Floating wind turbines could solve our energy issues

Offshore wind turbines are a great idea. When wind farms are built in the sea, people cannot complain about their looks, noise or shaddows. They can also be more efficient, because the wind is not blocked by mountains, buildings or forests.
Read more: https://www.technology.org/2021/05/30/floating-wind-turbines-could-solve-our-energy-issues/?source=Snapzu

Beer byproduct mixed with manure proves an excellent pesticide

The use of many chemical fumigants in agriculture have been demonstrated to be harmful to human health and the environment and therefore banned from use. Now, in an effort to reduce waste from the agricultural industry and reduce the amounts of harmful chemicals used, researchers have investigated using organic byproducts from beer production and farming as a potential method to disinfest soils, preserve healthy soil microorganisms and increase crop yields.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2021-05-beer-byproduct-manure-excellent-pesticide.html?source=Snapzu

Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit that owns Wikipedia and other volunteer-written websites, is about to reach its 10-year goal of creating a $100 million endowment five years earlier than it planned. Its total funds, which have risen by about $200 million over the past five years, now stand at around $300 million.
Read more: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/?source=Snapzu

Amazon to Soon Experiment Sharing Your Internet With Neighbors

On June 8, Amazon will unleash a program that will see all Amazon users share their bandwidth with neighbors unless they choose to opt out. The service is called Amazon Sidewalk and it is explained by the firm as follows...
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/amazon-to-share-your-internet-with-neighbors?source=Snapzu

A bitcoin accumulation uptrend could result in a BTC price ‘double pump' similar to that seen in 2013

According to Glassnode data, the recent drop in Bitcoin's (BTC) price from around $65,000 to as low as $30,000 did not compel long-term holders to sell. Just as BTC/USD bids were plummeting, the on-chain analytics platform reported a rise in Bitcoin reserves stored in wallets with lower unspent output.
Read more: https://www.dailystockmarketnews.in/2021/05/a-bitcoin-accumulation-uptrend-could.html?m=1?source=Snapzu

Woman wins $2 million after buying lottery ticket for the wrong drawing

A North Carolina woman is $1.4 million richer after buying a lottery ticket for a drawing she was not trying to enter.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/us/woman-wins-wrong-powerball-drawing-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Ex-'Tarzan' Actor Among 7 Plane Crash Victims In Tennessee

Actor Joe Lara, who played Tarzan in the television series "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures," has died in a plane crash near Nashville.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ex-tarzan-actor-among-7-plane-crash-victims-in-tennessee_n_60b3e94ce4b04ddf13ef802f?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067?source=Snapzu

Couple Buys $7,000 Camera from Amazon, Gets Empty Boxes Instead

Amazon initially denied a request for refund, stating delivery had been "verified."
Read more: https://petapixel.com/2021/05/26/couple-buys-7000-camera-from-amazon-gets-empty-boxes-instead/?source=Snapzu

Air Pollution From Factory Farms Is Killing Us

Anew study has revealed that air pollution coming from agriculture leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths every year. Of the 15,900 deaths related to food production, the vast majority—80 percent—were linked to animal-based foods, “both directly from animal production and indirectly from growing animal feed.”
Read more: https://sentientmedia.org/air-pollution-from-factory-farms-is-killing-us/?source=Snapzu

Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decade

This March, as Mongolian herder Batsaikhan Enkhee tended to his sheep, the sky suddenly darkened. The wind picked up, filling his shoes and shirt with coarse, heavy sand. A massive sandstorm had engulfed the Mongolian grasslands. "It was dark like the night," Batsaikhanm, 53, told NPR. "I thought I would die."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/05/30/1000530563/buried-alive-in-mongolias-worst-sandstorms-in-a-decade?source=Snapzu

Nintendo Switch Pro listing just popped up on Amazon

When an Amazon listing pops up for a Nintendo Switch Pro, it's all but certain that it'll be coming out soon. Twitter user @Alphabeat_g spotted a Switch Pro listing when perusing through Amazon's Mexico website. The listing showed a blank page with "New Nintendo Switch Pro" plastered up top and Nintendo listed as the seller. This further confirms a Bloomberg report claiming that the Nintendo Switch Pro be coming out this year, it will be announced before or during E3, to which pre-orders should start soon thereafter.
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nintendo-switch-pro-listing-just-popped-up-on-amazon?source=Snapzu

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes

The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of its own: The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, in front of their families.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-mexico-police-f6ea7798ca3cc171ac13b3a5a6a6c266?source=Snapzu

Judge Gave Drug Dealer a Second Chance. 16 Years Later, He Swore Him In As a Lawyer.

The difference between finding justice and following the letter of the law sometimes takes a simple act of compassion. Where others might have seen an incorrigible offender, one judge saw promise—and following a hunch, he acted on his intuition.
Read more: https://www.newshables.com/2021/05/29/choose-gave-drug-seller-a-second-likelihood-16-years-later-he-swore-him-in-as-a-lawyer/?source=Snapzu

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured amazing images of clouds on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of clouds on Mars— as described in its blog post: “wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting sun, some of them shimmering with color.” According to NASA clouds are rare in the thin atmosphere of Mars, but usually form at its equator during its coldest time of year. Scientists noticed that last year — two years ago in Earth time— there were clouds beginning to form earlier than expected, so this year they were ready.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/29/22460017/nasa-curiosity-rover-captured-images-clouds-on-mars?source=Snapzu

Opinion: COVID-19′s demographic fallout has begun: We have fewer babies, fewer immigrants and more trouble ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic is shifting the shape of population in countries around the world, both in lives lost and in babies not born. We are becoming fewer even faster than before. More than a year after governments closed borders, shut down businesses and ordered people to stay home, the latest data show significant declines in fertility in some countries – declines that could become permanent. At the other end of life, so many people have died prematurely that life expectancy has gone down in some countries. This pandemic will influence the demographic makeup of countries, including Canada, for years to come.
Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-covid-19s-demographic-fallout-has-begun-we-have-fewer-babies-fewer/?source=Snapzu

Adversarial attacks in machine learning: What they are and how to stop them

Adversarial machine learning, a technique that attempts to fool models with deceptive data, is a growing threat in the AI and machine learning research community. The most common reason is to cause a malfunction in a machine learning model. An adversarial attack might entail presenting a model with inaccurate or misrepresentative data as it’s training, or introducing maliciously designed data to deceive an already trained model.
Read more: https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/29/adversarial-attacks-in-machine-learning-what-they-are-and-how-to-stop-them/?source=Snapzu

Working Less Is a Matter of Life and Death

Search online “work too much” and you’ll get screenfuls of information about the harmful medical, mental and social consequences of spending too much time on the job, going all the way back to that old saw first recorded in the 17th century, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/opinion/work-hours-us-health.html?source=Snapzu

Chinese cargo spacecraft docks with orbital station

An automated spacecraft docked with China's new space station Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.
Read more: https://phys.org/news/2021-05-chinese-cargo-spacecraft-docks-orbital.html?source=Snapzu

Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, 19, dies after crash in qualifying

ason Dupasquier, a 19-year-old Swiss Moto3 rider, has died after being involved in a serious crash during Saturday's qualifying session at the Italian Grand Prix, MotoGP announced on Sunday. "Dupasquier was involved in a multi-rider incident between Turns 9 and 10, with the session Red Flagged thereafter," the statement read.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/30/motorsport/jason-dupasquier-moto3-rider-dies-spt-intl/index.html?source=Snapzu

Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says

Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at the site, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tk-eml%C3%BAps-te-secw%C3%A9pemc-215-children-former-kamloops-indian-residential-school-1.6043778?source=Snapzu

Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’

Teasing out some new info about Tesla’s truck.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/28/22456878/tesla-cybertruck-patent-applications-ui-armor-glass-tonneau-cover?source=Snapzu

World's Tiniest Pig at 10-Inches Tall, Once Thought Extinct, Is Returning to the Wild

Acting as an important keystone species in its grassland home, the 10-inch tall pygmy hog in North India is coming back from the brink.
Read more: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-tiny-pygmy-hog-is-coming-back-from-extinction-into-north-india/?source=Snapzu

New AI supercomputer will help create the largest-ever 3D map of the universe

A new AI supercomputer, Perlmutter, is powerful enough that it will be used to help make the largest-ever 3D map of the universe.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/perlmutter-ai-supercomputer-3d-universe-map-200437484.html?source=Snapzu

20% tax on Cryptocurrency in South Korea to reduce illegal projects

In recent years, South Korea had a profitable crypto market, featured by the “kimchi premium,” a prominent bitcoin market indicator. The kimchi premium represents the contrast between bitcoins price on South Korean bitcoins and the going rate on other worldwide exchange venues. The market variance results from South Korea’s capital controls and commands limiting foreign investors from trading on domestic exchanges.
Read more: https://news.todayq.com/news/20-tax-on-cryptocurrency-in-south-korea-to-reduce-illegal-projects/?source=Snapzu

Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

Amazon's experiment wireless mesh networking turns users into guinea pigs.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/?source=Snapzu

Moderna Warns New Waves of Covid-19 Are Coming

Moderna scientists and executives laid out their plans to combat new strains of the virus that causes Covid-19 at a virtual investor event on Thursday, saying that new waves of the epidemic are on their way. “As the virus spreads, it is rapidly mutating,” the company’s chief scientific officer, Melissa Moore, said on the call. “Some of these new viral strains appear to be even more transmissible than the original strain… We already know that some of these new strains are less susceptible to neutralization by our current vaccine.”
Read more: https://www.barrons.com/articles/at-modernas-science-day-focus-is-on-covid-variants-51622204258?source=Snapzu

Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings

Arizona’s attorney general sued the company last year
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/29/22460070/google-difficult-android-privacy-settings-arizona?source=Snapzu

Leaked video details every feature of Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds

Sony's forthcoming WF-1000XM4 earbuds have leaked again, this time courtesy of an official video that was briefly up on YouTube. Unfortunately for Sony, the clip is now on Reddit, where we found it thanks to an Engadget reader. Adding to yesterday's already comprehensive leak, the video provides some additional details on the earbuds.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/sony-wf-1000xm4-headphones-leaked-video-211317836.html?source=Snapzu

How Religion, Education, Race And Media Consumption Shape Conspiracy Theory Beliefs

Religion, education, race and media consumption are strong predictors of conspiracy theory acceptance among Americans, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute. The survey of 5,149 adults living across the United States released on Thursday finds a strong correlation between consuming right-wing media sources and accepting conspiracy theories such as QAnon.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000865185/how-religion-education-race-and-media-consumption-shape-conspiracy-theory-belief?source=Snapzu

Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff

Amazon plans to put "wellness chambers" in its warehouses so that stressed workers can sit inside and watch videos about relaxation. In a video shared on its Twitter account, Amazon said the "AmaZen" chamber would help staff focus on their mental health. But it deleted the post after a wave of ridicule from other social media users. The US retail giant has been repeatedly criticised over working conditions in its facilities.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57287151?source=Snapzu

Asian Americans are patrolling streets across the US to keep their elders safe

Carl Chan was walking in Oakland's Chinatown on his way to meet an Asian elder who had been attacked when a stranger called him a racial slur and hit him on the head. "I am so fortunate to be able to live another day to tell my story," Chan told CNN.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/us/asian-americans-volunteer-foot-patrols/index.html?source=Snapzu

Bill Cosby refuses sex offender program, so is denied parole

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Actor Bill Cosby won't be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. The 83-year-old Cosby has long said he would resist the treatment programs and refuse to acknowledge wrongdoing even if it means serving the full 10-year sentence.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pa-state-wire-bill-cosby-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-1dbde3849fb68ca116fcfa875ca886b7?source=Snapzu

Facebook's attempt to 'depressurize' Instagram is over. Now, hiding likes will be a 'matter of personal choice.'

After years of talking about it, Facebook officially released its likes-hiding option on Facebook and Instagram. Users of both apps can choose to hide the number of likes and reactions for their own posts or others on their feeds. Let's focus on Insta. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said that the hiding likes option was first created to "depressurize the experience" on the platform. But after a bunch of testing, Instagram found that user wellbeing and app usage didn't change when likes were removed.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/facebooks-attempt-to-depressurize-instagram-is-over-now-hiding-likes-will-be-a-matter-of-personal-choice-/articleshow/83062615.cms?source=Snapzu

Apple Watch Series 3 has become a white elephant for Apple

Apple Watch Series 3 has become a problem. Updating the Watch is the worse but for Apple, having a $199 option, is an incredible deal.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/29/comment-apple-watch-series-3-has-become-a-white-elephant-for-apple/?fbclid=IwAR3p5m-vSwzvbvwfj4i50LgNmqJ3ZD5GYy3Bp2vwLX8xXmsT4-SrssKOYf8?source=Snapzu

Scientology's secrets spill into open in Danny Masterson rape case

Women who have accused Danny Masterson of rape testified that Scientology officials tried to stop them from reporting the alleged attacks to police.
Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-27/danny-masterson-rape-trial-secretive-scientology-polices?source=Snapzu

Kim Kardashian Tested Positive For COVID Days After Returning From That Private Island Birthday Trip

It seems that Kim tested positive roughly 10 days after returning from the infamous trip, and the Kardashians decided against disclosing her diagnosis at the time. The revelation came during the latest episode of KUWTK.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elliewoodward/kim-kardashian-covid-19-after-birthday-private-island-trip?source=Snapzu

Despite fix, Apple has yet to address WebKit security bug affecting iPhone and MacOS

While a fix emerged three weeks ago for the WebKit security bug affecting Apple products such as iPhone and Mac, Apple has yet to implement the fix. Researchers at the security firm Theori have found that WebKit mainly causes Safari to crash. However, following a re-check after the supplied fix, they discovered that the bug still remains on both iOS and MacOS.
Read more: https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-apple-webkit-bug-affecting-iphone.html?source=Snapzu

NASA gets billion-dollar increase in Biden's 2022 budget proposal

NASA stands to receive a notable boost in funding to the tune of more than $1 billion if the Biden administration's 2022 budget request works its way through Congress.
Read more: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2021/05/28/nasa-gets-multibillion-dollar-increase-bidens-2022-budget-proposal/7457154002/?source=Snapzu

B.C. fish farms transmit virus to endangered wild Pacific salmon, new study confirms

Fresh research shows piscine orthoreovirus was introduced to southern B.C. from Atlantic salmon eggs roughly 30 years ago, despite assertions from government and industry groups that the virus is 'endemic' to the province
Read more: https://thenarwhal.ca/pacific-salmon-fish-farms-virus/?source=Snapzu

Paul Soles, Voice of Spider-Man in 1960s Animated Series, Dies at 90

Paul Soles, the voice actor who starred in the original animated "Spider-Man" series in the 1960s, has died at the age of 90.
Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/paul-soles-animated-spider-man-voice-1960s-dies-90/?source=Snapzu

Bill Cosby denied parole after he refuses sex offender treatment program

Bill Cosby will not be released from prison anytime soon. The 83-year-old actor, who is currently serving three to 10 years in Pennsylvania state prison after being convicted of sexual assault in 2018, has been denied parole nearly three years into his sentence.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/27/bill-cosby-denied-parole-after-refusing-sex-offender-treatment/7475265002/?source=Snapzu

WhatsApp reverses course, now won’t limit functionality if you don’t accept its new privacy policy

A change of plans.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/28/22458805/whatsapp-privacy-policy-no-plans-limit-functionality?source=Snapzu

World’s largest gaming service Twitch adds ‘transgender’ tag

Twitch, the largest gaming broadcasting site in the world, stated users may add a transgender label to their videos
Read more: https://www.technotification.com/2021/05/worlds-largest-gaming-service-twitch-adds-transgender-tag.html?source=Snapzu

English police hunting cannabis farm instead uncover cryptocurrency mine

Officers raid a property near Birmingham suspected of housing a cannabis farm, but find 100 computer units running Bitcoin mining and stealing electricity.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-29/police-hunting-cannabis-farm-instead-uncover-crypto-mine/100175796?source=Snapzu

Amazon Wants to Eat Health Care Next

The tech giant may be opening its own pharmacies, and Google wants to mine patient data. The goal is not to fix a broken system but to exploit it. A few years ago, attending a tech conference that catered to an industry-friendly audience, I listened as a venture capitalist praised the upcoming possibilities for growth in the U.S. health care market.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/162553/amazon-care-pharmacy-big-tech-universal-healthcare?source=Snapzu

Gurman: Combined HomePod/Apple TV Device Remains in Early Development

Apple's work on a new combined HomePod and Apple TV device is ongoing, according to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman.
Read more: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/28/gurman-combined-homepod-apple-tv-in-development/?source=Snapzu

Danny Masterson’s Rape Accusers Say They Were Silenced by Scientology

During four days of preliminary hearings last week in the rape trial of That ’70s Show actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson, three women detailed how top officials from the celebrity-driven church allegedly tried to silence their accusations, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Read more: https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/scientology-secrets-rape/?source=Snapzu

Cathie Wood says Elon Musk will eventually prove positive for bitcoin - and predicts central banks will begin adding crypto to their balance sheets

Elon Musk's role in highlighting bitcoin's environmental concerns contributed to the recent cryptocurrency crash, but his influence over the digital token will be more constructive going forward, according to Cathie Wood.
Read more: https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-cathie-wood-elon-musk-prove-positive-central-banks-crypto-2021-5-1030474504?source=Snapzu

Humans probably can't live longer than 150 years, new research finds

Science is once again casting doubt on the notion that we could live to be nearly as old as the biblical Methuselah or Mel Brooks' 2,000-year-old man. New research from Singapore-base biotech company Gero looks at how well the human body bounces back from disease, accidents or just about anything else that puts stress on its systems. This basic resilience declines as people age, with an 80-year-old requiring three times as long to recover from stresses as a 40-year-old on average.
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/humans-probably-cant-live-longer-than-150-years-new-research-finds/?source=Snapzu

Bloomberg: Apple 'readying' new third-gen AirPods, fitness-tracking AirPods Pro in 2022

Apple is said to be close to launching new third-generation AirPods according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Debby Wu, after several months of leaks and rumors about the product. The new buds, rendered above, will feature shorter stems and look similar to current-generation AirPods Pro.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/28/bloomberg-apple-readying-new-third-gen-airpods-fitness-tracking-airpods-pro-in-2022/?source=Snapzu