The first trailer for One Day at Disney, the company’s behind the scene documentary series, landed Friday. It will be a 52-episode series, launching with a feature length documentary. The series goes into all areas of the company, including Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. It will stream exclusively on the forthcoming Disney+ platform from December 3, 2019. Of course, it is PR-heavy, showing Disney in the best light. That’s the privilege you have when you run your own streaming service. Nonetheless, the documentary and subsequent series looks like it could be quite enjoyable if the trailer is anything to go by.
Don't Let Your Kids Download These Apps
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s office compiled a list of 15 apps that they believe pose a danger to young children. Here are the apps on the list:
MeetMe, Grindr, Skout, WhatsApp, TikTok, Badoo, Bumble, Snapchat, Kik, LiveMe, Holla, Whisper, Ask.fm, Calculator%, Hot or Not.
Emmanuel Macron Says its Crazy That Apple Gets Tax Haven
French President Emmanuel Macron says it’s crazy that companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google get a “permanent tax haven status.”
The reference to ‘tax haven status’ relates to practices used by Apple and others to funnel profits on European sales through Ireland, and then to claim large deductions for R&D costs incurred in the US. There have also been accusations that Apple assigns most of its European profits to a subsidiary which exists only on paper and which pays no taxes anywhere.
Walmart Sues Tesla Over Solar Panel Fires
Walmart is suing Tesla in a multi-million dollar lawsuit, alleging that the latter’s solar panels caused fires on as many as seven stores.
50 Attorneys General and 12 Carriers Want to End Robocalling
The attorneys general of every state along with 12 carriers announced a plan to end robocalling. But it’s not legally binding, nor is there a deadline.
NSA Wants Congress to Reauthorize Section 215 Permanently
Section 215 gives the NSA and FBI the power to collect the phone records of innocent Americans, and the NSA wants it to be permanent.
This Real-Time Map Shows You the Amazon Forest Fires
Ever since Jair Bolsonaro proclaimed that economic growth was more important than protecting the Amazon, there have been 74,155 fires. For the past three weeks, a giant fire has been blazing its way through the forest, and an interactive map lets you watch it.
Many of the fires are set by farmers to clear land. In early August, farmers in the Amazon self-declared a “fire day” to burn trees, emboldened by the fact that the government isn’t enforcing rainforest protections that are part of national law.
“It’s very rare to have fires starting naturally in the Amazon,” says Weisse. “And so almost everything that we’re seeing is a result of human activity, and it’s mostly happening along roads or in farms or where people are.”
Ruby 11 Libraries Found to Contain Backdoors
The RubyGems package repository removed 18 backdoors from Ruby 11 software libraries meant to launch secret cryptocurrency mining.
Study Claims iPhone 7 Exceeds Radiation Limit
The Chicago Tribune claims that its study of iPhone 7 and other smartphones exceed the safety limit for cellphone radiation. Using a “tub of clear liquid, specially formulated to simulate human tissue” it found radiation exposure from the iPhone 7 was more than double what Apple reported from its own testing. Apple disputes the study, and the FCC will conduct further studies.
Cellphones use radio waves to communicate with a vast network of fixed installations called base stations or cell towers. These radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, in the same frequency range used by TVs and microwave ovens.
This kind of radiation, also known as radiofrequency energy, shouldn’t be confused with ionizing radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays, which can strip electrons from atoms and cause serious biological harm, including cancer.
Of course, there is no conclusive evidence that non-ionizing radiation is powerful enough to have a measurable effect on the human body. John Kheit and I agree to disagree 😉
'Tim Cook Calls Donald Trump Directly,' President Reveals
President Trump piled raised onto Tim Cook and said the Apple CEO called him “whenever there is a problem.”
