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I love Chipotle tacos... let's hope they survive.
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The sun was shining and the summer was in full swing. "What could go wrong?" Chipotle's execs asked themselves. It was National Avocado Day after all... Well...a lot. The first blow: Chipotle elected (generously) to offer free guacamoleto customers who ordered entrees online or in-app. Sounds great, until you realize people go bananas for mashed avocados. Chipotle's free guac landing page crashed right around lunchtime and promo codes didn't work for many using the app. Tough, but survivable...right up until Chipotle learned guacamole is a condiment ripe for scams. Fraudsters pounced, offering fake social media ads for "$100 Chipotle Gift Cards" celebrating National Avocado Day. Hey, even we got excited for a good 30 seconds. The worst part of Chipotle's day, though, came when at least two people reported getting sick after eating at an Ohio location. And just as the memories of 2015's E. coli epidemic started to fade, Chipotle finds itself back in the crosshairs. Its stock dropped nearly 7%.
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What would have been a milestone for gun “manufacturing” gets the boot: Today was set to be the first day youÂ’d be able to download blueprints to 3D-print a gun at home. But instead, a federal judge blocked the public availability of the blueprints just a handful of hours before they were set to hit the open internet. How we got here: Nonprofit Defense Distributed and the State Department reached a settlement earlier this year allowing it to release DIY 3D-printed gun plans. What it meant: People with a 3D printer could have printed a range of firearms that are untraceable and invisible to background checks. But what happened? Gun control advocates took action and numerous states filed a joint lawsuit aimed at preventing the blueprints from becoming public, citing a threat to public safety...and it worked. The view from Washington: President Trump was skeptical (FYI, the NRA notes that undetectable plastic guns have been illegal for 30 years, and the White House supports that law). Another perspective, from Medium blogger BJ Campbell: 3D-printed guns would barely work, he writes, not to mention...they're way more expensive to build than buying a regular handgun. Bottom line: Thought the gun control debate was already heated? Technological innovations like 3D printing will only create more battle lines. https://morningbrew.cmail20.com/t/j-l-ndlttjd-yhyuhjkhdk-tl/
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Malaysia's Final Report On Disappearance Of Flight MH370 INSIST Plane Was NOT Taken Over Remotely!
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State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a legally binding plan that will force Facebook to "make significant changes to its advertising platform by removing the ability of third-party advertisers to exclude ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, and other protected groups from seeing their ads. The AG's office of Washington state joined a chorus of unhappy—and litigious—Facebook users in late 2016 after a ProPublica investigation revealed how easy it was for Facebook advertisers to discriminate against users who were defined by "ethnic affinities." These were labeled with clear demographics like African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic, and ProPublica's report pointed out that this was a clear violation of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. The Tuesday announcement confirmed that this report inspired AG Ferguson's office to launch an investigation in November 2016, which began with the purchase of 20 fake ads on Facebook. These ads ran the gamut of content types, including "nightclubs, restaurants, lending, insurance, employment, and apartment rentals" so that Ferguson could determine whether or not specific audiences would be blocked from seeing the ads and were therefore "unaware of the opportunities in the advertisements." https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/facebook-bows-to-wa-state-pressure-to-remove-discriminatory-ad-filters/
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