation.com/the-science-of-laughter-and-why-it-also-has-a-dark-side-76463?source=Snapzu

Elon Musk’s giant tunnel boring machine arrived at SpaceX – first pictures

Elon Musk’s giant tunnel boring machine arrived at SpaceX – first pictures

With the recent launch of Elon Musk’s latest company, Neuralink, we almost forgot that the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX also recently launched yet another startup: the Boring Company.
Read more: https://electrek.co/2017/04/27/elon-musk-tunnel-boring-machine-spacex-first-image/?source=Snapzu

Nuclear tests will 'never stop,' North Korean government official says

Nuclear tests will 'never stop,' North Korean government official says

A North Korean government official in a rare interview promised his country's nuclear tests would "never stop" as long as the US continued what they viewed as "acts of aggression." Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Sok Chol Won wouldn't confirm when the country's long-anticipated sixth nuclear test would take place but said it wouldn't be influenced by outside events.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/26/asia/north-korea-official-nuclear/index.html?source=Snapzu

The Yik Yak app is officially dead

The Yik Yak app is officially dead

The anonymous social app is finally shutting down.
Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/yik-yak-shuts-down-2017-4?source=Snapzu

Coca-Cola in crisis as company cuts more than a thousand jobs

Coca-Cola in crisis as company cuts more than a thousand jobs

Coca-Cola has announced plans to cut about 20 per cent of it corporate workforce, as the company battles a drop in sales due to falling demand for its sugary drinks. The US firm said it will cut 1,200 jobs starting later this year as it increases its cost-cutting target by $800m and is now expecting to save $3.8bn by 2019. This represents about a 22 per cent reduction of its 5,500 corporate staff or a 1 per cent reduction in its total workforce of 100,300 employees, according to figures by FactSet, cited by AP.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/coca-cola-cut-jobs-1200-consumers-sugary-drinks-fizzy-sales-slump-a7706241.html?source=Snapzu

Trump: I thought presidency would be ’easier’ than ’previous life’

Trump: I thought presidency would be ’easier’ than ’previous life’

President Donald Trump said Thursday he expected the presidency to be "easier" than his "previous life" as a real estate mogul. "I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," the president told Reuters in a wide-ranging Oval Office interview. "This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier." The president also expressed a willingness to attend next year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, after breaking with decades of precedent in February by publicly rejecting an invitation to attend this year's gala.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/trump-presidency-easier-previous-life-237728?source=Snapzu

Sundar Pichai just hinted at how Google will make money from maps, and it sounds like lots of ads

Sundar Pichai just hinted at how Google will make money from maps, and it sounds like lots of ads

Google Maps is one of the company's most popular services, but when it comes to bringing in revenue, Maps is not pulling its weight. That's by design — Google admits it has been slow to monetize the app. "We take a long term view," Google CEO Sundar Pichai told a Wall Street analyst who inquired about potential plans to turn Maps into a more significant moneymaker during the company's Q1 earnings call on Thursday.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sundar-pichai-hints-at-ads-in-google-maps-2017-4?source=Snapzu

Google is super secretive about its anti-aging research. No one knows why.

Google is super secretive about its anti-aging research. No one knows why.

In 2013, Time magazine ran a cover story titled Google vs. Death about Calico, a then-new Google-run health venture focused on understanding aging — and how to beat it. “We should shoot for the things that are really, really important, so 10 or 20 years from now we have those things done,” Google CEO Larry Page told Time. But how exactly would Calico help humans live longer, healthier lives? How would it invest its vast $1.5 billion pool of money? Beyond sharing the company’s ambitious mission...
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/27/15409672/google-calico-secretive-aging-mortality-research?source=Snapzu

Trump’s Tax Proposal Is Just a Symptom of the Disease

Trump’s Tax Proposal Is Just a Symptom of the Disease

No wonder this administration can't get anything done. It specializes in wishful thinking. By Megan McArdle.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-27/trump-s-tax-proposal-is-just-a-symptom-of-the-disease?source=Snapzu

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