Monday, 29 April 2019

Here are the 15 jobs disappearing the fastest in the US

Here are the 15 jobs disappearing the fastest in the US

The average job in the U.S. will expand its workforce by 7% through 2026, but not all industries will be lucky enough to be adding staff in the future. About 17% of the 818 occupations the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks will actually lose more workers than they add between 2016 and 2026. The number of metal and plastic machines workers is expected to drop 9% in that decade. While other careers, such as locomotive firers, typists and postmasters will suffer a worse fate.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/26/the-15-us-jobs-disappearing-the-fastest.html?source=Snapzu

Four killed when a crane being used for Google’s new Seattle campus fell

Four killed when a crane being used for Google’s new Seattle campus fell

The deadly collapse is expected to bring scrutiny about the safety of the cranes in the city, where tech companies are expanding
Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/crane-collapses-in-downtown-seattle-on-saturday#Echobox=1556486659?source=Snapzu

We All Work for Facebook

We All Work for Facebook

When I was a kid, in the pre-internet days of the 1980s, my screen time was all about Nickelodeon. My favorite show was “You Can’t Do That on Television.” It was a kind of sketch show; the most common punchline was a bucket of green slime being dropped on characters’ heads. It was pretty dumb. It was also created by professional writers, actors, and crew, who were decently paid; many of them belonged to unions.
Read more: https://longreads.com/2019/04/26/we-all-work-for-facebook/?source=Snapzu

Sunday, 28 April 2019

Activists enter Abbotsford pig farm after 'troubling' footage emerges

Activists enter Abbotsford pig farm after 'troubling' footage emerges

Dozens of activists have entered a pig farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Sunday morning, days after "troubling" footage showing conditions inside the farm sparked an SPCA investigation. The video in question, released by PETA, appears to show female pigs and their piglets living in confined gestation crates, along with the bodies of some deceased pigs in varying degrees of decomposition at the Excelsior Hog Farm.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/activists-enter-abbotsford-pig-farm-after-troubling-footage-emerges-1.5114497?source=Snapzu

The OnePlus 7 Pro Makes Sense, But Will Anyone Buy It?

The OnePlus 7 Pro Makes Sense, But Will Anyone Buy It?

"Never Settle" has been the mantra at OnePlus since the very beginning, when the company introduced its OnePlus One smartphone to the world in 2014. Priced at $299 yet powered by a then-top-of-the-line Snapdragon 801 chipset and 3GB of RAM, this OnePlus handset was the flagship killer at a time when flagship killers were few and far between.
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/oneplus-7-pro-preview,news-29938.html?source=Snapzu

Federal Judge Damon Keith, who authored landmark rulings on civil liberties, dies at 96

Federal Judge Damon Keith, who authored landmark rulings on civil liberties, dies at 96

Keith decided cases on some of America's most controversial issues, from school desegregation to government surveillance of citizens
Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/04/28/federal-judge-damon-keith-who-authored-landmark-rulings-civil-liberties-dies-96/1848658002/?source=Snapzu

China targets nuclear fusion power generation by 2040

China targets nuclear fusion power generation by 2040

China aims to complete and start generating power from an experimental nuclear fusion reactor by around 2040, a senior scientist involved in the project said, as it works to develop and commercialize a game-changing source of clean energy.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-nuclearpower-fusion/china-targets-nuclear-fusion-power-generation-by-2040-idUSKCN1RO0NB?source=Snapzu

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