Fitness YouTuber Dies After Being Tased By Police As He Stabbed His Tinder Date

A sleepy town in Massachusetts is in the headlines after a 25-year-old man died while being arrested for viciously attacking his Tinder date. Erich Stelzer, 25, a bodybuilder who shared fitness videos on YouTube, died in custody after he was tased by police in Cohasset, Mass. The incident took place Thursday evening after Cohasset police received a call about a disturbance and arrived to find Stelzer assaulting a 24-year-old woman with weapons, including a knife.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/erich-stelzer-cohasset-tinder_us_5c2957cee4b08aaf7a91a87d??source=Snapzu

'If People Knew How Animals Are Treated, They Wouldn't Eat Them' Says Chris Packham

Wildlife expert Chris Packham believes people wouldn't eat meat if they knew how animals were treated, Plant Based News can reveal. He made the comments while talking with Veganuary - a charity that supports people as they try and vegan diet throughout January. A staggering 300,000 people are expected to sign up for the initiative this year. Packham will also be doing Veganuary this year and has joined the organization as an ambassador, joining actors Evanna Lynch and Peter Egan, TV presenters Sarah-Jane Crawford and Jasmine Harman, comedians Sara Pascoe and Carl Donnelly and chef Derek Sarno.
Read more: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/if-people-knew-animals-treated-wouldnt-eat-them-chris-packham?source=Snapzu

The cow that escaped the slaughterhouse gave birth, and her new baby is utterly adorable

Just a few short days after her daring run down Route 80, recently rescued Brianna the cow gave birth to a female calf Saturday afternoon. Brianna fell 8 feet out of the second level of a truck headed to a Paterson slaughterhouse around 2:45 a.m. on Thursday night. She wandered around the highway until Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue came to corral her.
Read more: https://www.nj.com/sussex-county/2018/12/the-cow-that-escaped-the-slaughterhouse-gave-birth-and-her-new-baby-is-utterly-adorable.html?source=Snapzu

The 50 most anticipated games of 2019

Here comes 2019, and already the roster shows more than enough games coming out to keep us busy. From rollicking combat games to quieter indie explorations of the soul, here are 50 games (listed alphabetically) that we’re excited to see, coming in the year ahead. Given the nature of the game industry these days, it’s too early to read much in the way of trends from this list. Many games that we’ll see in 2019 have yet to be announced, or do not have a firm release date.
Read more: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2018/12/31/18156570/games-of-2019-most-anticipated?source=Snapzu

Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites

Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, a top enforcement official at the Federal Trade Commission drafted a memo about the prospect of disciplining the social network. Lawmakers, consumer advocates and even former commission officials were clamoring for tough action against Facebook, arguing that it had violated an earlier F.T.C. consent decree barring it from misleading users about how their information was shared.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/technology/facebook-data-privacy-ftc.html?source=Snapzu

Tech luminaries we lost in 2018

Hailing from five different nations, the 13 remarkable women and men memorialized here had a lasting influence on technology and the world.
Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3325212/networking/tech-luminaries-we-lost-in-2018.html?source=Snapzu

Bipolar: Physical activity may boost mood and energy

New research, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that higher levels of physical activity boost mood and energy levels. The benefits were particularly noticeable in people with bipolar disorder. Being physically active might help people with bipolar disorder fight off depressive symptoms. In the United States, almost 3 percent of adults experienced bipolar disorder "in the past year." Around 4.4 percent of adults have bipolar at some point in their lives.
Read more: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323995.php?source=Snapzu

Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81

Dr. Roberts worked with other engineers to create the underpinnings of the Arpanet, making many crucial decisions. But his work did not make him rich.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/obituaries/lawrence-g-roberts-dies-at-81.html?source=Snapzu

Graham backs down on Syria after lunch with Trump

Sen. Lindsey Graham backed away Sunday from his criticisms of President Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, telling reporters that Trump shared "some things I didn't know" during a lunch at the White House that "make me feel a lot better about where we're headed in Syria."
Read more: https://www.axios.com/lindsey-graham-trump-syria-isis-f98c28df-bd57-48d8-892e-e20532623c1a.html?source=Snapzu

Doctors are asking Silicon Valley engineers to spend more time in the hospital before building apps

As an emergency room physician, Richard Zane often considers how software can help him with patients. The problem is that engineers and doctors are from different worlds. Zane, who's also the chief innovation officer at UCHealth in Colorado, said that most technologists he's met have never seen the inner workings of a hospital and don't have a deep understanding of what doctors want and need.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/27/doctors-are-asking-technologists-from-google-to-shadow-them-before-they-build-medical-apps-.html?source=Snapzu

California's Pet Stores To Only Sell Rescue Cats, Dogs And Rabbits

California is ringing in the new year as the first state in the country to ban stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits that aren’t rescues. The Pet Rescue and Adoption Act, which was signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, will go into effect on Tuesday, Jan. 1. The law requires all pet shops to identify the public animal control agency, shelter or rescue group that the animal came from. Such information must be on display on its cage or in its enclosure.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-all-rescue-pet-stores_us_5c2912f5e4b05c88b7017ec7?source=Snapzu

Galapagos fireworks ban to save wildlife

Authorities in Ecuador say animals suffered elevated heart rates and anxiety after pyrotechnic shows.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46706515?source=Snapzu

French hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children dies aged 108

French Resistance hero Georges Loinger, who used his ingenuity and athletic prowess to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, has died at the age of 108. A talented athlete and cousin of the famous mime artist and fellow Resistance member Marcel Marceau, the Jewish Loinger would smuggle the children in small groups across the Franco-Swiss border. One ruse involved dressing children up as mourners and taking them to a cemetery whose wall abutted the French side of the border.
Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-hero-who-saved-hundreds-of-jewish-children-dies-aged-108/?source=Snapzu

This Uxbridge farmer is ditching diesel for a solar-powered tractor

“It’s not just a dream that one day you’ll be able to farm without fossil fuels. It’s real. It’s here,” says Tony Neale.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/12/28/this-uxbridge-farmer-is-ditching-diesel-for-a-solar-powered-tractor.html?source=Snapzu

An annual survey suggests developers are losing confidence in Valve

Small developers are losing confidence that Valve is earning its 30% of Steam sales, according to a new survey. In 2017, 39% of developers agreed that Valve had earned its share, but that number has dropped to 11% in this year’s survey. Lars Doucet, who has run this survey for three years, is quick to note that these results are not scientific – but they do put numbers to issues developers have lately been in heated discussions over.
Read more: https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-developer-survey?source=Snapzu

Two Qubits Could Be Better Than One In Quantum Computing

Scientists have combined two types of qubit on a single device, potentially overcoming some of the barriers to practical quantum computing. Quantum computing has been on the horizon for a number of years, but there’s more than one problem in making the idea scalable and practical. While the resulting machine could handle maths problems far larger than the greatest modern supercomputer, right now, researchers are struggling to produce a machine that can come up with any coherent answers at all.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2018/12/30/two-qubits-could-be-better-than-one-in-quantum-computing/#5e7fc94c364c?source=Snapzu

Excitement ahead of distant Nasa flyby

History will be made on Tuesday when Nasa's New Horizons probe sweeps past the icy world known as Ultima Thule. Occurring some 6.5 billion km (4 billion miles) from Earth, the flyby will set a new record for the most distant ever exploration of a Solar System object by a spacecraft. New Horizons will gather a swathe of images and other data over the course of just a few hours leading up to and beyond the closest approach.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46699737?source=Snapzu

A Holiday Mystery: Why Did John Roberts Intervene in the Mueller Probe?

A mysterious grand jury subpoena case has been working itself through the D.C. courts since August. Doughty reporting by Politico linked the grand jury case to special counsel Robert Mueller. Some of us, connecting the dots, wondered whether Mueller’s antagonist in this secret subpoena battle might be President Donald Trump himself. Speculation heightened two weeks ago when the D.C. Circuit cleared an entire floor of reporters assembled for the oral argument, in order to protect the identity of the litigants.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/12/30/supreme-court-john-roberts-robert-mueller-investigation-223569?source=Snapzu

The Most Surprising Tech Breakthroughs of 2018

Development across the entire information technology landscape certainly didn’t slow down this year. From CRISPR babies, to the rapid decline of the crypto markets, to a new robot on Mars, and discovery of subatomic particles that could change modern physics as we know it, there was no shortage of headline-grabbing breakthroughs and discoveries. As 2018 comes to a close, we can pause and reflect on some of the biggest technology breakthroughs and scientific discoveries that occurred this year.
Read more: https://singularityhub.com/2018/12/30/the-most-surprising-tech-breakthroughs-of-2018/?source=Snapzu

Apple exited the home Wi-Fi market at the wrong time

One of the more interesting news items of 2018 was Apple discontinuing the AirPort lineup. From the first Airport product to the last final AirPort Extreme, Apple was selling premium Wi-Fi hardware devices at a time when most people I knew were content with a $30 router from Walmart. Since they released their final AirPort product, the market has finally shifted up.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/30/apple-wifi-wrong-time/?source=Snapzu

Trump used her slain daughter to rail against illegal immigration. She chose a different path.

The letters began immediately. Dozens at first, then hundreds, each day bringing more: from a Texas man telling her this was why we needed to build the wall. From a New York television producer asking for an interview. From an elderly woman despairing “this divided America in which we now live.” Nearly every day since her daughter’s body was found, she had opened the mailbox, then sat and read them, because that was her routine, that was how she tried to make sense of something so senseless.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/trump-used-her-slain-daughter-to-rail-against-illegal-immigration-she-chose-a-different-path/2018/12/27/084f93a4-e9ce-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?source=Snapzu

The hype around driverless cars came crashing down in 2018

Big companies struggled but small ones moved forward.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/uber-tesla-and-waymo-all-struggled-with-self-driving-in-2018/?source=Snapzu

Sudan's al-Bashir tells police to limit force against protesters

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appeals 'for calm and restraint' while calling for government probe into deaths.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/sudan-bashir-tells-police-limit-force-protesters-181230141219570.html?source=Snapzu

Improved Alzheimer's Mouse Model Paves the Way to Precision Medicine

Many transgenic mouse models exist that mimic a range of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)—related pathologies. They play a key role in both basic research and preclinical testing of potential therapeutics for AD. Although they have contributed greatly to the pathophysiology of β-amyloid toxicity, none fully replicates the human disease.
Read more: https://www.genengnews.com/news/improved-alzheimers-mouse-model-will-enable-precision-medicine/?source=Snapzu

What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God

My belief in God didn't spontaneously combust—it faded. I lost my virginity at 16. I stopped going to church. I snuck out past curfew. As punishment, my mom made me memorize Bible verses, and I recited them like recipes. I wasn't the only kid who stopped believing. A record number of young Americans (35 percent) report no religious affiliation, even though 91 percent of us grew up in religiously affiliated households.
Read more: https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/8qjv7v/what-happens-to-your-brain-when-you-stop-believing-in-god?source=Snapzu

States make climate policies a 2019 priority

Despite federal climate policy rollbacks, governors and cities have decided to take up the mantel on climate leadership. Nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C. announced that they will move forward with a plan that prioritizes clean transportation and ambitious climate goals.
Read more: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/423159-states-make-climate-policies-a-2019-priority?source=Snapzu

Another analyst lowers iPhone sales forecast, this time cutting iPhone XS Max by nearly half

Yet another analyst is cutting iPhone demand for the first quarter of 2019. As reported by Reuters, Citi Research has lowered its forecast from 50 million to 45 million for the quarter, primarily due to weak iPhone XS Max demand. While Citi is cutting its overall iPhone shipment forecast by 5 million, its iPhone XS Max forecast is seeing a much bigger hit. The firm is lowering its forecast for the 6.5-inch device by a whopping 48 percent for the first quarter of 2019.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/29/iphone-xs-max-production-cut-analyst/?source=Snapzu

A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt, and a $9-an-Hour Job

When she was in cosmetology school, Tracy Lozano had a love-hate relationship with weekday mornings. Those predawn moments were the only time she saw her infant daughter awake, and she savored them. When the time came to hand the baby to her own mother, she said in a recent interview, she would stifle her tears, letting them roll only when she had closed the door behind her.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/business/cosmetology-school-debt-iowa.html#commentsContainer?source=Snapzu

Power Plant Accident Casts New Light On New York’s Dirty Fuel Addiction

The electrical accident that illuminated the New York City skyline late Thursday night came from a substation next to one of the state’s dirtiest plants, casting new light on the city’s dependence on antiquated oil-burning power stations and bolstering calls for cleaner electricity. This densely populated area of northwestern Queens provides nearly half the city’s electricity from aging plants that burn No. 6 fuel oil, a thick, viscous oil blend considered one of the most polluting energy sources in the world.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/transformer-explosion-nyc-fuel-addiction_us_5c25c357e4b0407e9081305a?utm_source=reddit.com?source=Snapzu

The year consumers fought back against rising Apple prices

Apple has for years been a premium brand that rarely, if ever discounted products. Period. Every year, the company could raise prices on products, and consumers would not only happily pay, but stand in long lines for the privilege of doing so. So when Apple started putting misleading, but seemingly consumer-friendly posters in front of Apple Stores at the end of 2018 offering a new iPhone model for $300 off (with trade-in of your current phone), you know something different happened for the company this year.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/nletter/2018/12/28/consumers-fought-back-2018-against-rising-apple-prices/2423765002/?source=Snapzu

Mom Busts Son Using Alexa to Solve His Math Homework

If you got an Amazon Alexa device for Christmas, you might want to keep a closer eye on the wily kids in your house. Last week, a New Jersey mom caught her son red-handed using the virtual assistant to cheat on his math homework.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/mom-busts-son-using-alexa-to-solve-his-math-homework-1831359325?source=Snapzu

Russian Researcher Successfully Prints Living Tissue While In Space

3D printing has been used in the medical industry before, where we have seen the tech used to 3D print cartilage and skull implants. Now it seems that Russian researcher Oleg Kononenko has successfully managed to 3D print living tissue, but here’s the kicker: not only is Kononenko a researcher, but he is a cosmonaut as well, and this 3D printing was actually done in space.
Read more: https://www.ubergizmo.com/2018/12/researcher-prints-living-tissue-in-space/?source=Snapzu

Italy passes budget after EU standoff

Italy's parliament has approved a revised budget for 2019, amid opposition complaints that it was dictated by the EU. The country's populist government had originally vowed to push through costly campaign promises including a universal basic income. But in October, the European Commission raised concerns about the impact of such spending on Italy's debt levels.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46710472?source=Snapzu

Apple still considering North Carolina campus, report suggests

The 281-acre plot of land in Wake County, which Apple purportedly considered for a new campus earlier this year, was this week sold to a recently established LLC called Acute Investments, reports WRAL Tech Wire. Scott Levitan, CEO of the Research Triangle Foundation, confirmed the sale concluded this week, but would not comment further on the deal. Apple is not officially attached to the purchase, but R. Bruce Thompson, a lobbyist connected to the tech giant, was named in the public documents. Thompson is Apple's local arbitrator when the company negotiates government incentives related to local job recruitment, the report said.
Read more: https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/12/28/apple-still-considering-north-carolina-campus-report-suggests?source=Snapzu

Chinese scientist who allegedly created the first genetically engineered babies is being detained

The Chinese scientist who shocked the world with claims of creating the first genetically engineered babies is being detained in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, according to a report in The New York Times. 
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/29/chinese-scientist-who-allegedly-created-the-first-genetically-engineered-babies-is-being-detained/?source=Snapzu

What made solar panels so cheap? Thank government policy.

From an economic perspective, the core challenge of climate change is that the standard way of doing things — the dirty, carbon-intensive way — is typically cheaper than newer, lower-carbon alternatives. Solving the problem means driving down the cost of those alternatives. Simple, right? But in practice, it’s not so simple. In fact, we still don’t have a very good grasp on exactly what drives technological innovation and improvement. Is it basic scientific research? Early-stage R&D? Learning by doing? Economies of scale?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/20/18104206/solar-panels-cost-cheap-mit-clean-energy-policy?source=Snapzu

China restarts video game approvals after months-long freeze

China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year. However, the approved titles, listed on the website of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, did not include games from industry leader Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Read more: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/china-restarts-video-game-approvals-after-months-long-freeze-11072102?source=Snapzu

Did Apple retail prices get too high in 2018? Consumers say way yes.

Apple has for years been a premium brand that rarely, if ever discounted products. Period. Every year, the company could raise prices on products, and consumers would not only happily pay, but stand in long lines for the privilege of doing so. So when Apple started putting misleading, but seemingly consumer-friendly posters in front of Apple Stores at the end of 2018 offering a new iPhone model for $300 off (with trade-in of your current phone), you know something different happened for the company this year.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2018/12/29/did-apple-retail-prices-get-too-high-2018-consumers-say-way-yes/2432445002/?source=Snapzu

Netflix says more than 45 million accounts have watched 'Bird Box'

Netflix seems to be flying so high over the reception to its just-released psychological horror film "Bird Box" that it's breaking a long-held tradition of staying largely mum on viewership. The streaming service on Friday said more than 45 million "accounts" have watched the Sandra Bullock-led film in its first week of release, the "best first 7 days ever for a Netflix film," the company boasted in a Tweet.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/28/media/bird-box-netflix-viewers/index.html?source=Snapzu

2019 will be the year alt-meat goes mainstream

In the first half of 2019, the Impossible Burger–the plant-based burger known for its ability to bleed plant-based blood–will be sold in grocery stores for the first time. Good Catch, a startup making fish-free tuna and crab-free cakes, plans to launch in February. And it’s possible that the FDA and USDA will approve the first chicken grown from chicken cells in a bioreactor for sale in restaurants. It means we could be at a tipping point for the post-animal meat industry. Sales of plant-based meat are growing; between August 2017 and August 2018, according to Nielsen data...
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90280647/2019-will-be-the-year-alt-meat-goes-mainstream?source=Snapzu

Why my family lives in a house full of puppies

Guide dogs are like politicians or Santa Claus: it's a bit hard to imagine them as babies. But while I've never had a playpen of MPs crawling around my living room (promise…), I can't say the same about guide dog puppies. This is the story of where guide dogs for blind and partially-sighted people really come from. It includes: why they wear nail-varnish as soon as they're born, why they're never scared of fireworks, and why you really must play them Guns N' Roses. Settle in, team. The pups and I have a tail we'd like to tell you…
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46595733?source=Snapzu

Russian teenagers have been using pictures of a retired US general for target practice

The Russians do not like Robert Scales one bit, and that's not just in the halls of the Kremlin. According to the Moscow Times, Russian students participating in a charity-sponsored "air rifle shooting competition" in the country's Urals region were invited to take aim at a photo of the retired U.S. Army major general instead of the conventional rifle target.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-students-use-retired-us-generals-face-for-target-practice-2018-12?source=Snapzu

Same-sex Navy couple faces backlash for re-creating iconic WWII kiss: 'We're just showing our love for each other'

A military couple reenacted the classic WW II kiss between a sailor and a nurse after a seven-month deployment. On Dec. 21, sailor Bryan Woodington, 33, stepped off the USS The Sullivans at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., eager to greet Kenneth, his husband of one year. According to News 4 Jax, Bryan was one of 300 sailors returning to their families after seven months in the Persian Gulf and Europe.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sex-navy-couple-recreates-iconic-ww-ii-kiss-faces-backlash-just-showing-love-195005876.html?source=Snapzu

The case for "conditional optimism" on climate change

Is there any hope on climate change, or are we just screwed? I hear this question all the time. When people find out what I do for a living, it is generally the first thing they ask. I never have a straightforward or satisfying answer, so I usually dodge it, but in recent years it has come up more and more often. So let’s tackle it head on. In this post, I will lay out the case for pessimism and the case for (cautious) optimism, pivoting off a new series of papers from leading climate economists.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/12/28/18156094/conditional-optimism-climate-change?source=Snapzu

Will North Korea disarm? Keep your eyes on wild card Trump

This has been a banner year for summitry on the Korean peninsula with the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as the precursor. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held multiple meetings with South Korean president Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping, while Donald Trump met Kim briefly in Singapore, a first for a sitting US president. Now it’s all about maintaining the momentum. If Trump’s remarks reflect policy, we have gone from “fire and fury” to “love” and the present policy of contradiction. Denuclearisation is on hold, hostage to sanctions and human rights concerns. Can we find a way out of the cul-de-sac in 2019?
Read more: https://m.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2179681/will-north-korea-disarm-may-depend-how-us-and?source=Snapzu

Netflix Takes Interactive Storytelling to the Next Level With ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’

Back in early 2017, Netflix approached “Black Mirror” creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones with an unusual idea. The streaming service had been experimenting with interactive kids content, giving young viewers the ability to choose their own path through a story with a series multiple-choice questions that could be easily answered with the help of a TV remote.
Read more: https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/netflix-black-mirror-bandersnatch-interactive-1203096171/?source=Snapzu

If You Care About the Plastics Crisis, Stop Eating Seafood

Plastic Planet is a series on the global plastics crisis that evaluates the environmental and human costs and considers possible solutions to this devastating man-made problem. In this op-ed, Kenny Torrella of Mercy for Animals explains how the seafood industry is harming the environment.
Read more: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-the-seafood-industry-is-polluting-the-ocean?verso=true?source=Snapzu

Fake Amazon Alexa Setup App Climbs Its Way To Apple's App Store Charts

Some iPhone users who received a new Alexa device as gift on Christmas may have downloaded an app masquerading as the official setup companion for Amazon's Alexa. The fake Alexa setup app for iOS, which went live this week, has apparently fooled many users it managed to climb its way up to Apple's App Store charts. Some Alexa device owners who thought the app called "Setup for Amazon Alexa" was legit even left reviews to express their frustration over the "instability" and "complicated setup" of the app.
Read more: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/236834/20181227/fake-alexa-setup-app-ios-climbs-apples-store-charts.htm?source=Snapzu

The difference between goals and objectives: Create an actionable business planning process

Setting goals is critical for every organisation because goals determine the broad vision and direction for any business. The best goals will align with the company mission, vision and culture and describe the business' longer term aspirations before laying out specific actions. Do you know the difference between goals and objectives and how are they related? Without objectives, goals have little support and can be difficult to reach.
Read more: https://www.samewave.com/posts/the-difference-between-goals-and-objectives-create-an-actionable-business-planning-process?source=Snapzu

Army looks for a few good robots, sparks industry battle

The Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight — not yet, at least — but to help the men and women who do. These robots aren’t taking up arms, but the companies making them have waged a different kind of battle. At stake is a contract worth almost half a billion dollars for 3,000 backpack-sized robots that can defuse bombs and scout enemy positions. Competition for the work has spilled over into Congress and federal court.
Read more: https://www.apnews.com/5ab30e91e7174195b598a7379607b191?source=Snapzu