Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

Telegram, the messaging app, has become the latest company to file a formal antitrust complaint to the EU over Apple’s App Store. In a complaint to EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager, Telegram, which has more than 400 million users, said Apple must “allow users to have the opportunity of downloading software outside of the App Store.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/telegram-files-eu-antitrust-complaint-against-apples-app-store/?source=Snapzu

Big Tech's blockbuster earnings undermine their arguments to Congress that they aren't that big

Four of the biggest tech companies in the world – Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook – announced stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday, defying worries about Wednesday's antitrust hearings and an ongoing pandemic. The strong results from the four companies, often categorized as "Big Tech," comes a day after their CEOs testified before Congress, defending the size of their companies
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-apple-google-and-facebook-smash-q2-earnings-2020-7?source=Snapzu

Twitter has shut down former KKK leader David Duke's account

Twitter on Thursday permanently suspended the Twitter account of David Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Duke's account has been active since 2009, according to an archived version on the Wayback Machine, and had more than 53,000 followers. Activist account Sleeping Giants first spotted that Duke's account had been suspended.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspends-former-kkk-leader-david-duke-2020-7?source=Snapzu

Apple confirms that next iPhone will be delayed 'a few weeks'

Apple Inc. undefined confirmed on its earnings call Thursday that its next iPhone will be delayed by "a few weeks." The company declined to give a financial...
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-confirms-that-next-iphone-will-be-delayed-a-few-weeks-2020-07-30?source=Snapzu

3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9% In Worst GDP Report Ever

The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/30/896714437/3-months-of-hell-u-s-economys-worst-quarter-ever?source=Snapzu

New archaeological sites discovered at Gona, Ethiopia

This year Sileshi Semaw, archaeologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion humana (CENIEH), has led a new field survey and excavations at Gona (Ethiopia), where new archaeological sites have been discovered at Kilaitoli, a site dated to 14,000 years, where work began in 2019.
Read more: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-archaeological-sites-discovered-at.html?source=Snapzu

Netflix Makes Long-Term Investment in ‘Black Mirror’ Creators’ New Production Company

Netflix is investing in Broke And Bones, a new production company from “Black Mirror” co-creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones. Brooker is the writer and creator of the dystopian series, which began life at U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 before moving to Netflix. Jones is co-creator and executive producer.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/streaming/global/netflix-invests-in-black-mirror-creators-1234720698/?source=Snapzu

Europe wants to investigate Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, hot off CEO Sundar Pichai's congressional grilling

EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/eu-to-open-investigation-into-21-billion-google-fitbit-deal-sources-2020-7?source=Snapzu

Bye, boomer: the coming cull of workers over 50

Uh-oh. Those of us who remember when ’80s music was new had better start bracing ourselves for those big-box-store greeter jobs earlier than we expected. It doesn’t take a genius to see that the jobs market is probably heading for a massive, rolling shakeout. And that means plenty of employers may be using the cover of COVID-19 to get rid of lots of expensive older workers.
Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bye-boomer-the-coming-cull-of-workers-over-50-2020-07-29?source=Snapzu

Quarter of UK’s mammals at risk of extinction

One quarter of the UK’s native mammals are classified as being at “imminent risk of extinction” and conservationists are calling for urgent action to save them, as the first official Red List for British mammals has been published.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/animal-extinction-uk-red-list-beaver-red-squirrel-wildcat-bat-biodiversity-crisis-a9645276.html?source=Snapzu

Google offers refund as smart glasses stop working

The North Focals smart glasses will lose all special features, but customers will get refunds.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53581762?source=Snapzu

ByteDance Sells TikTok For Over 11 Figures; Guess the Price?

Bored? Why not buy a company!
Read more: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/251440/20200729/this-man-wants-to-buy-tiktok-from-china-costing-him-50-billion.htm?source=Snapzu

Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access independent seller data

He says Amazon is investigating.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/29/21347083/jeff-bezos-amazon-tech-antitrust-hearing-jayapal-questioning?source=Snapzu

By 2035, 90 percent of the US could be powered by renewables

Despite America’s continued reliance on fossil fuels as its primary source of energy, the plummeting costs of alternative energy sources—like power harnessed from the sun or wind—is making them an increasingly viable choice on the competitive market. So much so, that a UC Berkeley report released on Tuesday argues that by 2035, 90 percent of the US could be powered by renewables.
Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/06/report-by-2035-90-percent-of-the-us-could-be-powered-by-renewables/?source=Snapzu

One Mystery of Stonehenge’s Origins Has Finally Been Solved

For more than four centuries, archaeologists and geologists have sought to determine the geographical origins of the stones used to build Stonehenge thousands of years ago. Pinning down the source of the large blocks known as sarsens that form the bulk of the monument has proved especially elusive. Now researchers have resolved the mystery: 50 of the 52 extant sarsens at Stonehenge came from the West Woods site in the English county of Wiltshire, located 25 kilometers to the north of Stonehenge. The findings were published on Wednesday in Science Advances.
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-mystery-of-stonehenges-origins-has-finally-been-solved1/?source=Snapzu

[Exclusive] Here’s Our Best Look Yet At the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G High-Resolution Renders

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G launch is right around the corner and high-resolution renders of the next-gen foldable smartphone haven’t been revealed yet. Until now, that is. MySmartPrice has received high-resolution renders of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G smartphone from a trusted source, revealing its design from all angles.
Read more: https://www.mysmartprice.com/gear/exclusive-samsung-galaxy-z-fold-2-5g-high-resolution-renders/amp/?__twitter_impression=true?source=Snapzu

NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance, will launch Thursday. Here's how to watch.

Liftoff is scheduled for 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT).
Read more: https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-2020-rover-perseverance-launch-day-webcast.html?source=Snapzu

Gen Z is Eating More Plant-Based, Vegan, Fresh & Convenient Food

Gen Z is setting the trends for food choices: They like to try new foods, eat healthy, convenient plant-based options. You don't have to be vegan to eat vegan.
Read more: https://thebeet.com/gen-zers-want-to-eat-more-vegan-or-plant-based-foods-new-survey-finds/?s=09?source=Snapzu

Kaepernick and Fauci will be honored as Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award laureates

Top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick are being honored as 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope award laureates.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/us/kennedy-award-fauci-kaepernick-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Rapper Malik B, founding member of The Roots, dies at 47

Malik B, the founding member of The Roots, has died at 47. No cause of death has been announced.
Read more: https://ew.com/music/malik-b-of-the-roots-dies-at-47/?source=Snapzu

NASA gave the next-gen Perseverance Mars rover key upgrades over its older sibling Curiosity

The next Mars rover is the biggest and most advanced yet, with a mission to pave the way for human visitors.
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-gave-next-gen-perseverance-mars-rover-key-upgrades-over-curiosity/?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: Madonna's Instagram account flagged for vaccine misinformation

Instagram has taken action against Madonna for sharing a coronavirus conspiracy theory to her more than 15 million followers. The pop star claimed in a post that a vaccine for COVID-19 had already been found - but that it was being kept from public distribution to "let the rich get richer".
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-madonnas-instagram-account-flagged-for-vaccine-misinformation-12038586?source=Snapzu

The COVID Crisis Could Lead To A Green Energy Boom

As the world grapples with the economic fallout from the COVID crisis, a growing number of governments and international agencies are calling for a green energy stimulus
Read more: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-COVID-Crisis-Could-Lead-To-A-Green-Energy-Boom.html?source=Snapzu

Future shocks: 17 technology predictions for 2025

We asked our 2020 intake of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years. Here are their predictions.
Read more: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/17-predictions-for-our-world-in-2025/?source=Snapzu

Apple Was Fastest Growing Smartphone Brand in China in Second Quarter, Buoyed By Strong iPhone SE Sales

Apple's iPhone was the fastest-growing smartphone brand in China in the second quarter, according to data published by Counterpoint Research.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/29/iphone-fastest-growing-smartphone-china-q2/?source=Snapzu

Linux distros fix new Boothole bug

The recently revealed Boothole bug in Grub2, a bootloader used by almost all Linux distributions, has been fixed. But while it's getting headlines, it can only successfully attack a handful of already vulnerable systems.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-distros-fix-new-boothole-bug/?source=Snapzu

CES 2021 in Las Vegas Canceled Over COVID-19, Consumer Electronics Show Moves to Online Format

What normally happens in Vegas each year in January won’t be in Vegas after all. CES 2021, scheduled to run Jan. 6-9, 2021, will not be held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association …
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/ces-2021-las-vegas-canceled-digital-trade-show-1234717388/?source=Snapzu

Airbus to build 'first interplanetary cargo ship'

Airbus-France will build the huge satellite that brings the first Martian rock samples back to Earth. This material will be drilled on the Red Planet by the US space agency's next rover, Perseverance, before being blasted into orbit by a rocket. It'll be the Airbus satellite's job to grab the packaged samples and then ship them home.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-53575353?__twitter_impression=true?source=Snapzu

Social media giants pull viral video shared by Trump with false coronavirus claims

A viral video featuring doctors making false and misleading claims about coronavirus that was shared by President Trump was removed by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube this week.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/509321-social-media-giants-pull-viral-video-shared-by-trump-with-false-coronavirus?source=Snapzu

Tech turkeys: Apple and Google dominate the year's menu of failures

Google's "Project Nightingale" hoovered tens of millions of patient records at Ascension hospital facilities in the US, earning our friends at the Googleplex top billing for the absolute worst technology vendor of the year. And it only bolsters our argument that the company should face massive fines and intense US government and EU regulation.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/tech-turkeys-2019/?source=Snapzu

Yakuza Director Praises Ghost of Tsushima, Says Japan Should've Made It

Toshihiro Nagoshi, Sega’s executive director of the Yakuza games, has many good things to say about Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima is a worldwide hit, and it has been well received in Japan. In a recent Sega livestream (via Hachima), Nagoshi was asked about his thoughts regarding the game’s success.
Read more: https://kotaku.com/yakuza-director-praises-ghost-of-tsushima-says-japan-s-1844541108?source=Snapzu

Konami Launches A Line Of Gaming PCs

Besides developing video games, Konami has long making arcade, pachinko, and other amusement hardware. Now, add gaming PCs to that list. The PC gaming brand is called Arespear and features the tagline, “Advanced revolution of esports.” The name is from Greek mythology, combining “Ares” with the word “spear.” Currently there are three entries in the line up: the Arespear C700+ for 338,800 yen ($3,228), Arespear C700 for 316,800 yen ($3,018), and the Arespear C300 for 184,800 yen ($1,760.94).
Read more: https://kotaku.com/konami-launches-a-line-of-gaming-pcs-1844541222?source=Snapzu

Routine gas flaring is wasteful, polluting and undermeasured

Flaring, or burning, waste gas from energy production has sharply increased over the past decade. It wastes usable fuel, pollutes the air, and helps drive climate change.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/routine-gas-flaring-is-wasteful-polluting-and-undermeasured-139956?source=Snapzu

Dead star emits never-before seen mix of radiation

ESA’s Integral helps unravel origin of Fast Radio BurstsA global collaboration of telescopes including ESA’s Integral high-energy space observatory has detected a unique mix of radiation bursting from a dead star in our galaxy — something that has never been seen before in this type of star, and may solve a long-standing cosmic mystery. 
Read more: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Dead_star_emits_never-before_seen_mix_of_radiation?source=Snapzu

The Growing Fight Against the School Death Trap

A special education teacher at a public high school in Queens remembers a week in April when, almost every day, she learned another student at her school had lost a parent or grandparent to Covid-19. Now she fears reopening this fall—even with a hybrid learning model like the one proposed in New York—will trigger another wave of grief.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/158625/growing-fight-school-death-trap?source=Snapzu

Tencent overtakes Facebook as world’s most valuable social media company

Tencent Holdings blasted past Facebook to become the world’s most valuable social media network operator by market capitalisation on Tuesday. It now also ranks as the seventh largest company globally. The Chinese online games and WeChat giant soared 4.5 per cent to HK$543.50, taking its market capitalisation to just under HK$5.2 trillion (US$670 billion), compared to the American rival’s market value of US$657.8 billion.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3094961/tencent-overtakes-facebook-worlds-most-valuable-social-media?source=Snapzu

Man is Honoring Handshake From 28 Years Ago, Splitting Lottery Jackpot With a Friend After Winnings Millions

Friends Tom Cook and Joe Feeney shook hands in 1992, swearing that if either one of the pals won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings…no matter who bought the ticket. Tom, of Elk Mound, was ’frozen’ when he realized the Powerball ticket he bought was the $22 Million jackpot winner. Afterward, he called Joe in Menomonie to tell him the news and Joe, an avid fisherman, couldn’t quite believe it.
Read more: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-honors-28yo-handshake-splitting-lottery-win-with-friend/?source=Snapzu

US Smartphone Sell-Through Volumes Fall 25% in 2Q20; iPhone SE a Bright Spot

During the second quarter of 2020, US smartphone sell-through fell 25% year-over-year.
Read more: https://www.counterpointresearch.com/us-smartphone-sell-through-volumes-fall/?source=Snapzu

COVID-19 Doc 'Wuhan- A Season in Hell' in the Works From Malcolm Clarke

The doc will feature exclusive interviews with traders at the wet market, local doctors, volunteers, senior officials investigating the outbreak of the virus, and several of the first patients diagnosed with COVID-19.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/covid-19-doc-wuhan-a-season-hell-works-malcolm-clarke-1304550??source=Snapzu

LG Display to Supply 20 Million OLED Panels for 6.1-inch 'iPhone 12'

Apple is expected to launch an all-OLED iPhone lineup this year, and while Samsung is understood to be providing the majority of the OLED panels, LG Display is reportedly poised to benefit the most from the extra demand, with Samsung's order volume rising only slightly on previous years.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/07/28/lg-display-supply-20-million-oled-panels-iphone-12/?source=Snapzu

Australia's fires 'killed or harmed 3bn animals'

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia's devastating bushfires of the past year, scientists say. The findings meant it was one of "worst wildlife disasters in modern history", said the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which commissioned the report. Mega blazes swept across every Australian state last summer, scorching bush and killing at least 33 people.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53549936?source=Snapzu

TV networks pledged to improve diversity in 1999. Will this time be any different?

Kweisi Mfume was not having it when he declared war on broadcast TV. Mfume was president of the NAACP in July 1999 when he became upset after scanning the fall schedules of the four major broadcast networks and saw that none of the 26 new comedies and dramas being launched had a minority performer in a leading or prominent role.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-27/tv-networks-diversity-pledge-naacp-boycott-1999?source=Snapzu

Randomness theory could hold key to internet security

Is there an unbreakable code? The question has been central to cryptography for thousands of years, and lies at the heart of efforts to secure private information on the internet. In a new paper, Cornell Tech researchers identified a problem that holds the key to whether all encryption can be broken—as well as a surprising connection to a mathematical concept that aims to define and measure randomness.
Read more: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-07-randomness-theory-key-internet.html?source=Snapzu

The death of the city

Teleworking, not the coronavirus, is making urban living obsolete.
Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/the-death-of-the-city-coronavirus-towns-cities-retail-transport-pollution-economic-crisis/?source=Snapzu

Here’s Trump’s Plan To Regulate Social Media

President Trump wants to make the FCC rewrite the 1996 law that made social media possible to make it difficult-to-impossible for social media to be mean to the president.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/07/28/heres-trumps-plan-to-regulate-social-media/#67b8c73c62fa?source=Snapzu

France to launch 'railway highways' in push for greener economy

France's prime minister vowed on Monday to develop "railway highways" to carry food and other goods that now go by truck, part of a government push to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-railways-freight/france-to-launch-railway-highways-in-push-for-greener-economy-idUSKCN24S2BL?source=Snapzu

Airbus' self-flying plane just completed successful taxi, take-off, and landing tests, opening the door for fully autonomous flight

Airbus finished the tests in June after its first autonomous take-off in December, paving the way for pilot-less passenger flights in the future.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/airbus-completes-autonomous-taxi-take-off-and-landing-tests-2020-7?source=Snapzu

Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

Republican senator who wants to ‘save’ US history from New York Times gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/26/tom-cotton-slavery-necessary-evil-1619-project-new-york-times?source=Snapzu

Autonomous wayfinding device for visually impaired people unable to home a guide dog

For some, not having a service dog is a choice as they are content with navigating their surroundings using other methods, but for others it is not even an option due to prohibiting lifestyle reasons—such as allergies, expenses or house size.
Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-autonomous-wayfinding-device-visually-impaired.html?source=Snapzu

Trump blasts 'trending' section on Twitter: 'Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!'

President Trump blasted Twitter's "trending" section in a Monday tweet, calling it "really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!"
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509286-trump-blasts-trending-section-on-twitter-really-ridiculous-illegal?source=Snapzu