Summary: <p><em><strong>How the US government shutdown affects cybersecurity, how the Open Government Data Act is possibly good tech governance, Airbnb and Slack are considering non-traditional IPOs and the state of AI research at the end of 2018.</strong></em></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.fifthdomain.com/congress/2018/12/21/how-a-government-shutdown-affects-americas-cybersecurity-workforce/">How a government shutdown affects America’s cybersecurity workforce</a> (FifthDomain)</li> <li> <a href="https://boingboing.net/2018/12/24/no-thanks-obama.html">In a huge win for open data, Congress passes the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act </a>(BoingBoing)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-23/wall-street-quietly-shelves-its-bitcoin-dreams">Wall Street Quietly Shelves Its Bitcoin Dreams</a> (Bloomberg)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/layoffs-underway-amid-business-adjustments-bitcoin-miner-bitmain-confirms">Layoffs Underway Amid ‘Adjustments,’ Bitcoin Miner Bitmain Confirms</a> (CoinDesk)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/23/how-to-play-hq-words/">HQ Trivia launches HQ Words as reinstalled CEO seeks a game-changer</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/12/10/18129880/airbnb-postmates-slack-direct-listing-ipo">Airbnb and Slack are considering untraditional IPOs that box out bankers like Spotify did</a> (Recode)</li> <li> <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/17/geoffrey-hinton-and-demis-hassabis-agi-is-nowhere-close-to-being-a-reality/">Geoffrey Hinton and Demis Hassabis: AGI is nowhere close to being a reality</a> (VentureBeat)</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>
