Saleh Blog

• Pentagon’s Cyber Command gets upgraded status, new leader – Reuters | Link
• National Security Agency Triples Collection Of Phone Records in United States | Link
• Microsoft 365 now includes machine learning tools – Engadget | Link
• Microsoft launches Project Brainwave, its deep learning acceleration platform – TechCrunch | Link
• Microsoft Announces IntelliCode: An AI-powered Tool To Improve Your Code Quality | Link
• Google’s big Android Things plan to dominate the IoT is here – SlashGear | Link
• Google’s Flutter Beta 3 Takes Another Leap Towards Simple Cross-Platform App Design | Link
• New LG smartwatch revealed by FCC ahead of I/O 2018 w/ modified Wear OS app list – 9to5Google | Link
• Google Research becomes Google AI to reflect AI-first ambitions – ZDNet | Link
• Google ‘Tour Creator’ Lets You Build VR Tours Using Streetview & Your Own 360 Photos | Link
• Google smart display platform release date is fast approaching – TechRadar | Link
• Boston Dynamics will start selling its dog-like SpotMini robot in 2019 – TechCrunch | Link

• Steam Spy returns from death, but admits data is less accurate | Link
• ‘Autopilot driver’ who sat in passenger seat is banned for 18 months – World news – The Guardian | Link
• Mark Zuckerberg Says It Will Take 3 Years to Fix Facebook – WIRED | Link
• FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Get Rid of Illegal Warranty-Void-if-Removed Stickers – Motherboard | Link
• Sprint and T-Mobile Try Again, but Antitrust Hurdles Remain the Same – The New York Times | Link
• Goldman Sachs to Open a Bitcoin Trading Operation – The New York Times | Link
• Cambridge Analytica to File for Bankruptcy After Misuse of Facebook Data | Link
• NASA’s InSight lander readies for launch to Mars – CBS News | Link

• Wikipedia is making it easier to explore the internet with page previews | Link
• Mideast ride-sharing app Careem says it was hacked – The Washington Post | Link
• Amazon Has a Top-Secret Plan to Build Home Robots – Bloomberg | Link
• Happy 13th birthday to the very first YouTube video – Mashable | Link
• Amazon Tries a New Delivery Spot: Your Car – The New York Times | Link
• Google Cloud continues to grow, is coming to Saudi Arabia – News – DatacenterDynamics | Link
• Gmail redesign is here and it’s big | Link
• Apple, Google lead fight against US repeal of Clean Power Plan | Link
• The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder – The New York Times | Link
• Why Amazon Is Raising Prime Fee 20%, to $119 per Year in U.S. – Variety | Link

• NASA Will Soon Launch Their State-of-the-Art TESS Telescope to Find Habitable Exoplanets | Link
• Google launches digital skills training for Arabic speakers | Link
• Samsung Jumps on the Blockchain Bandwagon – Bloomberg | Link
• SpaceX to build Mars rocket at the Port of Los Angeles – CNN | Link
• Netflix programming binge pays off with subscriber surge | Link
• Amazon is making it easier for international customers to order from abroad | Link
• 34 major tech companies are uniting to fight cyberattacks | Link
• Facebook facial recognition faces class-action suit – BBC News | Link
• Amazon reveals it has more than 100 million Prime members | Link
• Google might let Chromebook users boot into Windows with AltOS – MSPoweruser | Link
• Intel closes New Devices Group that built Vaunt smart glasses | Link

• Feds Seize Backpage.com and Affiliated Websites in Crackdown – Time | Link
• Amazon Makes Hiring Push in Riyadh After Saudi Prince’s Visit – Bloomberg | Link
• Apple’s Global Operations Now Powered by 100% Renewable Energy – CleanTechnica | Link
• Amazon spent close to $23B on R&D in 2017, outpacing fellow tech giants – GeekWire | Link
• Vevo’s channel was hacked, not YouTube — there’s a difference – Polygon | Link
• Earth’s Wonders Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before – Planet Stories – Medium | Link
• Steam tweaks privacy settings, will soon let you be invisible while online – Polygon | Link
• Why Facebook’s 2011 Promises Haven’t Protected Users – WIRED | Link
• UAE Government Launches Blockchain Strategy 2021 – Cointelegraph | Link
• Gmail is getting a brand new look — take a peek – Business Insider Nordic | Link

• China says Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth’s atmosphere on Monday | Link
• Cloudflare launches consumer DNS service to speed up the internet | Link
• UberRush Is No More As Uber Kills Its On-demand Delivery Service – Digital Trends | Link
• China’s Tiangong-1 space lab breaks up over Pacific Ocean – CNN | Link
• DARPA is Open to Ideas For New Types of Drone Swarm Technology | Link
• Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel | Link
• Watch a Russian postal drone crash on it first flight — Quartz | Link
• YouTube HQ shooting: ‘Not terrorism at this point’ authorities tell NBC News – Euronews | Link
• Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week – Ars Technica | Link
• Google Now Matches 100% Of Its Power With Clean Energy – Fortune | Link
• Google Employees “Outraged” Their Tech Is Being Used to Build Better Killing Machines – Vanity Fair | Link
• SpaceX cut its latest Falcon 9 stream because it didn’t get a license | Link
• Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space company launches first rocket since fatal 2014 crash – ABC News | Link
• Best Buy says it was hit by same data breach as Sears and Delta | Link

April Fools’

• Google Maps needs your help finding Waldo – TechCrunch | Link
• Carriage introduces voice controlled device to order foods online | Link
• Google Introducing Bad Joke Detector | Link
• Google Gboard Physical Handwriting | Link
• Genetic Select by Lexus | Link
• Switch from British to U.S. dialogue at the touch of a button – Introducing Interp-Brit on BritBox | Link
• Introducing Roku Happy Streaming™ Socks | Link
• Introducing the New T-Mobile Sidekicks: The World’s First Smartshoephone | T-Mobile | Link
• Netflix Buys Seth Rogen’s Personal Autonomy in April 1 Announcement – Variety | Link
• Nvidia – Geforce Academy of Gaming | Link
• Razer’s Project Venom v2 | Link

• Apple’s Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy | Link
• The FTC Is Officially Investigating Facebook’s Data Practices | Link
• Elon Musk’s next Boring Co. merch will be big Lego bricks made from tunnel rock | Link
• Philips lighting rebrands as Signify – News – Smart Home Geeks | Link
• Foxconn is buying Belkin and Linksys – SlashGear | Link
• NASA Delays Launch of James Webb Space Telescope to 2020 | Link
• Zuckerberg will reportedly appear before Congress on data privacy | Link
• Nvidia suspends all autonomous vehicle testing – TechCrunch | Link
• Nvidia launches self-driving simulation system, Kubernetes support – Seeking Alpha | Link
• FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network – TechCrunch | Link
• ‘PUBG’ will start testing its tiny ‘Savage’ map next week | Link
• Google to Shut goo.gl URL Shortener in Favour of Dynamic Links – Technology News | Link