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Of course, Edward Snowden was gonna weigh in on the Panama Papers

Edward Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower not exactly known for keeping quiet, chimed in on the commentary surrounding the Panama Papers leak that implicates a bunch of world leaders and their associates in a scandal about offshore tax havens. Among those Snowden has mocked on Twitter: Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who stepped aside Tuesday, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose late father had connections to an investment fund that avoided paying taxes in the U.K. Ian Cameron, who died in 2010, was among those named in the 11.5 million documents stolen from Mossack Fonseca, the international law firm based in Panama that also has created 1,000-plus companies "based" in the USA — and nearly all of them are in Wyoming and Nevada, two states with permissive corporate secrecy laws.

Good news for investors: Your retirement adviser will soon have to put your well-being ahead of his or her paycheck

The Labor Department unveiled rules Wednesday that force financial advisers to do what's best for their clients, rather than themselves. Yep, actual rules to protect anyone trying to save money so they can one day quit working. Supporters say: Yay! But it might take some time for investors (and advisers, too) to understand the consequences. Opponents say: The cost of advice will rise and there will be fewer advisers for an ever-growing number of people who need help with retirement plans. So what can consumers expect? Clarity from advisers, more choices, but also lots of paperwork and maybe the inconvenience of choosing a new adviser.

Your iPhone runs out of space all the time. There's a hack for that. 

Hey, iPhone users, which error message do you see the most? "Cannot Take Photo," "Not Enough Storage," "Cannot Record Video" or "Storage Almost Full"? Just another day in the life of the Apple faithful. (Cue the laugh track of Android users gleefully swiping through all their data saved on micro SD cards.) Naturally, you start to delete photos, videos or entire apps. But wait! All you have to do is rent a movie. Or pretend to rent a movie. Somehow it clears the cache and other data. Now instead of saying, "Hold that pose while I delete a bunch of pictures," you can say, "Hold that pose while I fake-download a movie." (We hear you snickering, Android users. We hear you.)

In other news about things to do with your iPhone, please, no, don't do this

We often wonder about the size of the iPhone 6 — does it fit in *your* hand? — but this is ridiculous. Chinese women are taking photos to show that their knees are about as wide as the phone. Reminder: the iPhone 6 measures just 5.44 inches long. This isn't about being healthy (which we are all about) — this is about impossible standards. In a country where the number of young people with bulimia and anorexia is on the rise, this and other "devil body challenges" ultimately result in a dangerous lifestyle. Who's in agreement with us? Chinese activists, fashion editors and psychologists.

This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.

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