Facebook patent would turn your mic on to analyze how you watch ads

As Facebook tries to get ahead of public pressure about what the service does and doesn't track about its users, a patent application has emerged which would enable something that the service's detractors have long theorized and feared: silently triggered microphones that keep tabs on Facebook users.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/facebook-patent-would-turn-your-mic-on-to-analyze-how-you-watch-ads/?source=Snapzu

Over 800 cryptocurrencies are now dead as bitcoin is 70 percent off its record high

Hundreds of coins created through initial coin offerings (ICO) have become worthless. 
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/02/over-800-cryptocurrencies-are-now-dead-as-bitcoin-feels-pressure.html?source=Snapzu

Anonymous person buys $1M worth of remaining toys at Toys 'R' Us to donate

America’s last remaining Toys “R” Us stores will close for good today, after a final Friday of clearance sales. One Toys “R” Us location in Raleigh, North Carolina, however, has shut its doors a little early — and for good reason — after an anonymous patron purchased $1 million worth of the store’s remaining toys …
Read more: https://www.winknews.com/2018/06/30/anonymous-person-buys-1m-worth-of-remaining-toys-at-toys-r-us-to-donate/?source=Snapzu

Forced Labor Is the Backbone of the World’s Electronics Industry

Malaysia bills itself as “heaven for foreign companies.” Since the 1970s, the Southeast Asian nation has drawn 5,000 foreign firms from more than 40 countries to set up facilities in parts of the country specially set aside for business development. The electronics industry—the country’s largest manufacturing sector, which makes everything from semiconductors to TVs to computer keyboards—accounts for over 36 percent of the country’s exports and a quarter of its employment, according to the country’s manufacturing-development agency. United States electronics companies have invested billions in their Malaysian operations to date.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/06/malaysia-forced-labor-electronics/563873/?source=Snapzu

Another motorcycle maker, Polaris, considers moving some production overseas

A Minnesota-based company said on Friday that it is considering moving production of some motorcycles to Poland because of European tariffs, just days after Harley-Davidson announced a similar move. A spokeswoman for Polaris Industries acknowledged that the company could move.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2018/06/30/motorcycle-maker-polaris-considers-moving-some-production-overseas/747948002/?source=Snapzu

Disney Can Buy 21st Century Fox, With One Caveat

Disney must sell all 22 Fox-owned regional sports networks, to avoid undue dominance in sports broadcasting.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/27/624075667/justice-department-disney-can-buy-21st-century-fox-but-with-one-caveat?source=Snapzu

The overhyped scooter company that raised $400 million in 4 months is an example of everything that’s wrong with Silicon Valley

Electric scooter company Bird has raised so much money so fast that its venture capitalist investors are left defending their investment choice. Despite their exuberance, electric scooters look like a niche transportation choice at best.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/birds-400-million-in-4-months-is-the-poster-child-for-silicon-valley-2018-6?source=Snapzu