Apple trolls CES with a giant dig at Android and Alexa privacy

There’s a giant ad on the side of a building in Las Vegas, making a wordplay on the classic “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” line. Nothing unusual about that, except it’s been set up by Apple just in time for the Consumer Electronics Show’s arrival in town, an event that the iPhone maker traditionally pretends isn’t even happening.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/5/18169781/apple-google-privacy-troll-billboard?source=Snapzu

The Norwegian art of the packed lunch

Could we all learn something from Norway's culture of ‘matpakke’?
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190103-the-norwegian-art-of-the-packed-lunch?source=Snapzu

Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

Facebook has long said that it doesn’t use location data to make friend suggestions, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t thought about using it.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-knows-how-to-track-you-using-the-dust-on-your-1821030620?source=Snapzu

Margit Korondi - 1952 Olympics Gymnastics - Beam

Hungarian Margit Korondi, bronze winner at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games.
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Honey Langtree, 60s Female Drummer for The Honeycombs dies aged 75

Anne ‘Honey’ Langtree was unique in music in the 60s. She was a drummer. Honey has died after a battle with breast cancer at the age of 75.
Read more: http://www.noise11.com/news/honey-langtree-60s-female-drummer-for-the-honeycombs-dies-aged-75-20190106?source=Snapzu

Artificial Soil Made from Lava Rock Allows Growing of Food in Space

Fresh greens in space? Recent research has looked into how plants respond to low levels of gravity and a particular hormone which can help plants grow in challenging space conditions. Now, new research has succeeded in growing plants in high-tech planters which use artificial soil made from lava rock.
Read more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/artifical-soil-planters-food-in-space/?source=Snapzu

In A Congress Full Of Firsts, Still No Open Atheists

The 116th Congress is the most diverse in history, with incoming members expanding political representation on a number of fronts. For the first time, Congress now includes Muslim women, Native American women, an openly bisexual senator and the youngest woman ever elected to serve in either chamber. Yet despite that progress, Congress is once again beginning a new session without a single member who openly identifies as atheist, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest CQ Roll Call “Faith on the Hill” survey.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-atheists-representation_us_5c2f9b03e4b0bdd0de588425?source=Snapzu