{"id":3522,"date":"2020-06-21T03:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2020-06-27T02:29:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T23:29:30","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-june-21st-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-june-21st-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 June 21st, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Google&#8217;s got a Pinterest competitor called Keen | <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/google-keen-pinterest-rival\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>WWDC 2020: Here&#8217;s everything Apple just announced | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/22\/apple-wwdc-2020-new-ios-macos-ipados-software.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>South Koreans can now store their driving license on their smartphones | Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/south-koreans-can-now-store-their-driving-license-on-their-smartphones-094503272.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google employees petition company to cancel police contracts | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/22\/google-employees-petition-company-to-cancel-police-contracts.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Facebook Launches New App Called &#8216;Forecast&#8217; to Host Crowd-Sourced Predictions and Discussion | Social Media Today | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/facebook-launches-new-app-called-forecast-to-host-crowd-sourced-predictio\/580396\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Amazon may add live TV channels, broadcasts to Prime Video service: Report | Business Standard News | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/technology\/amazon-may-add-live-tv-channels-broadcasts-to-prime-video-service-report-120062400597_1.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>BeiDou: China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS &#8211; BBC News | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-53132957\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>After 84 Years, Olympus Is Exiting the Camera Business | PCMag | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/after-84-years-olympus-is-exiting-the-camera-business\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Brazil&#8217;s central bank killed WhatsApp&#8217;s new payment system one week after launch &#8211; Business Insider | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/brazils-central-bank-killed-whatsapps-new-payment-system-one-week-after-launch-2020-6\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google will now auto-delete your data \u2013 but don&#8217;t get complacent &#8211; SlashGear | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/google-will-now-auto-delete-your-data-but-dont-get-complacent-24626260\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Sonos cuts 12% of workforce due to pandemic; impact on Seattle engineering office not yet clear &#8211; GeekWire | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2020\/sonos-cuts-12-workforce-due-pandemic-impact-seattle-engineering-office-not-yet-clear\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Masayoshi Son steps down from Alibaba board after 15 years | Financial Times | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6c8c9ae4-1bd8-4b88-b61b-92ebbcf332b1\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>WD Red NAS drive branding gets updated to address SMR confusion &#8211; SlashGear | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashgear.com\/wd-red-nas-drive-branding-gets-updated-to-address-smr-confusion-25626322\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Google to Start Offering Loans to Merchants in India, Rolls Out \u2018Nearby Stores\u2019 Spot Nationwide | Technology News | <a href=\"https:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/apps\/news\/google-pay-merchant-loans-small-businesses-india-nearby-stores-spot-maps-promoted-pins-2252201\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Amazon says &#8216;Counterfeit Crimes Unit&#8217; to work with law enforcement | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/24\/amazon-says-counterfeit-crimes-unit-to-work-with-law-enforcement.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Microsoft is permanently closing its retail stores | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/26\/microsoft-to-close-retail-stores.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Mixer Shutting Down, Microsoft Partnering With Facebook Gaming &#8211; GameSpot | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/mixer-shutting-down-microsoft-partnering-with-face\/1100-6478822\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s got a Pinterest competitor called Keen | Link WWDC 2020: Here&#8217;s everything Apple just announced | Link South Koreans can now store their driving license on their smartphones | Engadget | Link Google employees petition company to cancel police contracts | Link Facebook Launches New App Called &#8216;Forecast&#8217; to Host Crowd-Sourced Predictions and Discussion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3541,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}