We never would have suspected any of these to be vegan. From apple pie to oreos, the Huffington Post has put together a eye-popping list of 12.

We do not recommend any of these foods while pursing a vegan diet….enjoy the list HERE!

LIFE

Google Is Waging War on Apps That Attack and Steal From Your Phone

Google made sweeping changes late last month to its policies for developers on Play, the official store for apps that run on Android, Google’s smartphone operating system.

The changes, which among other things affect how ads are displayed and permissions sought, are meant to make Android safer so users can download and use apps with confidence. Developers have until later this month to make the changes. Those that run afoul of the new rules after the deadline will find their apps deleted.Read more here.

TECHNOLOGY

Why Big Tech Companies Are Going After Smart Watches

After two years of seeing smaller companies dabble with smart watches, the big tech companies have decided it’s time to enter the market.

Samsung and Qualcomm both unveiled their first connected watches this week, Sony recently updated its SmartWatch product and Google and Apple are both rumored to be prepping their own releases in the next year or so.

The smartphone war is heating up, but what exactly are these companies fighting for?
Read more here.

ENVIRONMENT

Germany Breaks World Solar Power Generation, Leaving U.S. in the Dust

Germany’s not a very sunny place, yet yet it leads the world in solar power, showing that you don’t have to be in the middle of the Sahara desert to generate lots of clean power from the sun. In July 2013, it set a new world record, producing 5.1 terawatt-hours, a mindbogglingly big number that leaves the U.S. far behind with its 0.764 TWh record for May 2013 (we don’t have data more recent than that). The only thing that comes close is other solar record by Germany, and Germany’s world wind power record of 5 TWh in January earlier this year.
Read more here.

HEALTH

Sweet and Spicy Grilled Eggplant Over Rice [Vegan]

Eggplant is a wonderful vegetable to use for grilling because it soaks up the flavors of a marinade like nobody’s business. If you have a great marinade you want to really show off, eggplant is an ideal platform. And that’s just what this recipe does — a wonderfully sweet and spicy sauce, with just a bit of smokiness from paprika and cumin, is grilled into the eggplant. Served over steamed rice, this is an incredibly simple and oh-so-delicious meal.

Folks differ on whether or not the chewiness of the skin is acceptable. Personally I don’t mind it but others in the house disagree. If you want a soft texture all around on the eggplant, cut off the skin after grilling the slices, and cube just the “meat” of the eggplant.Read more here.

LIFE

All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup

(This article is from 2 years ago, but has such ringing prevalence today)
ON A BRIGHT SPRING DAY in a wisteria-bedecked courtyard full of earnest, if half-drunk, conference attendees, we were commiserating with a fellow journalist about all the jobs we knew of that were going unfilled, being absorbed or handled “on the side.” It was tough for all concerned, but necessary—you know, doing more with less.

“Ah,” he said, “the speedup.”

His old-school phrase gave form to something we’d been noticing with increasing apprehension—and it extended far beyond journalism. We’d hear from creative professionals in what seemed to be dream jobs who were crumbling under ever-expanding to-do lists; from bus drivers, hospital technicians, construction workers, doctors, and lawyers who shame-facedly whispered that no matter how hard they tried to keep up with the extra hours and extra tasks, they just couldn’t hold it together. (And don’t even ask about family time.)
Read more here.

ENVIRONMENT

$77 Billion From the Sun: Solar Industry Facts

Bloomberg has created this short video full of facts about the solar industry. Each tidbit is interesting on its own, but it’s when you put them all together that you realize how much progress has been made in a short amount of time, yet how early we are in the life of that industry and how much room for growth there’s still left. We’re just in the second inning!
Read more here.

TECHNOLOGY

PayPal Testing Face-Verification System for Mobile Payments

While we’re not quite scanning retinas à la Mission Impossible and Minority Report, PayPal is now testing face verification for mobile-payment transactions.

The ecommerce company’s app has a tab labeled “Local,” which helps users find nearby stores and restaurants that accept mobile PayPal payments. Once customers check in to a venue online, their name and photo appear on the store’s PayPal app. Shoppers can then use the app to pay for items (cashiers complete the transaction by clicking on their profile pic).
Read more here.

HEALTH

DNA Testing Shows 59% of Fish Sold as ‘Tuna’ in U.S. is Something Else

Oceana is a great NGO focusing on ocean conservation. Over the past few years, they’ve done detective work using DNA testing to figure out if fish sold in grocery stores, restaurants, and sushi venues was properly labeled or if certain species were being passed off as other, more commercially desirable ones. Well, they didn’t do all this work for nothing…

It turns out that out of the 1200 seafood samples Oceana collected from 674 retail outlets in 21 states, 33% were mislabeled. The graph below shows that sushi places are the worst offender, with 3/4 of samples tested not what they claimed to be!
Read more here.