Weekly#194

Between 2011 and the third quarter of 2016, the percentage of tech deals with Chinese investment grew from 1.7% to 4.1%
Airbnb in Talks to Buy China Rival Xiaozhu
Amazon in Talks to Buy Dubai’s Souq.com in $1 Billion Deal
Skyscanner acquired for £1.4 billion by China’s Ctrip
Twitter: The % of mobile-only shoppers is astonishing. 50%+ for many of the top 15 retailers.
Twitter: Two-thirds (CEOs) said they believe technology will create greater value in the future than their workforce will, and 44% believe that automation, artificial intelligence and robotics will make people “largely irrelevant” in the years to come.
Twitter: Friday through Dec 25, estimated 1,500,000,000 packages will be delivered in the US by UPS+FEDEX+USPS (source: @parcelpending via @CNBC)
Stripe Inc., whose software is used by businesses to accept and track digital payments, will be valued at $9.2 billion in a new funding round that is being completed, the company said.
Universities’ AI Talent Poached by Tech Giants (Google, Baidu, Facebook lure away top computer science researchers responsible for training students)
Google Brain AI is now using its own language to translate between languages
Apple raked in a record 91 per cent of all smartphone profits in the third quarter
Japan plans supercomputer to leap into technology future
In the future, will farming be fully automated?
Tesla hires HoloLens designer, second Microsoft employee from the augmented reality program
Voice search has created a huge vulnerability at the heart of Google’s business

Weekly#193

Samsung Charges Into Auto Tech With $8 Billion Deal for Harman
Jaguar Shows Its Concept for a Luxury Electric SUV
Siemens to Buy Mentor Graphics Amid Push to Digitize Heavy Industry
China Internet Giant Tencent’s Profit Jumps on Games Gains ($1.55 billion net profit in latest quarter)
Airbnb moves beyond accommodation into tours and immersive trips
Airbnb’s share of London lets triples in a year, agents say 7.6% of overnight stays in capital now via gig economy website
Skype Users Make Around 3 Billion Minutes Of Calls Every Day
You’re probably shopping for the most nutritious produce in the wrong aisle
Amazon is going to sell cars onlineAccording to Reuters, Fiat Chrysler will sell three models — the 500, the 500L, and the Panda — on Amazon’s Italian site at a price that is up to 30% cheaper than other dealerships. The service will only be available in Italy.
Tesla, SolarCity Merger Gets Shareholder Approval, Here’s everything you need to know about the solar roof Tesla plans to build with SolarCity
Amazon Challenges Netflix by Taking Video Service Global
Starry, an internet service provider (ISP) that promises to deliver super-fast internet access wirelessly, launched its first closed beta in the Boston area this week.
Apple has a secret team working to make the iPhone’s camera a portal to augmented reality
French technology group Sigfox, which is building a wireless network for connected devices, has launched a new funding round to raise €150m for further international expansion.
“The feeling when you realize the robots will steal your job.”

Weekly#192

These 3-wheeled nanocars are the size of just one molecule
Harvard University researchers have made the first entirely 3-D-printed organ-on-a-chip with integrated sensing.
From mobile first to mobile native
2 billion active Chrome installs
Snapchat’s Spectacles go on sale via Minion-like vending machines
Amazon’s private label brands are taking over market share
A robot fight club
Five industries that should take a cue from Netflix and crowdsource parts of its tech
Rogue One: International Trailer #2
Enter the Digital Dragon, can you really learn karate on the internet? A second-degree black belt investigates
The Unicode Consortium on Thursday approved 51 new playful images for emoji
Tesla’s Autopilot chip supplier NVIDIA on new self-driving system: ‘It’s basically 5 yrs ahead and coming in 2017’
YouTube on TV or TV on YouTube? The Blurred Lines of Online Video Consumption
Fix iOS 10’s Confusing Email Thread Problem
How to Gamify Your Life to Quickly Accomplish Big Goals
Twitter traffic doubled, Facebook up by 30% on election night
Nintendowned: Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in (null) seconds

Weekly#191

Sony Second-Quarter Profit Falls Nearly 86%
GoPro Reports Another Loss, 40% Revenue Drop
China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ achieves fusion breakthrough
Robotics and automation will reduce mining employment by about 50% by 2030
Jeff Bezos, Mayo Clinic back anti-aging startup Unity Biotechnology for $116 million
A new startup wants to turn drones into guardian angels for our homes.
OK, Alexa: A Google Home Versus Amazon Echo IQ Test
DeepMind and Blizzard to release StarCraft II as an AI research environment
Android just hit a record 88% market share of all smartphones
1.79 billion people logged onto facebook at least once per month,
Another quarter, another $3.2 billion in revenue for Amazon Web Services.
The space industry’s new bet: putting an “app store” in orbit
Play-Doh Brings Kids’ Creations To Life In A Virtual World
REPORT : The Future of Automotive
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