Apple Won 57 Patents Today covering a Design Patent for the Original 2007 iPhone, Liquid Metal used in iPhones & more

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 57 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover Apple's use of liquid metal in the integral housing of the iPhone fusing metal with glass. Apple was also granted five design patents today with one of them being for the original 2017. We wrap up this week's granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.
Read more: https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2018/11/apple-won-57-patents-today-covering-a-design-patent-for-the-original-2007-iphone-liquid-metal-used-in-iphones-more.html?source=Snapzu

Crisis in our national parks: how tourists are loving nature to death

As thrill seekers and Instagrammers swarm public lands, reporting from seven sites across America shows the scale of the threat
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/20/national-parks-america-overcrowding-crisis-tourism-visitation-solutions?source=Snapzu

Silicon Valley wages have dropped for all except highest-paying jobs: report

Nine out of every 10 Silicon Valley jobs pays less now than when Netflix first launched in 1997, despite one of the nation’s strongest economic booms and a historically low unemployment rate that outpaces the national average.
Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/18/silicon-valley-wages-have-dropped-for-all-except-highest-paying-jobs-report/?source=Snapzu

Bloomberg donates record $1.8B to Johns Hopkins

Michael Bloomberg, the former New York mayor who is weighing a 2020 presidential run, is donating $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins. +The university and Bloomberg are calling it the biggest contribution to an academic institution in American history, according to a press release -- and the gift's record-setting size will not be lost on possible challengers in a Democratic primary. Last week, Bloomberg said he plans to decide on a 2020 bid no later than February, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/18/politics/bloomberg-johns-hopkins-record-donation/index.html?source=Snapzu

Beyond Meat Files for IPO, is First Alterna-Meat Company to Go Public

Beyond Meat, maker of plant-based burgers, sausage, chicken strips and more, has filed for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO). Rumors first started circulating last month when CNBC reported that plant-based meat company had hired J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse to help lead their IPO. On Friday Beyond filed for an initial size of $100 million. The company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol BYND.
Read more: https://thespoon.tech/beyond-meat-files-for-ipo-is-first-alterna-meat-company-to-go-public/?source=Snapzu

Disney Is Spending More on Theme Parks Than It Did on Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm Combined

There is nothing small about Walt Disney World. It is made up of four separate theme parks in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., near Orlando, with combined annual attendance of 56 million. The resort sprawls across 25,000 acres, an area nearly twice the size of Manhattan. A steel beam needed to build an “Avatar” attraction last year was so massive that Disney had to borrow crawler-transporters from NASA.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/16/business/media/disney-invests-billions-in-theme-parks.html?source=Snapzu

Sackler family members face mass litigation and criminal investigations over opioids crisis

Suffolk county in Long Island, New York, has recently sued family member, and Connecticut and New York are considering criminal fraud and racketeering charges against leading family members
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/19/sackler-family-members-face-mass-litigation-criminal-investigations-over-opioids-crisis?source=Snapzu