Google to Comply With EU Search Demands to Avoid More Fines

Google will comply with Europe’s demands to change the way it runs its shopping search service, a rare instance of the internet giant bowing to regulatory pressure to avoid more fines.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-29/google-faces-tuesday-deadline-as-clock-ticks-toward-new-eu-fines?source=Snapzu

'Storm stilettos': Melania's flood fashion making waves

First Lady Melania Trump is making waves for her flood fashion after boarding a flight to Texas in heels.
Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/08/30/storm-stilettos-melanias-flood-fashion-making-waves?source=Snapzu

Florida professor fired after suggesting Harvey was 'karma' for Texas

The tweets, which have since been deleted, have spread across the internet.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/29/florida-professor-fired-after-suggesting-harvey-karma-texas/612335001/?source=Snapzu

Stormfront: 'murder capital of internet' pulled offline after civil rights action

One of the oldest and largest neo-nazi sites on the internet, the white supremacist chatroom Stormfront, has been thrown off the open web by its hosting provider. Stormfront has been described by the anti-hate group Southern Poverty Law Center as the “murder capital of the internet”. The group pointed out that “registered Stormfront users have been disproportionately responsible for some of the most lethal hate crimes and mass killings since the site was put up in 1995.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/29/stormfront-neo-nazi-hate-site-murder-internet-pulled-offline-web-com-civil-rights-action?source=Snapzu

Uber to scrap its most disturbing feature

Uber has decided to reverse its controversial move to track users even after their trips have ended. The company had claimed it would help ensure customers’ physical safety, but says the manner in which it introduced the change was wrong. Following an update last November, the app forced users to choose between letting Uber always collect their location data or never collect it.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uber-app-privacy-controversial-location-tracking-permissions-a7918031.html?source=Snapzu

Quebec man fights back after dealer remotely disables car over $200 fee

A Quebec man is back on the road after a dealership remotely disabled his vehicle over his refusal to pay an extra $200 fee to remove the device used to immobilize it - something consumer advocates say may have broken the law.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-man-fights-back-after-dealer-remotely-disables-car-over-200-fee-1.4265588?source=Snapzu

Meet the young woman that Harvard believes is the next Einstein

Being compared to geniuses like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein is not something that happens to the average person. So when we tell you that Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski is far from your average human, we mean it. At the age of just 23, Paterski has already accomplished more than most of us ever will in our lifetime. When she was only 14-years-old, the Chicago native, constructed her own single engine airplane - by herself.
Read more: https://www.indy100.com/article/young-woman-sabrina-gonzalez-pasterski-physicists-albert-einstein-stephen-hawking-harvard-university-7914441?source=Snapzu