{"id":3835,"date":"2021-01-18T16:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2021-01-29T21:50:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T18:50:24","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-january-17th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-january-17th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 January 17th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Virgin Orbit Successfully Deploys 10 NASA CubeSats in Space | PCMag | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/virgin-orbit-successfully-deploys-10-nasa-cubesats-in-space\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Cruise, GM partner with Microsoft to commercialize self-driving vehicles | Reuters | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/gm-microsoft-autonomous\/cruise-gm-partner-with-microsoft-to-commercialize-self-driving-vehicles-idUSL4N2JU2W4\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>LG might pull out of smartphone business after all &#8211; GSMArena.com news | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/lg_might_pull_out_of_smartphone_business_after_all-news-47310.php\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>SpaceX acquires former oil rigs to serve as floating Starship spaceports | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2021\/01\/spacex-rigs-starship-spaceports\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Loon, Alphabet&#8217;s futuristic internet balloon venture, is shutting down &#8211; CNN | <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/22\/tech\/loon-project-alphabet-google-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Electric Car Charging Service EVgo Going Public As Biden Readies Clean Vehicle Push | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alanohnsman\/2021\/01\/22\/electric-car-charging-service-evgo-going-public-as-biden-readies-clean-vehicle-push\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Apple shifts its top hardware engineer Dan Riccio to a &#8216;wonderful&#8217; new project | ZDNet | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/apple-shifts-its-top-hardware-engineer-dan-riccio-to-a-wonderful-new-project\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Tesla Model S refreshed with a radically redesigned interior and 520-mile range &#8211; Roadshow | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/roadshow\/news\/tesla-model-s-ev-sedan-refresh-interior-debut\/\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Robinhood raised $1 billion from investors to handle trading surge &#8211; Business Insider | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/robinhood-raised-1-billion-from-investors-handle-trading-surge-nyt-2021-1\">Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn how Alexa can proactively act on Hunches\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/whahElqS5eA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virgin Hyperloop Passenger Experience\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zSWagCyWio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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