Breaking news: Google will bring its digital assistant to smartphones running the latest versions of its Android operating system, Reuters reported on Sunday.
“For the tech community, our findings emphasize the necessity of sunsetting SHA-1 usage,” Google noted this week.
That is important, and I felt relieved after reading coverage of SHA-1 by a benchmark publication in tech-land — “Google just cracked one of the building blocks of web encryption (but don’t worry)” was the headline from The Verge.
Elsewhere, Google’s Perspective, a machine learning initiative, represented an interesting development and one good reason to stop swearing.
“When computers learn to swear: Using machine learning for better online conversations” was another headline — by Jigsaw’s Jared Cohen — that caught my eye in a week clearly dominated by the busy schedule of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.
Indeed, Mr Kalanick had a few things to sort out over the past few days — and it all started before the week had even commenced, when Susan J. Flower wrote “Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber“.
Monday 20: An investigation for sexual harassment was launched internally
Tuesday 21: News of a massive taxi drivers protest hit Uber in Italy
Wednesday 23: Sued by Google, it had some investors feeling as if they “have hit a dead end in trying to influence the company quietly from the inside”
Thursday 24: The hashtag delete uber spread out
Friday 24: Uber women talked of systemic problem
Elsewhere, barring Cloudfare stuff, little happened on the trending tool front.
Earnings seasons, meanwhile, drew to a close with HP, Fitbit, Tesla, and Baidu.
Trending Tech: Google
- Time’s Up, SHA-1! (Google, 23/2/2017)
- Alphabet’s Waymo Files A Lawsuit Against Uber’s Otto (Waymo, 23/2/2017)
- Google Launches Machine Learning Perspective (Google, 23/2/2017)
- Don’t Call It ‘Messenger’ Anymore; Please Welcome ‘Android Messages’ (Google, 24/2/2017)
Key highlight of the week:
Trending Tools: Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Cloudfare…
- Microsoft‘s Skype Launches A Lite Version Specifically Designed For India (Microsoft, 22/2/2017)
- Twitter Introduces Custom Profiles In DM (Twitter, 22/2/2017)
- Facebook Updates Analytics For Apps & Video Monetisation (FB, 22/2/2017; FB, 23/2/2017)
- Cloudfare Discloses A Parser Bug That Could Cause Memory Leaks (Cloudfare, 23/2/2017, see tab below)
Key highlight of the week:
Trending Finance: Uber, Verizon, Alibaba, Microsoft…
- Uber Launches Investigation Over Alleged Sexual Harassment Claims (Reuters, 20/2/2017)
- Verizon And Yahoo Agree Amended Deal Terms (Verizon, 21/2/2017)
- Alibaba Partners With Retailer Bailan Group While Alipay’s Ant Financial Announces $200m Investment In Kakao Pay (Reuters, 20/2/2017; ANT Group, 21/2/2017)
- Baidu’s Video-Service iQiyi.com Raises $1.53bn (Reuters, 21/2/2017)
Key highlight of the week:
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