First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser.
Read more: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/first-american-financial-corp-leaked-hundreds-of-millions-of-title-insurance-records?source=Snapzu

Apex Legends revenue falls down by 74% in two months

Apex Legends has dropped out of the top 10 highest grossing games on PC for the first time since its launch, according to Nielsen-owned market research firm SuperData. The firm estimates Apex Legends earned $24m in April, down nearly three quarters from its February launch month earnings of $92m. Mighty fall of grace, particularly considering SuperData believes Apex Legends had the strongest start for a free-to-play title of all time.
Read more: https://www.thegamingjunction.com/2019/05/apex-legends-revenue-falls.html?source=Snapzu

Retro PC Ads - 1975 Sphere 1

The Sphere 1 was a personal computer from 1975 built around the Motorola 6800 CPU. It was built by Sphere Corporation, located in Bountiful, Utah. Marketed as the first real computer (due to having a built in keyboard and monitor) targeted at consumers, it ran PDS (program development system) and included an editor, assembler and an edition of BASIC. The first few editions came as a kit, later on fully assembled units were available.
Read more: https://raymii.org/s/articles/Retro_PC_Ads_1975_Sphere_1.html?source=Snapzu

Now even McDonald's could be joining the vegan revolution

McDonald's boss Steve Easterbrook said the U.S. firm is considering bringing in a plant-based burger at a time when its competitors are cashing in on the dietary trend (stock photo).
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7084729/Now-McDonalds-joining-vegan-revolution.html?source=Snapzu

Delivery Apps Are Still Hurting Restaurants

The lawsuit against Grubhub is just the latest in the battle between restaurants and third-party deliverers
Read more: https://www.eater.com/2019/5/29/18636255/delivery-apps-hurting-restaurants-grubhub-seamless-ubereats?source=Snapzu

Beyond Meat's shares jump 8% after European production deal is signed

Shares of Beyond Meat jumped 8% in morning trading Tuesday after the company said it has signed a deal to start producing its plant-based meat substitutes in Europe next year. Beyond’s stock, which has a market value of $5 billion, has surged 241% since it went public at the beginning of May. The company has expanded its partnership with Zandbergen World’s Finest Meat to make its vegan meat alternatives in the Netherlands at a new manufacturing facility.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/beyond-meats-shares-jump-2percent-after-inking-european-production-deal.html?source=Snapzu

New Data Paint An Unpleasant Picture of Poverty In The US

The annual cost of child poverty comes to around $1 trillion. Meanwhile, every dollar spent reducing child poverty is estimated to yield $7 in the future.
Read more: https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2019/05/08/child-poverty-unpleasant-picture/?source=Snapzu

Poland has filed a complaint against the European Union’s copyright directive

The directive was approved in April, and goes into force in June
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/25/18639963/poland-european-union-copyright-directive-filed-complaint-court-of-justice?source=Snapzu

Japan Then, China Now by Stephen S. Roach

Back in the 1980s, Japan was portrayed as the greatest economic threat to the United States, and allegations of intellectual property theft were only part of Americans' vilification. Thirty years later, Americans have made China the villain, when, just like three decades ago, they should be looking squarely in the mirror.
Read more: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/for-america-china-is-the-new-japan-by-stephen-s-roach-2019-05?source=Snapzu

Cable companies might have a secret weapon to deal with cord-cutting

Cable companies like Altice USA Inc. are starting to gravitate toward a business move that might — might — help them staunch the mounting losses on the cable side of their business. The solution? Offering cut-rate cellphone service, which no one wants to be without, and try to use it to retain customers who’d otherwise dump a cable company altogether.
Read more: https://bgr.com/2019/05/28/cord-cutting-options-2019-cell-phone-service/?source=Snapzu

First American Leaks BIG: 885M Customer Files Exposed

First American Financial is the latest huge corporation being cavalier with your data. Its website has been serving up title documents to anyone who can count.
Read more: https://securityboulevard.com/2019/05/first-american-leaks-big-885m-customer-files-exposed/?source=Snapzu

Apple’s latest defense of the App Store just shows how hard it is to compete with Apple

Apple launched a new website as a response to critics like Spotify.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644045/apple-defends-app-store-policies-antitrust-eu-spotify?source=Snapzu

China ready to Hit Back at U.S. with Rare Earths

China is ready to use rare earths to strike back in a trade war with the United States
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-rareearth/china-ready-to-hit-back-at-u-s-with-rare-earths-newspapers-idUSKCN1SZ07V?source=Snapzu

Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction

We have found evidence of negative links between national advertising and national wellbeing
Read more: https://voxeu.org/article/advertising-major-source-human-dissatisfaction?source=Snapzu

Qualcomm Ruled a Monopoly, Found in Violation of US Antitrust Law

Apple and Qualcomm may have dropped their worldwide lawsuit war against each other, but that wasn’t the only battle Qualcomm faced. The FTC also brought a case against Qualcomm, alleging antitrust abuses and illegal behavior. In a ruling May 21, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh found that Qualcomm had violated the Federal Trade Commission Act. Qualcomm has pledged to immediately appeal the ruling, which has significant implications for its business structure and earnings.
Read more: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/291851-qualcomm-ruled-a-monopoly-found-in-violation-of-us-antitrust-law?source=Snapzu

Tobacco stocks tumble as cigarette sales decline

Tobacco stocks slid Tuesday after new Nielsen data showed cigarette sales volumes declined 11.2% in the past month, according to Nielsen.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/altria-british-american-tobacco-stocks-slide-on-nielsen-cigarette-data.html?source=Snapzu

25% of Americans say they worry about money 'all the time'

Americans are feeling mostly good about their finances, according to analytics firm Gallup. But while 56% describe their financial situation as "good" or "excellent," not everyone is as optimistic.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/24/25-percent-of-americans-say-they-worry-about-money-all-the-time.html?source=Snapzu

Lawsuit accuses Apple of selling iTunes data

While Apple is a strong proponent of user privacy, a new lawsuit accuses the company of disclosing and selling certain iTunes purchase data. Bloomberg reports that Apple has been hit with a class action alleging that it discloses and sells information about iTunes listening habits. In the lawsuit, customers from Rhode Island and Michigan accuse Apple of selling personal listening information about its customers, without consent. The customers say they hope to represent “hundreds of thousands” of residents in their home states who are affected by Apple’s alleged practice.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2019/05/25/apple-itunes-lawsuit/?source=Snapzu

This Futuristic 1966 Ford Ranger II Concept Truck

1966 Ford Ranger II concept truck with a futuristic look created with a streamlined windshield, high-intensity head lights of rectangular design and Clearwater Aqua finish. Syd Mead created a design for a convertible Ford pickup, similar to the modern Chevrolet SSR.
Read more: https://designyoutrust.com/2019/05/this-futuristic-1966-ford-ranger-ii-concept-truck/?source=Snapzu

Shady Numbers And Bad Business

Inside The Esports Bubble. By Cecilia D'Anastasio.
Read more: https://kotaku.com/as-esports-grows-experts-fear-its-a-bubble-ready-to-po-1834982843?source=Snapzu

Google and Oracle’s $9 billion “copyright case of the decade” could be headed for the Supreme Court

The ‘copyright case of the decade’ is a $9 billion copyright infringement suit Oracle filed against the search giant, Google, nearly 10 years ago. Google is asking for the Supreme Court to hear the case. Will it happen? By Roger Parloff.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/2019/06/07/google-oracle-copyright-case-supreme-court-1433037.html?source=Snapzu

The European Smartphone Market Declined 3% YoY in Q1 2019

Smartphone sales declined 3% year-on-year (YoY) and 20% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Europe during Q1 2019, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Market Pulse service. The findings of the research reveal that growth in smartphone sales in Eastern Europe was marginal while there was a 6% YoY decline in Western Europe.
Read more: https://www.counterpointresearch.com/european-smartphone-market-declined-3-yoy-q1-2019/?source=Snapzu

Egypt plans to plant 100 million olive trees by 2022

Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has recently announced its ambitious plan to plant 100 million olive trees by 2022 by offering many land plots to investors. Though Egypt is the world's second-largest exporter of table olives, the government is now fighting tooth and nail to boost the olive oil production, considering that Egypt is a major importer of olive oil.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/05/egypt-plant-million-olive-trees-local-demand-exports.html?source=Snapzu

US jobs numbers hit 49-year high

U.S. unemployment has hit a 49-year low, adding jobs in industries including construction, business services, and healthcare. According to the U.S. Labor Department, the U.S. economy added 263,000 new jobs in April, bringing the unemployment rate down to 3.6%. Last month marked the 103rd straight …
Read more: https://america.cgtn.com/2019/05/03/us-jobs-numbers-hit-49-year-high?source=Snapzu

New Coke Was a Debacle. It’s Coming Back. Blame ‘Stranger Things.’

New Coke, the soft drink that drew a nationwide backlash in 1985, is back. And the credit, or blame, for the return of Coca-Cola’s greatest folly goes to Netflix. A limited supply of the vintage beverage will be available starting on Thursday as part of a robust promotional campaign related to the coming season of “Stranger Things,” the supernatural thriller set in the 1980s. New Coke will also appear in several episodes of the show. Representatives of both companies said no money changed hands in that product-placement deal.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/business/media/new-coke-netflix-stranger-things.html?source=Snapzu

Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage

It did not rain for 40 days and 40 nights in Kentucky in 2017, but the deluge did damage the Bible-themed amusement park. Then its insurance companies refused to pay.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/05/25/lawyers-noahs-ark-theme-park-are-suing-its-insurance-company-rain-damage/?source=Snapzu

Setting a maximum wage for CEOs would be good for everyone

Under capitalism, the argument goes, it’s every man for himself. Through the relentless pursuit of self-interest, everyone benefits, as if an invisible hand were guiding each of us toward the common good. Everyone should accordingly try to get as much as they can, not only for their goods but also for their labour. Whatever the market price is is, in turn, what the buyer should pay. Just like the idea that there should be a minimum wage, the idea that there should be a maximum wage seems to undermine the very freedom that the free market is supposed to guarantee.
Read more: https://aeon.co/ideas/setting-a-maximum-wage-for-ceos-would-be-good-for-everyone?source=Snapzu

Redditor wins right to use anonymous screen name in copyright case

A Redditor who posted information about a Jehovah’s Witness-affiliated organization has won the right to defend themselves in court under a pseudonym. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented the user known only as Darkspilver, successfully argued that unmasking them put them at risk of being cast out by their Jehovah’s Witness community.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/23/18637264/redditor-anonymous-court-case-watch-tower-copyright?source=Snapzu

Mark Zuckerberg should resign as CEO, says ex-Facebook security chief

Facebook's former security chief says Mark Zuckerberg has amassed too much power and should resign as chief executive officer of the social networking giant. "There's a legit argument that he has too much power," Alex Stamos said at the Collision Conference in Toronto on Tuesday. "He needs to give up some of that power. If I was him, I would go hire a new CEO for the company."
Read more: https://www.cnet.com/news/zuckerberg-should-resign-as-ceo-says-ex-facebook-security-chief/?source=Snapzu

US manufacturing activity dives to more than 9-year low on trade war worries, survey shows

U.S. manufacturer growth hit a multiyear low in May, the latest sign that the trade war may be slowing the economy. The U.S. manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers index) was 50.6 in May, the lowest level since September 2009, according to results from financial data firm IHS Markit released Thursday. “Growth of business activity slowed sharply in May as trade war worries and increased uncertainty dealt a further blow to order book growth and business confidence,” said Chris Williamson, Markit’s chief business economist.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/us-manufacturing-activity-dives-to-more-than-9-year-low-on-trade-war-worries-survey-shows.html?source=Snapzu

After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed

In a quiet corner of my high school’s study room in 2009, I booted up my busted laptop while making sure nobody could peer over...
Read more: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/after-15-years-the-pirate-bay-still-cant-be-killed?source=Snapzu

Huawei unwanted: Asian shops shun phone trade-ins on Google...

Mobile phone retailers in some Asian countries are refusing to accept Huawei devices for trade-ins, as more consumers look to offload their device on worries Google suspending business with the Chinese firm will disrupt services. Google has said it will comply with an order by U.S. President Donald Trump to stop supplying Huawei, meaning current owners of Huawei phones face being cut off from updates of the Android operating system from late August. New phones will lose access to popular apps such as YouTube and Chrome.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-consumer/huawei-unwanted-asian-shops-shun-phone-trade-ins-on-google-suspension-worries-idUSKCN1SS16O?source=Snapzu

Amazon warehouses trash millions of unsold products, media reports say

Amazon warehouses in the U.K. and France routinely discard unused products, with one facility sending 293,000 items to the trash heap during a nine-month period, according to media reports. Reporters posing as Amazon employees found a site dubbed the "destruction zone," where they secretly filmed Amazon workers loading brand new toys, kitchen equipment and flat-screen TVs for transportation to dumps, according to a report in Britain's Daily Mail.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-warehouses-trash-millions-of-unsold-products-say-media-reports/?source=Snapzu

Should Tech Team be Led by a Client?

Could a client lead technology development? Does this scheme successful for the final product? Let’s figure out this together.
Read more: https://2muchcoffee.com/blog/should-tech-team-be-led-by-a-client/?source=Snapzu

LEGO is running entirely on renewable energy three years ahead of schedule

Children's toy company builds wind turbine made entirely of LEGO bricks to celebrate
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lego-renewable-energy-green-wind-farm-burbo-bank-extension-offshore-irish-sea-climate-change-a7746696.html?source=Snapzu

New Proposal Would Let Companies Further Screw You Over With Terms of Service

A long line of legal experts say the American Law Institute proposal would make an already huge problem dramatically worse.
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3x79a/new-proposal-would-let-companies-further-screw-you-over-with-terms-of-service?source=Snapzu

49 Million Instagram Users’ Private Data Leaked via AWS

The sensitive data of almost 50 million Instagram “influencers” has been leaked and is at risk, thanks to yet another unsecured AWS instance.
Read more: https://securityboulevard.com/2019/05/49-million-instagram-users-private-data-leaked-via-aws/?source=Snapzu

New Heinz condiment Mayochup has an unfortunate translation in Cree

‘We the Cree people are laughing about it because of what it means in our language,’ says Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon
Read more: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/new-heinz-condiment-mayochup-has-an-unfortunate-translation-in-cree?source=Snapzu

Robots are taking over farms faster than expected thanks to small start-ups

Farmers hope machines can be more precise and efficient than humans
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/robots-farming-autonomous-equipment-canada-australia-a8919836.html?source=Snapzu

How Blockchain Stops Bank Fraud

Once blockchain is ready for prime time waiting for checks to clear will be like the Pony Express, or telegrams, a thing of the past. See how Blockchain can secure your business and bank accounts.
Read more: https://howardandhoward.com/blog/how-blockchain-stops-bank-fraud/?source=Snapzu

Trump's Huawei Ban Could End Android As We Know It and Damage Apple

If the world’s second biggest manufacturer has to fork its own Android OS and app ecosystem, Google may be in trouble in the long run.
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/huawei-ban-impact-android-apple-google,news-30116.html?source=Snapzu

We've declared a climate emergency – here's what universal basic income could do to help the planet

The first step is admitting we have a problem, but what should come next to protect the planet?
Read more: https://theconversation.com/weve-declared-a-climate-emergency-heres-what-universal-basic-income-could-do-to-help-the-planet-110222?source=Snapzu

The Country [Mongolia] That Exiled McKinsey

A dubious project raises serious questions about the world’s most prestigious consulting firm and its work for corruption-plagued regimes. By Ian MacDougall, Anand Tumurtogoo.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-country-that-exiled-mckinsey?source=Snapzu

Thousands gather in France, worldwide for annual march against Monsanto

Thousands of protesters gathered across France and in over 30 cities around the world to march against the activities of Bayer-Monsanto and others agrochemical giants on Saturday, while Monsanto lost its third lawsuit in the US.
Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/20190519-france-monsanto-bayer-world-wide-march-environment-planet-roundup-glyphosate?source=Snapzu

Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts

Anti-money laundering specialists proposed filing “suspicious activity reports” about transactions connected to President Trump and his son-in-law. Bank managers said no.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/business/deutsche-bank-trump-kushner.html?source=Snapzu

Alex Jones’s Pepe the Frog Copyright Trial Will Help Decide Who Can Use Memes

Are memes fair use? Or can you be sued for sharing and profiting off them?
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nea3bq/alex-joness-pepe-the-frog-copyright-trial-will-help-decide-who-can-use-memes?source=Snapzu

The biggest breakthrough in agriculture to help feed the planet may come from outer space

The No. 1 company on the CNBC Disruptor 50 list for 2019 is Indigo Ag, a start-up that's out to feed the world and help farmers make a good living without harming the planet. The key to its growth is hidden in the stars.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/15/indigo-ag-improving-yields-with-microbes-satellite-imaging.html?source=Snapzu

From Barter To Bitcoin: 5000 Years Of Payments

We went a long way since the first time two people decided to exchange goods. At the dawn of civilisation, barter was the only peaceful…
Read more: https://medium.com/bitbay-pay-blog/from-barter-to-bitcoin-5000-years-of-payments-5d4256f88ae4?source=Snapzu

99% Of US Farmed Animals Live On Factory Farms, Study Says

While 75 percent of US adults believe they usually buy 'humane products', only one percent of farmed animals are raised on non-factory farms
Read more: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/factory-farms-study?source=Snapzu

Apple CEO Tim Cook to the class of 2019: 'My generation has failed you'

Apple CEO Tim Cook was the commencement speaker at Tulane University Saturday. In his speech, the tech executive focused on the importance of addressing climate change and more broadly, in taking action, rather than debating endlessly.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/18/apple-ceo-tim-cook-tells-the-class-of-2019-my-generation-has-failed-you.html?source=Snapzu