| Spotify readies for its public debut, Asus gets back to focusing on what it does best, and the UK is legislating the heck out of tech. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for May 19, 2017. May your Memorial Day be restful and respectful. 1. Spotify gets ready for its fiscal close-up Spotify is getting ready to go public, with four new board members including Padmasree Warrior and ex-YouTube product lead Shishir Mehrotra. It also settled a recent class action lawsuit. This is basically polishing the ship prior to an initial public offering, according to Katie, though there are reports that Spotify could skip the IPO and go directly to the public market, which is unusual but not unprecedented.
 2. Asus brings all the laptops to the yard It's laptop time for Asus at Computex. Last time, the company brought a robot to the show, but this time it was more down-to-earth, with hybrids and notebooks that signal a general 'back to basics' approach for PC OEMs. 3. UK could fine companies for failing to clean up comments Facebook's moderation woes could start costing it money, in the form of fines levied by the UK government. That's after social media companies have fallen under fire for not doing enough to moderate what gets posted on their networks, in the way of murders, abuse, violence, hate speech and whatever else the internet coughs up on a daily basis. 4. LeEco's crash and burn could at least be educational LeEco's ongoing flare out is a mess, but it's also an instruction manual in how not to try to bring a company from overseas to the U.S. Let us learn something from this unfolding disaster. 5. Judah takes on the machines Judah Friedlander of 30 Rock fame is going head-to-head with AI systems from big tech companies to find out if humans are obsolete. The series was produced in collaboration with TC, and is entertaining as heck so go ahead and take a look. 6. AlphaGo to call it quits AlphaGo doesn't have anything left to prove in the world of Go – it beat the reigning world champ last week, as well as teams of humans and many others. So it's hanging up its spurs, so to speak. AlphaGo's research team will move on to building ever more ambitious AI. 7. The UK might break end-to-end-encryption So long and thanks for all the fish, I guess. 1. Spotify gets ready for its fiscal close-up Spotify is getting ready to go public, with four new board members including Padmasree Warrior and ex-YouTube product lead Shishir Mehrotra. It also settled a recent class action lawsuit. This is basically polishing the ship prior to an initial public offering, according to Katie, though there are reports that Spotify could skip the IPO and go directly to the public market, which is unusual but not unprecedented.
2. Asus brings all the laptops to the yard It's laptop time for Asus at Computex. Last time, the company brought a robot to the show, but this time it was more down-to-earth, with hybrids and notebooks that signal a general 'back to basics' approach for PC OEMs. 3. UK could fine companies for failing to clean up comments Facebook's moderation woes could start costing it money, in the form of fines levied by the UK government. That's after social media companies have fallen under fire for not doing enough to moderate what gets posted on their networks, in the way of murders, abuse, violence, hate speech and whatever else the internet coughs up on a daily basis. 4. LeEco's crash and burn could at least be educational LeEco's ongoing flare out is a mess, but it's also an instruction manual in how not to try to bring a company from overseas to the U.S. Let us learn something from this unfolding disaster. 5. Judah takes on the machines Judah Friedlander of 30 Rock fame is going head-to-head with AI systems from big tech companies to find out if humans are obsolete. The series was produced in collaboration with TC, and is entertaining as heck so go ahead and take a look. 6. AlphaGo to call it quits AlphaGo doesn't have anything left to prove in the world of Go – it beat the reigning world champ last week, as well as teams of humans and many others. So it's hanging up its spurs, so to speak. AlphaGo's research team will move on to building ever more ambitious AI. 7. The UK might break end-to-end-encryption So long and thanks for all the fish, I guess. | 
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