China’s digital protectionism is as great a threat as barriers it puts up for physical goods
— Read on www.ft.com/content/6f0f41e4-47de-11e8-8ee8-cae73aab7ccb

Protect our data!

My father was raised in Hawaii. My sonogram was unusual for those that were born in Ohio.

Wonder why I surfed all those years?

It’s been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company’s decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as Project Maven, which aims to speed up analysis of drone footage by automatically classifying images of objects and people. Now, about a dozen Google employees are resigning in protest over the company’s continued involvement in Maven.

— Read on gizmodo.com/google-employees-resign-in-protest-against-pentagon-con-1825729300

Wait, did this article just report that @IBM refuses to work on US Defense Department contracts? Is this true?

Uber hopes to offer rides through a new UberAir service by 2023, starting in Dallas and Los Angeles.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/uber-flying-car-prototype.html

Up up and away…. before the software caused crash?

Ribs on the grill

Its developers call it the fastest drone in the world: It goes 80 mph and can make deliveries over 100 miles away, and it doesn’t even need remote control.
— Read on www.stumbleupon.com/su/1dyc9J/:10nqIMJEW:84@8IVac/www.today.com/money/watch-speedy-new-drone-make-delivery-without-remote-control-t127640

Uber imposters have been kidnapping and assaulting unsuspecting passengers. TODAY national investigative correspondent poses as a fake Uber driver to show you how to avoid becoming a victim.
— Read on www.today.com/video/beware-of-fake-uber-drivers-here-s-how-to-spot-them-1211849795776

Bose acquires Andrew Mason’s walking tour startup, Detour | TechCrunch
— Read on techcrunch.com/2018/04/24/bose-acquires-andrew-masons-walking-tour-startup-detour/

Amazon announced today a new service that gives its couriers access to a person’s vehicle for the purpose of leaving package deliveries inside.
— Read on www.theverge.com/2018/4/24/17261744/amazon-package-delivery-car-trunk-gm-volvo