{"id":3465,"date":"2020-05-18T23:43:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2020-05-22T03:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:15:40","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-may-17th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-may-17th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 May 17th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Huawei faces &#8216;big blow&#8217; from new U.S. rules to cut off chips | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/18\/huawei-faces-big-blow-from-new-us-rules-to-cut-off-chips.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Japan Falls Into Recession, and Worse Lies Ahead &#8211; The New York Times | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/17\/business\/japan-recession-coronavirus.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Apple details how it&#8217;s reopening stores &#8211; CNN | <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/05\/18\/tech\/apple-stores-reopening-coronavirus\/index.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Alibaba&#8217;s Jack Ma quits SoftBank board after huge Vision Fund losses | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/18\/alibabas-jack-ma-quits-softbank.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change | ZDNet | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-we-were-wrong-about-open-source-but-luckily-you-can-change\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Uber lays off 3,000 more staffers, shutters dozens of offices &#8211; The Washington Post | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/05\/18\/uber-layoffs-3000\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Australian-designed artificial intelligence (AI) unmanned combat aircraft prototype unveiled by Boeing | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaerospace.com\/unmanned\/article\/14176010\/unmanned-combat-aircraft-prototype\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Disney&#8217;s Head of Streaming, Kevin Mayer, Becomes TikTok C.E.O. &#8211; The New York Times | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/18\/business\/media\/tiktok-ceo-kevin-mayer.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>AWS Outposts now available in UAE and Saudi Arabia &#8211; BroadcastPro ME | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcastprome.com\/products\/aws-outposts-now-available-in-uae-and-saudi-arabia\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Tom Hanks WWII movie &#8216;Greyhound&#8217; will premiere on Apple TV+ | Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tom-hanks-greyhound-movie-at-apple-tv-plus-200952873.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Amid COVID-19, iFixit releases repair database for ventilators &#8211; CNET | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/health\/amid-covid-19-ifixit-releases-repair-database-for-ventilators\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Facebook launches shopping feature as pandemic pushes businesses online | Technology | The Guardian | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/may\/19\/facebook-shops-businesses-sales-covid-19\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>SD Express 8.0 specs released, 4 GB\/s transfer speeds now possible for SD cards &#8211; NotebookCheck.net News | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/SD-Express-8-0-specs-released-4-GB-s-transfer-speeds-now-possible-for-SD-cards.466063.0.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends Pixel team, says \u201chardware is hard\u201d | Ars Technica | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2020\/05\/google-ceo-defends-pixel-line-says-company-is-super-committed-to-hardware\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>24th Annual Webby Award Winners Announced \u2013 Variety | <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/scene\/news\/jimmy-fallon-lebron-james-kristen-bell-john-krasinski-24th-annual-webby-awards-special-achievement-honors-1234610519\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Apple and Google launch digital contact tracing system &#8211; ABC News | <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/apple-google-launch-digital-contact-tracing-system\/story?id=70789376\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google Rolls Out Action Blocks and Other New Android Accessibility Features &#8211; Voicebot.ai | <a href=\"https:\/\/voicebot.ai\/2020\/05\/21\/google-rolls-out-action-blocks-and-other-new-android-accessibility-features\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google Pixel 4a apparently won&#8217;t launch until July at the earliest &#8211; 9to5Google | <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2020\/05\/21\/google-pixel-4a-july\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Updated: Intel buys Rivet Networks and its Killer Networking brand to beef up its Wi-Fi tech | PCWorld | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3543884\/intel-buys-rivet-networks-and-its-killer-networking-brand-to-beef-up-its-wi-fi-tech.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Amazon Targets Fall for Prime Day as it Tries to Return to Pre-Pandemic Operations &#8211; WSJ | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amazon-pushes-prime-day-to-september-as-it-returns-to-normalcy-11590066947\">Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei faces &#8216;big blow&#8217; 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