Extra inventory. More sales. Lower prices. How counterfeits benefit Amazon.

Amazon says it has zero tolerance for counterfeit goods. But critics say Amazon hasn’t done enough to thwart sellers of knockoffs.
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Ford Makes Surprise Unveiling of Electric Self-Driving Zero Emissions Truck

Ford made a surprise unveiling by its Turkish design center (Ford Otosan) at this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover, Germany. The American truck manufacturer revealed its F-Vision concept heavy-duty truck, a commercial vehicle that combines clean energy, autonomous driving, and many other futuristic features.
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/ford-makes-surprise-unveiling-of-electric-self-driving-zero-emissions-truck?source=Snapzu

How Experiential Marketing Works: 7 Enlightening Tips

Discover why are brains are wired to make us love video.
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Spotify starts cracking down on friends who share family plans

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HBO Says It Is Leaving the Boxing Business

After 45 years, more than 1,000 fights and some of the most lucrative and disputed matches of all time, HBO is throwing in the towel on professional boxing. What started with a monumental upset seen by a relative handful of customers — George Foreman’s knockout of the heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in 1973 — will come to a close at the end of 2018. The network has no boxing broadcasts scheduled beyond a middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/sports/hbo-boxing.html?source=Snapzu

BrewDog scraps beer deal over Trump offer

Scottish craft brewer BrewDog has pulled out of a tie-up with a US beer maker after a row over free drinks to Donald Trump supporters. Ellon-based BrewDog had planned a series of events with Scofflaw at bars across the UK this weekend. It appeared the American firm had said anyone backing the US president could get "beered up redneck-style free of charge". But Scofflaw later distanced itself from the promotion.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-45667573?source=Snapzu

'Distracted boyfriend' ad ruled sexist

A Swedish company broke gender discrimination rules by using a popular meme in an advert.
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Donald Trump’s foreign policy is putting the dollar at risk

President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy could hurt the dollar’s global primacy, according to global business leaders and the European Union’s top diplomat. Larry Fink, who runs Blackrock, the world’s biggest money manager, was asked about risks to the finance industry at a forum taking place alongside this week’s United Nations General Assembly. Fink cited the US move “from multilateralism to unilateralism” that “could lead to a deep desire to get another payment system.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1403708/donald-trumps-foreign-policy-is-putting-the-dollar-at-risk/?source=Snapzu

You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads.

Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information. Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives’ own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes—or that users never provided at all—for targeted advertising.
Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads?source=Snapzu

CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise

For those unfamiliar with the project, Stage 9 is a beautiful virtual recreation of the Enterprise ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation for Windows, Mac and Linux. More experience than game, Stage 9 was built by fans over two years in the Unreal Engine. “There were two things that we were always pretty careful with,” says project leader ‘Scragnog’.
Read more: https://torrentfreak.com/cbs-shuts-down-stage-9-a-fan-made-recreation-of-the-uss-enterprise-180927/?source=Snapzu

Coinbase Wants to Be Too Big to Fail

A billion-dollar baby of the Bitcoin boom plots its next move.
Read more: http://fortune.com/longform/coinbase-bitcoin-brian-armstrong/?source=Snapzu

Richard DeVos, Great American Scam Artist

Right-wing billionaire Richard DeVos, who died at ninety-two last week, tried to cover up his life’s record — pioneering the cruel pyramid scheme Amway, attacking organized labor, fighting LGBTQ equality — with philanthropy. But he should be remembered as a bigoted con artist.
Read more: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/09/richard-devos-amway-multi-level-marketing-conservatism?source=Snapzu

The Child-Abuse Contrarian

Michael Holick, a renowned scientist turned expert witness, relies on his own controversial theory about a condition called hypermobile EDS to help alleged abusers avoid prison and regain custody of the babies they were accused of harming. By David Armstrong.
Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-child-abuse-contrarian?source=Snapzu

The Real Cost of Working in the House of Mouse

How the world’s most famous theme park became a distinctly unmagical place to make a living. By Jaeah J. Lee.
Read more: https://www.topic.com/the-real-cost-of-working-in-the-house-of-mouse/?source=Snapzu

Final Cut Pro X gains official eGPU support in macOS Mojave

A couple of days ago Apple published a support document outlining Final Cut Pro X support for external graphics. The document notes a variety of ways that Final Cut Pro X users can gain benefits from an eGPU setup. There are two ways to enable external graphics enhancements with Final Cut Pro X. The most obvious way is to connect your Thunderbolt 3 eGPU to an external display, and run Final Cut Pro X on the external display.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/26/final-cut-pro-x-egpu-support-macos-mojave/?source=Snapzu

​What happens if you try to take your code out of Linux?

Linux-savvy legal experts from the past and present weigh in on this knotty, open-source licensing matter.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-happens-if-you-try-to-take-your-code-out-of-linux/?source=Snapzu

Nintendo Will Let You Recover Cloud Saves Up to 6 Months After Your Switch Online Subscription Lapses

Clarifying its earlier policy regarding Nintendo Switch Online subscription cloud saves, Nintendo has confirmed that, even if your Online subscription lapses, you still have a bit of time to recover cloud saves. In a statement given to IGN by a Nintendo spokesperson, Nintendo has confirmed that, should a Switch owner resubscribe to Switch Online within 180 days, or six months, after their subscription ends, users can still recover their previous cloud saves.
Read more: http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/25/nintendo-will-let-you-recover-cloud-saves-up-to-6-months-after-your-switch-online-subscription-lapses?source=Snapzu

She's a model citizen, but she can't hide in China's 'social credit' system

Dandan Fan’s every move will soon be watched and judged by her government, and she’s happy about that. Social credit will unite Big Brother and big data to coerce more than a billion people. By Matthew Carney.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278?pfmredir=sm?source=Snapzu

Don't Let Telltale Milk Your Fandom Until They Pay The Workers They Screwed

48,000 people (and counting) have liked a tweet shared by Telltale Games last night with surprising news: “multiple potential partners” had “stepped forward” about collaborating with the studio to finish work on the third and fourth episodes of The Walking Dead’s final season. Clementine’s farewell had been garnering all sorts of critical acclaim, including some from yours truly, until it was cancelled, following the unexpected decision to shut down Telltale.
Read more: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/gyn5qy/dont-let-telltale-milk-your-fandom-until-they-pay-the-workers-they-screwed?source=Snapzu

Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws

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Qualcomm says it has evidence Apple stole its source code, gave it to Intel

If you were wondering whether the long-running battle between Apple and Qualcomm was going to continue to grow in intensity or be quietly settled, it looks like we now have an answer. Qualcomm has dramatically upped the ante in its latest court filing, now accusing Apple of stealing its source code and giving it – and other trade secrets – to rival chipmaker Intel...
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/25/qualcomm-apple-stole-source-code/?source=Snapzu

Telltale Games Hired New Employees As Early as a Week Before Closure, According to Former Dev

Following the devastating news of a massive layoff that occurred just this week at Telltale Games with no severance pay and no warning, news continues to pour out regarding the sudden shutdown and the situation surround what went down. Despite the Co-Founder stating they had "no choice" in the matter, the gaming community continues to rile up support - especially in light of a recent report that states the company hired a sleuth of new employees a week before the shutdown with some even having to relocated halfway across the country.
Read more: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/09/25/telltale-games-new-employees-fired-telltale-jobs/?source=Snapzu

U.S. Divorce Rate: Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet

Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They’re staying married. New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on.
Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/pursuits/2018/09/25/millennials-are-causing-the-u-s-divorce-rate-to-plummet?source=Snapzu

Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago

More people are working for ride-sharing and delivery companies but on average they’re making less.
Read more: https://www.recode.net/2018/9/24/17884608/uber-driver-gig-economy-money-pay-lyft-postmates?source=Snapzu

Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down From Company

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of the photo-sharing app Instagram, have resigned and plan to leave the company in the coming weeks, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The exits add to the challenges facing Instagram’s parent company, Facebook. Mr. Systrom, Instagram’s chief executive, and Mr. Krieger, the chief technical officer, notified Instagram’s leadership team and Facebook on Monday of their decision to leave, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/technology/instagram-cofounders-resign.html?source=Snapzu

Uber CEO announces lower priced “Drive yourself” service option

After a string of branding and user interface updates to Uber’s mobile application, the companies CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has excitedly announced a new service option titled “Drive yourself” which is available to all users, today. This new option will be the lowest priced method of traveling with Uber, beating out the “Express Pool” feature released earlier this year
Read more: https://workofcart.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/uber-ceo-announces-lower-priced-drive-yourself-service-option/?source=Snapzu

We’re inching closer to DaaS Windows

How Windows is supported and sold is changing. Or should I say ‘sold’?
Read more: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3306841/microsoft-windows/we-re-inching-closer-to-daas-windows.html?source=Snapzu

SiriusXM buys Pandora for $3.5 billion

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Next crash will be ‘worse than the Great Depression’: experts

Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247 trillion that causes the next crash. After a decade of escalating US household debt brought on by low wages and the national debt more than doubling over the same time frame, to $21 trillion, debt could soon put the brakes on this economic recovery, analysts warn.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2018/09/22/next-crash-will-be-worse-than-the-great-depression-experts?source=Snapzu

The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world

Smart Design’s Davin Stowell shares the origin story of the OXO Swivel, one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design.
Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/90239156/the-untold-story-of-the-vegetable-peeler-that-changed-the-world?source=Snapzu

6 Mega-Corporations Control 90% of the American TV and Radio Media Stations

Mainstream media in the US is consolidated to such a point there are now 6 gigantic corporations that control 90% of the American TV and radio media stations. The consumer is fed the illusion of choice, but there are a small handful of elite individuals now dictating what you allowed to see, hear, read and, ultimately, think. Beware! The mainstream media consolidation now has a stranglehold on information and is threatening our ability to know the truth.
Read more: http://humansarefree.com/2017/07/6-mega-corporations-control-90-of.html?source=Snapzu

Ticketmaster secret scalper program targeted by class-action lawyers

A U.S. law firm is seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of fans who purchased inflated resale tickets through Ticketmaster, alleging the company runs a professional scalper program that may have violated consumer rights. The effort by Hagens Berman follows a CBC News/Toronto Star investigation that found Ticketmaster representatives at a Las Vegas convention were recruiting professional scalpers to use a web-based sales tool called TradeDesk to resell millions of dollars in tickets.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ticketmaster-resellers-lawsuits-1.4834668?source=Snapzu

The hottest startups in Paris

When Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France in May 2017, he set about exploiting the triple crisis of Brexit, Merkel trying to form coalition, and Donald Trump’s isolationism to recast France as a dynamic startup nation, open for innovation and business – a sales pitch best symbolised by the opening of Station F, Europe’s largest tech incubator. Still, the last 12 months have not been easy for Paris’s technology sector.
Read more: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-startups-in-paris-2018?source=Snapzu

Swiss vote on 'fair food' laws

Switzerland is going to the polls on Sunday, in not one but two votes which campaigners say will promote ethical and sustainable food. The votes follow scandals in the last few years over horse meat in lasagne and the destruction of rain forests to make way for palm oil and cattle ranching. And they reflect growing consumer interest - not just in Switzerland but across Europe - in where food comes from and how it is produced.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45600282?source=Snapzu

Slave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation

At first sight, the Córrego das Almas farm in Piumhi, in rural Minas Gerais state, seems to be a model property. “No slave or forced labor is allowed,” reads one of several signs that display international certifications — including one linked to the U.S.-based company Starbucks corporation.
Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/slave-labor-found-at-starbucks-certified-brazil-coffee-plantation/?source=Snapzu

Electric car batteries’ ‘second life’ could be a clean energy game-changer

China plans to dominate the $550 billion battery market through a recycling monopoly.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/how-used-electric-car-batteries-will-turbocharge-the-renewables-revolution-4baf33d4b15f/?source=Snapzu

We tried the first lab-grown sausage made without killing animals. It was smoky, savory, and tasted like breakfast

A Silicon Valley startup called New Age Meats offered us a taste of the world's first pork sausage made in a lab without killing any animals. Here's how the cultured meat cooked, smelled, and tasted.
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Amazon’s streaming service Twitch just got blocked in China

The most popular live-streaming service for video games in the world got just blocked in China. A spokesman for Twitch.tv confirmed that their service had been blocked in China, but he did not comment any further. The country’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China did not respond to a request for a comment.
Read more: https://www.redskinspost.com/amazons-streaming-service-twitch-just-got-blocked-in-china/?source=Snapzu

John Deere Just Swindled Farmers Out of Their Right to Repair

The fight for our right to repair the stuff we own has suffered a huge setback. As anyone who repairs electronics knows, keeping a device in working order often means fixing both its hardware and software. But a big California farmers’ lobbying group just blithely signed away farmers’ right to access or modify the source code of any farm equipment software. As an organization representing 2.5 million California agriculture jobs, the California Farm Bureau gave up the right to purchase repair parts without going through a dealer
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/?source=Snapzu

Major life insurer says it will require customers to wear health trackers

John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only interactive policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones, the company said on Wednesday. The move by the 156-year-old insurer, owned by Canada's Manulife Financial Corp, marks a major shift for the company, which unveiled its first interactive life insurance policy in 2015. It is now applying the model across all of its life coverage.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/major-life-insurer-says-it-will-require-customers-wear-health-n911461?source=Snapzu

Saving the Prized Chile That Grows Only in Oaxaca’s Mountains

Farmers growing the smoky pepper had no idea chefs were paying top dollar for it.
Read more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oaxacan-chile-pepper?source=Snapzu

Three men charged with alleged $364 million Ponzi scheme in Maryland

Federal authorities in Maryland have charged three men with running a $364 million Ponzi scheme for more than five years. Kevin Merrill, Jay Ledford, and Cameron Jezierski were arrested Tuesday and charged with using 30 companies and more than 55 bank accounts to bilk hundreds of investors. "The defendants lured investors through an elaborate web of lies, duping them into paying millions of dollars into this Ponzi scheme," said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur of the District of Maryland in announcing the 14-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/three-men-charged-alleged-364-million-ponzi-scheme-maryland-n911091?source=Snapzu

Patent applications for AI technology continue to skyrocket

Should you apply for a patent for that new AI tech idea you've been working on? Some experts say it's better to have a patent portfolio than not, while others recommend focusing on quality rather than quantity. Here are things to consider as you make your decision.
Read more: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/patent-applications-for-ai-technology-skyrocket-1809.html?source=Snapzu

Amazon reportedly planning 3,000 cashier-less Go stores by 2021

Amazon plans to open as many as 3,000 of its cashier-less Amazon Go convenience stores by the year 2021, according to a report from Bloomberg today. That would be Amazon’s most aggressive move in the brick-and-mortar space since its purchase of Whole Foods in 2016. It would also significantly alter the company’s potential offline retail success as it moves to compete with grocery stores brands like Kroger, convenience and liquor stores like CVS and 7-Eleven, and big-box retailers like Walmart and Target.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/19/17880530/amazon-go-cashier-less-stores-new-locations-2021?source=Snapzu

Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection for old songs

The Senate just passed a major copyright bill—here's what it does.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/senate-passes-copyright-bill-to-end-140-year-protection-for-old-songs/?source=Snapzu

40 billion phone calls predicted in 2019, half expected to be scams

A new study predicts 2019 will see 40 billion mobile phone calls, but they also expect about half of those to be from scammers. Tech company First Orion recently announced scammers are picking up efforts in their 2018 Scam Call Trends and Projections Report. Topeka resident Randy Austin said over the years he’s received more and more spam calls.
Read more: https://www.wibw.com/content/news/40-billion-phone-calls-predicted-in-2019-half-expected-to-be-scams-493424381.html?source=Snapzu

Dead Rising Studio Capcom Vancouver Shuts Down

Capcom’s main western studio is being shut down, the publisher confirmed today. Employees at Capcom Vancouver, which was primarily known for the Dead Rising series and was already hit by layoffs earlier this year, were told today that the studio is closing. In a statement to Kotaku, a company rep noted that “as a result of reviewing titles in development at Capcom Vancouver, Capcom has decided to cancel the development projects at this studio and will concentrate development of major titles in Japan.”
Read more: https://kotaku.com/dead-rising-studio-capcom-vancouver-shuts-down-1829143863?source=Snapzu

Danish producer saves 75 tonnes of 'ugly' tomatoes

Healthy production of tomatoes in Denmark, boosted by this year’s warm summer, has not been allowed to go to waste by a producer in Odense.
Read more: https://www.thelocal.dk/20180918/danish-producer-saves-75-tonnes-of-ugly-tomatoes?source=Snapzu

Coca-Cola is considering marijuana-infused drinks

Soda's overrated, so Coca-Cola's looking into weed. Coca-Cola has been eyeing cannabis-infused drinks, according to a statement. The company said Monday that it's "closely watching" the use of CBD in "functional wellness" beverages. "The space is evolving quickly," Coca-Cola spokesman Kent Landers told Bloomberg News. "No decisions have been made at this time."
Read more: https://mashable.com/article/coca-cola-weed-infused-drinks.amp?source=Snapzu

Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka’s $8.5M Adidas Deal Biggest Ever for a Woman

Fresh off her stunning U.S. Open win, 20-year-old tennis phenom Naomi Osaka is reportedly about to sign an $8.5 million endorsement contract with Adidas, according to SB Nation. Her current contract with the athletic manufacturer expires at the end of this year. The deal is the richest ever offered to a female athlete by Adidas.
Read more: https://www.gobankingrates.com/making-money/business/naomi-osaka-adidas-deal-net-worth/?source=Snapzu