In this edition, the top news starts with:

All hail the new crypto bubble… er, I mean coming goddess of the crypto dawn; with the coming EOS crypto heaven that cometh…

https://hackernoon.com/eos-goddess-of-the-crypto-dawn-4b2959c03a35

AI in cybersecurity is a lot of hype and, the truth is, a lot of companies are struggling with it; but, it’s critical to get it right or you will fall behind.

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-machine-learning-cybersecurity/

Hyping 5g, so we can get a bigger letdown when it doesn’t live up to expectations. Can it live up to the hype? Time will tell…

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-why-5g-is-the-biggest-change-in-mobile-since-the-app-store/

Intelligence agencies are continuing to look at integrating AI into their process to improve initial processing, so humans can focus on details and actual analysis.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2018/05/01/heres-how-intelligence-will-take-advantage-of-machine-learning-and-ai/

Bill Gates and Larry Page are trying to drive interest in developing a universal flu shot.  Can anyone pull this off?

https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccines/thinking-developing-a-truly-universal-flu-vaccine-bill-gates-and-larry-page-challenge-you

Google has opened early registration for the new .app top level domain.  Get them before they’re gone.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/05/01/google-opens-early-registration-app-domains-general-availability-coming-may-8/

Oculus aims to isolate and separate humanity from each other, in another step towards the subjugation of humanity.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/1/17306830/oculus-vr-tv-streaming-service-espn-showtime-netflix-launch

In a rage of vapor rocket envy, Boeing tells SpaceX “Mine is Bigger”… never mind that it doesn’t exist yet…  Boeing has had 60 years and SpaceX did it in 10 and at 10 times cheaper cost… and never mind the BFR SpaceX is actually building…

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/226597/20180501/boeing-throws-shade-at-spacex-says-falcon-heavy-is-too-small-for-deep-space.htm

Intel takes over the top and bottom of Bing AI ads, IBM Watson still reigns on Google AI ads.

Lastly, the Singularity Index or S.I. is up slightly at 980.82, amid psychometric market drivel…

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