Another Day of Bitcoin Resilience

The end of the month concludes with the NASDAQ sliding by 2.45% while Twitter took a massive blow of -21.11%. Gold traded sideways…
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Endangered Species Act Protections Stripped From Gray Wolves

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a rule today that removes protection from all gray wolves in the lower 48 states except for a small population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The Service made its decision despite the fact that wolves are still functionally extinct in the vast majority of their former range across the continental United States.
Read more: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-species-act-protections-stripped-gray-wolves-2020-10-29/?source=Snapzu

Google’s Project Zero discloses Windows 0day that’s been under active exploit

Security flaw lets attackers escape sandboxes designed to contain malicious code.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/googles-project-zero-discloses-windows-0day-thats-been-under-active-exploit/?source=Snapzu

Pornhub launches first-ever sex education video series

They cover everything from preparing for sex to STIs — and even having safe sex during the pandemic.
Read more: https://mashable.com/article/pornhub-sex-ed-video-series/?source=Snapzu

Apple says some AirPods Pro have sound problems, will replace for free

These issues include a static or crackling sound that increases in loud environments as well as issues with active noise cancellation.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/apple-airpods-pro-static-problems-confirmed-apple-will-replace-for-free.html?source=Snapzu

PlayStation CEO says VR won’t be a ‘meaningful’ part of gaming for years

Sony PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan says virtual reality won’t be a meaningful part of interactive entertainment in the near future. Ryan indicated to The Washington Post that VR still has a long way to go, although he emphasized that Sony isn’t giving up on the medium. The statement suggests that an update to Sony’s PlayStation VR headset is years away.
Read more: https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/10/29/21540786/sony-playstation-jim-ryan-psvr-headset-timeline-ps5?source=Snapzu

Walmart returns guns and ammo to store floors, saying civil unrest was "isolated"

Retailer had yanked firearms off the sales floor as a "precaution" after incidents left several stores damaged.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-returning-firearm-guns-ammo-store-displays/?source=Snapzu

A ‘rogue’ planet has been spotted floating through the Milky Way

If confirmed, the planet would be the smallest of its kind, and could tell astronomers more about the planetary systems in our galaxy. Astronomers have spotted a new “rogue” planet floating through our galaxy, seemingly unattached to a star. With a mass somewhere in-between that of the Earth and Mars, the planet is thought to be the smallest of its kind to have been discovered.
Read more: https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/50921/1/a-rogue-planet-has-been-spotted-floating-through-the-milky-way-space?source=Snapzu

PSA: Apple One Premier Bundle Only Available in US, UK, Canada, and Australia

Apple's new Apple One series of services bundles launches on Friday in over 100 countries and regions, but the top Premier tier will be limited to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The limited rollout of the $29.95 Premier tier is down to the fact that Apple News+ is currently only available in the above countries. Apple News+ is exclusive to the Premier tier, along with Apple Fitness+, which isn't expected to arrive until later in the year.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/30/psa-apple-one-premier-us-uk-canada-australia/?source=Snapzu

The pastor thought Trump was 'evil.' So he quit his conservative church

It was going to be a hard day. Keith Mannes prayed he was doing right. He got into his car and drove past harvested cornfields and “Keep America Great!” signs. He parked, walked a few steps and opened the door to his church. A pastor for decades, he stood before a few dozen congregants. He knew them all, their histories, struggles and joys.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-29/michigan-pastor-trump?source=Snapzu

Train derailment in Texas leaks 'corrosive' product, prompts evacuation orders for 600 people; no injuries

A train derailment in Texas profficials to ask nearly 600 residents to evacuate their homes and will take days to clean up — but the local emergency management office reported no injuries. A Kansas City Southern train derailed around 7:30 a.m. in Mauriceville, Texas, near the state's border with Louisiana. The derailment involved 25 cars, according to the Orange County Office of Emergency Management. Most of the cars were loaded; 10 were empty.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/29/train-derailment-texas-leaks-corrosive-product-no-injures/6079327002/?source=Snapzu

Nissan Actively Discourages Battery Replacement on the Leaf, Upset Owner Claims

Being one of the early makers of all-electric vehicles, Nissan has had a fair share of issues with the Leaf, mostly regarding battery performance, battery degradation and battery replacement. It’s still struggling on that last count, according to one owner.
Read more: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/nissan-actively-discourages-battery-replacement-on-the-leaf-upset-owner-claims-150788.html?source=Snapzu

Uber and Lyft lose appeal, ordered again to classify drivers as employees

Uber and Lyft were ordered by California’s court of appeals late Thursday to classify their drivers as employees. In a 74-page opinion, the court affirmed the injunction that was issued on August 10th requiring Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees within 30 days.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529644/uber-lyft-lose-appeals-court-driver-employees?source=Snapzu

AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world

Unless you’re a physicist or an engineer, there really isn’t much reason for you to know about partial differential equations. I know. After years of poring over them in undergrad while studying mechanical engineering, I’ve never used them since in the real world. But partial differential equations, or PDEs, are also kind of magical.
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/30/1011435/ai-fourier-neural-network-cracks-navier-stokes-and-partial-differential-equations/?source=Snapzu

What 50 gravitational-wave events reveal about the Universe

Astronomers observed 39 cosmic events that released gravitational waves over a 6-month period in 2019 — a rate of more than one per week. The bounty, described in a series of papers published on 28 October, demonstrates how observatories that detect these ripples — usually created by the merging of two black holes — have dramatically increased their sensitivity since the first identification was made in 2015.
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03047-0?source=Snapzu

A deepfake bot is being used to “undress” underage girls

A similar technology to DeepNude, the 2019 app that shut down shortly after launch, is now spreading unfettered on Telegram.
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/20/1010789/ai-deepfake-bot-undresses-women-and-underage-girls/?source=Snapzu

Apple Slips to Fourth Place for Smartphone Market Share, Overtaken by Xiaomi

Apple has shipped 10.6 percent fewer iPhones year-on-year in the third quarter of 2020, meaning that it has been overtaken by Xiaomi for the first time, according to new data shared by IDC. The report details how Apple is now ranked as the fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer by market share. This is the first time that Apple has ranked fourth, with Xiaomi, Huawei, and Samsung exceeding Apple's 11.8 percent share.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/30/apple-slips-to-fourth-place-for-market-share/?source=Snapzu

Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'More Exciting Things' in Store For This Year

During today's earnings call for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020 (third calendar quarter), Cook said that while he doesn't want to give too...
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These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion

We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forest’s drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90504789/these-drones-can-plant-40000-trees-in-a-month-by-2028-theyll-have-planted-1-billion?source=Snapzu

Gray Wolves To Be Removed From Endangered Species List

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing federal protections for gray wolves in the contiguous U.S., saying the species' recovery is a success. Wildlife groups are promising to sue.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/29/929095979/gray-wolves-to-be-removed-from-endangered-species-list?source=Snapzu

Amazon is opening brand-new Razr boxes to fold the phones for safer shipping

Amazon is preemptively apologizing for fingerprints.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/29/21540535/amazon-motorola-razr-fingerprint-folding-phones-screen-protection?source=Snapzu

Taiwan hits record 200 days with no local COVID-19 cases

Local health authority thanked the public for their role while urging people to keep complying with preventive measures.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/29/taiwan-hits-record-of-200-days-with-no-local-case-of-covid-19?source=Snapzu

Climate change: China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated'

China's aggressive policy of planting trees is likely playing a significant role in tempering its climate impacts. An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54714692?source=Snapzu

Report: Apple enlisted lobbyist for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

This past spring, Apple was implicated along with other US brands like Nike, Dell, and more for having its supply chain allegedly involved with forced labor of the Muslim Uyghurs in Chinese factories. Now a new report from The Information says that Apple has paid to lobby Congress around legislation having to do US companies that could have connections with slave labor in China.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/23/apple-lobbies-uyghur-forced-labor-act/?source=Snapzu

Billy Mitchell’s Donkey Kong high-score case will move forward to trial

A Los Angeles County judge has ruled that Billy Mitchell has met the "minimal merit" standard necessary to move forward to trial in his defamation case against the high-score adjudicators at the Twin Galaxies organization. But the ruling doesn't specifically weigh in on the conflicting evidence presented so far, and it suggests that both sides have some chance of prevailing at trial.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/billy-mitchells-donkey-kong-high-score-case-will-move-forward-to-trial/?source=Snapzu

This pretty e-paper smart calendar is everything I want in a gadget

A designer named Kosho Tsuboi has conceived a beautiful gadget idea. His product, the Magic Calendar, is an e-paper calendar that syncs with a smartphone to display your schedule. The project is associated with Google’s Android Experiments, which appears to be a Japanese program in which creators can pitch ideas for Android-centered gadgets.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/22/15028600/magic-calendar-e-paper-japan?source=Snapzu

Google compares similar apps head-to-head in new Play Store experiment

As one of the most important apps on a smartphone, Google is always making tweaks to the Play Store to improve its usability and design. Earlier this month, a controversial test was spotted that took hamburgers off the menu. Now the Play Store is experimenting with a new change that shows direct comparisons between similar apps to let users decide which best fits their needs.
Read more: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/28/google-compares-similar-apps-head-to-head-in-new-play-store-experiment/?source=Snapzu

Burglar caught sleeping next to half-eaten cheesecake

Police responding to a report of a break-in at a bar and restaurant found the burglar asleep at the scene next to a half-eaten cheesecake. Mark Cooper, 41, was roused by the arresting officers on Saturday morning in Sunderland and jailed for 26 weeks by magistrates on Monday, Northumbria Police said.
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/videos/burglar-caught-sleeping-next-to-half-eaten-cheesecake-39678993.html?source=Snapzu

Demand for the iPhone 12 Pro reportedly surprised Apple

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently suggested there was stronger than expected demand for the iPhone 12 Pro, and that is backed by a new supply-chain report. Apple reportedly expected demand for the iPhone 12 Pro to be lower than that for the standard model iPhone 12, but it appears this isn’t the case …
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2020/10/29/demand-for-the-iphone-12-pro/?source=Snapzu

Cyberpunk 2077 developers ask for basic human decency after receiving death threats over game delay

Developers at CD Projekt Red are highlighting unacceptable harassment.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/28/21538525/cyberpunk-2077-cd-projekt-red-death-threats-game-delay?source=Snapzu

MLB To Investigate Justin Turner For Intentionally Exposing Team To Coronavirus

The Dodgers third baseman returned to the field and removed his mask to celebrate the team's World Series win — after testing positive during the game.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justin-turner-mlb-dodgers-world-series-covid_n_5f99c480c5b6c265d8eff507?source=Snapzu

Samsung posts highest revenue ever after boost in flagship phone sales

Samsung Electronics has announced quarterly earnings for the July-September 2020 period, making 66.96 trillion won (~$59 billion) in revenue and 12.35 trillion (~$11 billion) in operating profit. That’s the highest quarterly revenue figure ever for the Korean electronics giant, which says that it was able to meet a boost in customer demand following COVID-19 disruption.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/29/21539702/samsung-q3-earnings-record-revenue-phone-sales?source=Snapzu

World-first research allows people with paralysis to control computers with their thoughts

Australian researchers have developed a technology which allows people with upper-limb paralysis to text, email and perform online tasks using their thoughts and eye movements.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-29/bionic-breakthrough-people-with-paralysis-to-control-computers/12825048?source=Snapzu

Apple reportedly steps up effort to build Google search alternative

Apple has quietly increased its efforts to develop its own search technology for iPhones, according to a report by The Financial Times (FT), as regulators scrutinize the multibillion-dollar payments that Google makes each year to ensure that its search engine is installed as a default search tool.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/28/apple-steps-up-effort-to-build-google-search-alternative.html?source=Snapzu

Louis Vuitton Launches $961 Covid19 Face Shield

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Three dead as woman beheaded in France, gunman killed in second incident

A knife-wielding attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar” beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a suspected terrorist act at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, while a man waving a gun was shot dead by police in a separate incident.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-security-nice-idUSKBN27E17D?source=Snapzu

Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products

The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place so-called back doors into commercial technology products, in a controversial practice...
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Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground

Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/right-to-repair.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab?source=Snapzu

Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground

Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/right-to-repair.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab?source=Snapzu

How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills

Neil Ansell became a hermit entirely by accident. Back in the 1980s, he was living in a squat in London with 20 other people. Then someone made him an offer he couldn’t refuse: a cottage in the Welsh mountains, with rent of just £100 ($130) per year. This was a place so wild, the night sky was a continuous carpet of stars – and the neighbours were a pair of ravens, who had lived in the same cedar tree for 20 years.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201022-how-solitude-and-isolation-can-change-how-you-think?source=Snapzu

India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system.

Engineers and advocates of the lowest-ranked caste say that tech companies don't understand caste bias and haven't explicitly prohibited caste-based discrimination.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/27/indian-caste-bias-silicon-valley/?source=Snapzu

Tesla's Autopilot a 'distant second' to GM's Super Cruise system in Consumer Reports testing

GM's Super Cruise driver-assist system topped Consumer Reports testing of such technologies, leaving Tesla's Autopilot "a distant second."
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/10/28/gms-super-cruise-tops-teslas-autopilot-in-consumer-reports-testing.html?source=Snapzu

New Windows 10 update permanently removes Adobe Flash

Adobe's Flash Player will be gone forever on Windows 10 after this update is installed.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/?source=Snapzu

Jared Kushner bragged in April that Trump was taking the country 'back from the doctors'

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how the President had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, comments that came as more than 40,000 Americans already had died from the virus, which was ravaging New York City.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/woodward-kushner-coronavirus-doctors/index.html?source=Snapzu

Jack Dorsey: Twitter has no influence over elections

The claim is sure to stir irritation on both the right and left.
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Amazon Argues Users Don't Actually Own Purchased Prime Video Content

by Ashley Cullins
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/amazon-argues-users-dont-actually-own-purchased-prime-video-content?source=Snapzu

Quest 2 Jailbreak Effort Reports Success Bypassing Facebook Services

Calls for a Quest 2 ‘jailbreak’—a means of freeing the device from Facebook account requirements and other software-based restrictions—cropped up within days of the headset’s release. Today, less than two weeks later, the first jailbreak for the headset has reportedly been verified.
Read more: https://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-quest-2-jailbreak-success/?source=Snapzu

Where’s the sea ice? 3 reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters

With the setting of the sun and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would normally be crusted with sea ice along the Siberian coast by now. But this year, the water is still open. I’ve watched the region’s transformations since the 1980s as an Arctic climate scientist and, since 2008, as director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. I can tell you, this is not normal. There’s so much more heat in the ocean now than there used to be that the pattern of autumn ice growth has been completely disrupted.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/wheres-the-sea-ice-3-reasons-the-arctic-freeze-is-unseasonably-late-and-why-it-matters-148918?source=Snapzu

China experiencing a drone ‘revolution’ in agriculture

While China is leading the way in military uses for drones, it is facing a revolution of sorts in another sector. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones in agriculture is expanding in China at a speed unmatched in other countries thanks to advances in autonomous navigation technology and the presence of competent operators, Nikkei Asia reported this week.
Read more: https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/china-experiencing-a-drone-revolution-in-agriculture/?source=Snapzu

Fedora 33: Honing Linux's cutting edge

When it comes to a Linux distribution that explores the outer limits of what Linux can do, Fedora should be your distro.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/honing-linuxs-cutting-edge-fedora-33/?source=Snapzu