Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs

Personal injury law firms are using location-based mobile ads to target people as they enter emergency rooms. The trend is raising concerns among patients and health privacy experts.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/25/613127311/digital-ambulance-chasers-law-firms-send-ads-to-patients-phones-inside-ers?source=Snapzu

The financial scandal no one is talking about

The long read: Accountancy used to be boring – and safe. But today it’s neither. Have the ‘big four’ firms become too cosy with the system they’re supposed to be keeping in check?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/29/the-financial-scandal-no-one-is-talking-about-big-four-accountancy-firms?source=Snapzu

Everything you need to know about the Italian political crisis — which is 9 years in the making and could bring about the demise of the eurozone

The eurozone looks like it may be about to plunge headlong into another crisis, as the political situation in its third largest economy, Italy, deteriorates rapidly.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/italy-politics-crisis-what-you-need-to-known-2018-5?source=Snapzu

10 massive corporations going big on solar power

Sustainable Energy looks at the top 10 corporations in the U.S. by their installed capacity of solar power.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/28/10-massive-corporations-going-big-on-solar-power.html?source=Snapzu

How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money

The long read: For decades, politicians have welcomed the super-rich with open arms. Now they’re finally having second thoughts. But is it too late?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/25/how-britain-let-russia-hide-its-dirty-money?source=Snapzu

Eighties Babies Are Officially the Brokest Generation

A Federal Reserve study shows Americans born between 1980 and 1989 have 34 percent lower net worths than they should for their age.
Read more: https://slate.com/business/2018/05/millennials-are-in-a-deep-financial-hole-compared-to-past-generations.html?source=Snapzu

Hello, You've Reached Gotham's Reckoning. How May I Direct Your Call?

How many times has this happened to you? You’re trying to organize the destruction of a major metropolitan area and the overthrow of a system you view as irredeemably corrupt, but you keep having to step out of the office to take a call. That problem is no more thanks to Bloxvox, the voice muffling muzzle that lets you plot to fulfill Ra’s al Ghul’s destiny from the comfort of your desk.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/hello-youve-reached-gothams-reckoning-how-may-i-direc-1826276053?source=Snapzu

The best, worst, and most repetitive emails of the GDPR

The GDPR promises to reshape our relationship with data privacy. So far, that means emails. So many emails.
Read more: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90173590/the-best-worst-and-most-repetitive-emails-of-gdpr?source=Snapzu

Why Is the New Right Obsessed With Bitcoin?

“Crypto is an oddball fucking thing…” By Davis Richardson.
Read more: http://observer.com/2018/05/new-right-bitcoin-obsessed/?source=Snapzu

McDonald's shareholders vote against plastic straw study

McDonald's shareholders Thursday turned aside a proposal to take the first step toward a ban on plastic straws. A shareholder proposal backed by a consumer group received only 7.65% of the vote at the company's annual meeting. The measure would have required McDonald's to prepare a report to shareholders about the business risks of using plastic straws.
Read more: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/05/24/mcdonalds-shareholders-vote-keep-plastic-straws/640916002/?source=Snapzu

Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts

The F.D.A. banned the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animals last year. One organic cattle farmer is sure the ban is being flouted.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/opinion/sunday/meat-antibiotics-organic-farming.html?source=Snapzu

Google 'stole my video footage'

Film-maker claims his footage has been misused, after an internal Google video leaks online.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44228756?source=Snapzu

Journalists Are Playing Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands

They fed the troll. He’s winning. By Felix Salmon.
Read more: https://slate.com/business/2018/05/elon-musk-vs-reporters-the-tesla-ceo-is-winning.html?source=Snapzu

The DC Cybersecurity Think Tank Caught Using Fake Twitter Accounts Has Lost Sponsors, And Its Shady Cofounder Is Gone

Following a BuzzFeed News investigation, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology cofounder James Scott [spamming Snapzu as /u/Cyberdotnet et al.] has “voluntarily decided to step away” and a law firm will review claims about him. By Craig Silverman.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/dc-think-tank-james-scott-mcafee-centrify-fake-twitter-icit?source=Snapzu

Spotify Agrees to Fork Over $112 Million to Artists in Class Action Settlement

Spotify has faced a number of accusations regarding violations of copyright in recent years and this week saw one of those looming lawsuits put to bed. On Tuesday, a federal judge approved a $112 million settlement in a class action suit that accused Spotify of failing to adequately pay artists for the use of their music. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the settlement, which marks the conclusion of two separate lawsuits filed by musicians David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Melissa Ferrick that were combined into a class action.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/spotify-agrees-to-fork-over-112-million-to-artists-in-1826279535?source=Snapzu

What Do Free Markets Advocates Think About Bitcoin?

What libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, and proponents of the Austrian school of economics, all have in common is their love for free markets and disdain for state intervention. Many evangelists of these schools of thought have thus publicly praised decentralized digital currencies, such as bitcoin, as they provide individuals with personal financial sovereignty and allows them to store their wealth in an asset whose value cannot be controlled by the actions of central banks.
Read more: https://btcmanager.com/what-do-free-markets-advocates-think-about-bitcoin/?source=Snapzu

Big Brother Goes Digital

In the twenty-first century, new technologies have emerged that enable companies as varied as Amazon, the British supermarket chain Tesco, Bank of America, Hitachi, and the management consultants Deloitte to achieve continuous oversight of their workers’ behavior. By Simon Head.
Read more: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/24/big-brother-goes-digital/?source=Snapzu

And Now, For His Grand Finale, Paul Ryan Is Trying to Kick a Million People Off Food Stamps

Classic Paul. By Jordan Weissmann.
Read more: https://slate.com/business/2018/05/paul-ryan-is-trying-to-kick-a-million-people-off-food-stamps.html?source=Snapzu

Ariane chief seems frustrated with SpaceX for driving down launch costs

“I cannot tell my teams: 'Goodbye, see you next year!'”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/05/ariane-chief-seems-frustrated-with-spacex-for-driving-down-launch-costs/?source=Snapzu

How 2 Million People Loved MoviePass Nearly to Death

Hannah Wolfe became a MoviePass Inc. member, hit the pricey theaters of New York, and began doing her part to drive the company out of business. Since paying the $9.95 monthly fee for the movie-a-day service in January, Wolfe has seen Black Panther and most of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Best Picture nominees. Twelve films in total, at no additional cost to her. “It seemed a little too good to be true, especially in New York where movies cost like $16 each,” she says. “It feels like I haven’t paid for the ticket.”
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-16/with-vultures-circling-moviepass-still-believes-in-a-happy-ending?source=Snapzu

FCC Commissioner Says the Agency Is a Shill for ISPs as She Slams the Door on Her Way Out

In an interview just prior to leaving the FCC this month, former Commissioner Mignon Clyburn took aim at the agency where she worked for nearly nine years, saying it has abandoned its mission to safeguard consumers and protect their privacy and speech. Clyburn, a net neutrality proponent who served as interim FCC chief in 2013, equated the FCC’s mission to the Starfleet Prime Directive, saying the agency’s top priority is to ensure “affordable, efficient, and effective” access to communications—a directive it has effectively deserted under the new administration, working instead to advance the causes of “last-mile monopolies.”
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/fcc-commissioner-says-the-agency-is-a-shill-for-isps-as-1826203464?source=Snapzu

Drugs minister accused of 'hypocrisy on a grand scale' over husband's involvement in legal cannabis farm

Victoria Atkins has been accused of "hypocrisy on a grand scale" after it emerged that she voluntarily recused herself from speaking for the government on cannabis and other aspects of her drugs brief, because her husband was involved with a legal cannabis farm.   The Home Office minister and former criminal drugs prosecutor has previously spoken out against both legalising and regulating the drug. 
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/drugs-minister-victoria-atkins-hypocrisy-cannabis-paul-kenward-british-sugar-a8356056.html?source=Snapzu

Study finds Uber drivers make less than minimum wage

A new analysis about Uber drivers’ wages finds that they take home about $9.21 an hour, or less than minimum wage in many of the biggest markets where the ride-hailing service operates. The analysis, by the pro-labor think tank Economic Policy Institute, builds on a recent MIT study that at first said that Uber drivers made an average of $3.37 an hour, then revised that figure to a median $8.55 an hour.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-uber-driver-wages-20180518-story.html?source=Snapzu

The Gig Economy

“But it is my firm conviction that the ‘Hell of England’ will cease to be that of ‘not making money;’ that we shall get a nobler Hell and a nobler Heaven!” — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present. By Zero HP Lovecraft.
Read more: https://zerohplovecraft.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/the-gig-economy-2/?source=Snapzu

Ethanol Is a Never-Ending Gravy Train for Corn Farmers and Ethanol Producers. But What About the Rest of America?

What angers me are the legislative and regulatory mandates that force us to buy gasoline that is 10 percent ethanol—even though it gets lower mileage than 100 percent gasoline, brings none of the proclaimed benefits (environmental or otherwise), drives up food prices, and damages small engines. In fact, in most areas, it’s almost impossible to find E-zero gasoline, and that problem will get worse as mandates increase.
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/ethanol-is-a-never-ending-gravy-train-for-corn-farmers-and-ethanol-producers-but-what-about-the-rest-of-america/?source=Snapzu

Oil and gas company owned by prominent Fort Worth family files for bankruptcy

Enduro Resource Partners, an oil and natural gas exploration company founded in 2010 by the prominent Fort Worth father-and-son team Jon Brumley and Jonny Brumley, has filed for bankruptcy reorganization as the company prepares to sell its holdings in six states. The company has been "undermined by persistently low oil and gas prices during the past several years," Kimberly Weimer, Enduro's chief financial officer, said in the documents, filed in Delaware Tuesday. Enduro's debt, she said, "became insurmountable."
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article211327564.html?source=Snapzu

Sony Lays Off 12 at Crackle; More Cuts Likely Coming in TV, Film Units (EXCLUSIVE)

Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra is continuing to streamline the studio with a series of new cost-saving cutbacks and realignments across its television and movie divisions aimed at improving the bottom line.
Read more: http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/sony-lays-off-12-at-crackle-more-cuts-likely-coming-in-tv-film-units-exclusive-1202814305/?source=Snapzu

Why I Left Goldman Sachs and Wall Street Glory for Crypto

Back in 2008, I had it all, first as a statistical arbitrage trader with Goldman Sachs and then as a senior trader at two of Asia’s top hedge funds, managing upwards of $1.5 billion. I traded equities, foreign exchange, equity derivatives and convertible bonds. I even started my own fund, which raised $20 million in assets in its first year.
Read more: http://news.bilbord.rs/why-i-left-goldman-sachs-and-wall-street-glory-for-crypto/?source=Snapzu

Congress wants to extend the copyright on some sound recordings to 144 years

Congress wants to extend the copyright on some sound recordings to 144 years
Read more: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/18/orrin-fucking-hatch.html?source=Snapzu

Bankers Against Bitcoin 'Protest' Shows How Innovation Threatens Major Banks

The 2018 Consensus conference in New York was packed with numerous DLT insiders. But outside, Genesis Mining created a spectacle by staging a protest by “Bankers Against Bitcoin,” a group they helped create and support.
Read more: https://cryptodisrupt.com/bankers-against-bitcoin-protest-shows-how-innovation-threatens-major-banks/?source=Snapzu

How Baby Boomers Broke America

Lately, most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, have been asking themselves some version of the same question: How did we get here? How did the world’s greatest democracy and economy become a land of crumbling roads, galloping income inequality, bitter polarization and dysfunctional government?
Read more: http://time.com/5280446/baby-boomer-generation-america-steve-brill/?source=Snapzu

Almost half of Australian big business moving to renewables

Almost half of Australia’s large businesses are actively transitioning to cheaper renewable energy, including many going off the grid by building their own generators and battery storage, as power bills threaten their bottom line. A new report by the Climate Council details the increased speed of a business-led transition to renewables as power bills have increased. The average household and small-business energy bill is more than 80% higher than a decade ago. Gas prices have increased threefold in five years.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/15/almost-half-of-australian-big-business-moving-to-renewables?source=Snapzu

Texas doctor faces $240 million health care fraud case

Maria Zapata went to see Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada a little more than five years ago because one of her knees was bothering her. The rheumatologist told her that she had arthritis and that he'd give her injections "to strengthen the cartilage" in her knee, she said. Her husband asked, "Why are you giving her so many injections?" The doctor reassured them that the treatment would help.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/15/health/texas-doctor-medical-fraud-bn/index.html?source=Snapzu

Tim Cook confirms Apple Music's 50 million users, big push into tv and movies

In a wide-ranging interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook divulged Apple Music subscriber numbers, and said that a strong push into television and movies is underway. In an appearance on Bloomberg Television on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations,", Cook was forthcoming about paid versus trial Apple Music subscribers. He said that in total, the service has more than 50 million users between paid members and trials, in contrast to the 40 million paid subscribers the company declared in April.
Read more: https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/15/tim-cook-confirms-apple-musics-50-million-users-big-push-into-tv-and-movies?source=Snapzu

By ending the Iran deal, Trump has put America on the path to war

We need to try to talk with Iran’s government, seek a better relationship with the Iranian people, and a more constructive role for Iran in the region. By Bernie Sanders.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/14/nuclear-deal-trump-america-war?source=Snapzu

Motorola's Foldable Device Patent Approved

Chinese smartphone maker Motorola's patent for a foldable device, which includes a rectangular screen that can be folded like a phone or unfolded to work like a tablet, has been approved by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The phone patent shows a flexible display that wraps around a hinge along with a cover that can protect the display or prop the phone up like a tent.
Read more: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/motorolas-foldable-device-patent-approved-1747593.html?source=Snapzu

The food you buy really is shrinking

Chocolate bars, toilet rolls, breakfast cereal and toothpaste are just some of the thousands of products that have been getting smaller, but what is really driving 'shrinkflation'?
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180510-the-food-you-buy-really-is-shrinking?source=Snapzu

Xerox Drops Fujifilm Merger Plan, Strikes a Deal With Activists

Xerox said it will back out of its merger deal with Fujifilm Holdings Corp. as it reached a new settlement with activist shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/xerox-drops-fujifilm-merger-plan-strikes-a-deal-with-activists-1526251867?source=Snapzu

Why Traditional TV Is in Trouble

Dropping ratings, especially among young people, and more viewing options mean broadcast TV is in a precarious position as it pitches itself to advertisers.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/business/media/television-advertising.html?source=Snapzu

Many Venezuelan Workers Are Leaving The Job, And The Country

Caracas resident Barbara Rojas used to have a coveted position at Venezuela's state-run oil company, the kind of job that not so long ago people would hang on to until retirement due to the generous pay and benefits. But in February, Rojas quit her job as an office administrator. She was disgusted that hyperinflation and the collapse of Venezuela's currency had rendered her wages nearly worthless. Rojas points out that nearly half of the 149 people in her office have walked off the job.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/05/12/610132680/many-venezuelan-workers-are-leaving-the-job-and-the-country?source=Snapzu

Klout is dead – how will people continuously rank themselves online now?

The app that analysed and scored users’ online followings has closed after 10 years – to make way for a tool that may cheapen social media even further
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/may/11/klout-is-dead-how-will-people-continously-rank-themselves-online-now?source=Snapzu

In Blow to Monsanto, India's Top Court Upholds Decision That Seeds Cannot Be Patented

In an another legal blow to Monsanto, India's Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Delhi High Court's ruling that the seed giant cannot claim patents for Bollgard and Bollgard II, its genetically modified cotton seeds, in the country. Monsanto's chief technology officer Robert Fraley, who just announced that he and other top executives are stepping down from the company after Bayer AG's multi-billion dollar takeover closes, lamented the news.
Read more: https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-india-cotton-patent-2566752905.html?source=Snapzu

GameStop CEO quits after three months on the job

GameStop today announced the resignation of chief executive officer Michael K. Mauler, who left the company “for personal reasons, effective immediately.” Mauler was CEO of GameStop for a surprisingly brief stint; he was appointed to the position in February 2018. Daniel A. DeMatteo, executive chairman of the board of directors for GameStop, will serve as interim CEO. DeMatteo is one of GameStop’s co-founders and served as interim CEO after J. Paul Raines left the position for health reasons in 2017. Raines died in March, one month after Mauler was named as his successor.
Read more: https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/11/17344826/gamestop-ceo-michael-mauler-resignation?source=Snapzu

She didn't see it coming: psychic arrested for $800,000 fraud

Despite her self-proclaimed clairvoyance, a New York City psychic was arrested by the NYPD, in the latest example of fortune-teller fraud
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/12/new-york-psychic-arrested-zoe-fortune-teller?source=Snapzu

Don’t listen to Big Cattle — lab-grown meat should still be called “meat”

There are still plenty of questions we need to answer, but let’s be realistic about how we use language
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/11/17344332/lab-grown-meat-clean-meat-fda-usda-regulation-politics-government?source=Snapzu

Australia Bans Cash For All Purchases Over $7,500 Starting July of 2019

Australia’s Liberal Party government has announced that it will soon be illegal to purchase anything over $10,000 AU ($7,500 US) with cash. The government says it’s, “encouraging the transition to a digital society,” and cracking down on tax evasion. But not everyone is happy with the move.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/australia-bans-cash-for-all-purchases-over-7-500-start-1825946888?source=Snapzu

Switzerland’s valley of the cable cars

To the farming families of Switzerland’s Engelberg region, cable cars aren’t built for ski holidays and scenic views. They’re vital to daily life.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180509-switzerlands-valley-of-the-cable-cars?source=Snapzu

Serial 'Dine-and-Dash Dater' leaving women with restaurant bills

A smooth criminal in Los Angeles is being called the "Dine-and-Dash Dater" after leaving several women with restaurant bills. One of the victims, who did not want to be identified, told CNN affiliate KCAL that she met Paul Gonzales on a dating app and went to dinner with him.
Read more: http://www.wfla.com/national/serial-dine-and-dash-dater-leaving-women-with-restaurant-bills/1167672544?source=Snapzu

Boeing to lose $20B as Trump withdraws from Iran pact: report

Boeing will reportedly lose billions of dollars in deals with Iranian airline companies after President Trump announced that the U.S. will be withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. Boeing is losing a $17 billion contract to deliver 80 aircraft to Iran Air, according to The Washington Post, which added that deliveries were expected to be completed by 2025.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386849-boeing-losing-20-billion-as-trump-withdraws-from-iran-pact?source=Snapzu

U.S. airlines pocketed $15.5 billion last year, including a record $4.6 billion in bag fees

The good times for the nation's airlines continued last year, with the country's largest carriers reporting a combined profit of $15.5 billion, including $4.6 billion from baggage fees. The 23 largest airlines reported a combined after-tax profit for the fifth consecutive year, representing a strong rebound from nearly a decade of losses following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the economic recession that followed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-airline-profits-20180507-story.html?source=Snapzu