Snap’s First Buy Rating Is Bizarre

Monness Crespi Hardt analystJames Cakmak is the first to give Snap such a rating , and Cakmak has assigned a $25 price target on shares. That's about 20% higher than current prices, which are hovering right around $20 as of this writing, and comparable to the $24 that Snap opened at on its first public trading day.

Germany bans internet-connected ‘spying’ doll Cayla

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called My Friend Cayla that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto "spying device." "Items that conceal cameras or microphones and that are capable of transmitting a signal, and therefore can transmit data without detection, compromise people's privacy," said the agency's head, Jochen Homann.

Germany bans internet-connected doll as ‘spying device’

German regulators have banned an internet-connected doll called "My Friend Cayla" that can chat with children, warning Friday that it was a de facto "spying device". "Items that conceal cameras or microphones and that are capable of transmitting a signal, and therefore can transmit data without detection, compromise people's privacy," said the agency's head, Jochen Homann.

Bin lorry cameras trialled in bid to tackle potholes

A device for identifying future potholes is being trialled as part of a major investment in local roads, the Department for Transport has announced. A device for identifying future potholes is being trialled as part of a major investment in local roads, the Department for Transport has announced.

Weird clouds linger on Saturn’s moon Titan

The upper image shows relatively cloud-free skies, while the lower one captures widespread cloud cover. NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over Titan on June 7 and July 25 and captured strikingly different photos of the moon's high northern latitude using the probe's Imaging Science Subsystem and Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer .