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Weekly#231

  • Ofcom Communications Market Report (3 August 2017) UK Stats
    • 3h32minutes spent watching broadcast TV per day
    • 183 minutes spent listening to radio per day (among radio listeners)
    • 25.3 million : Number of fixed broadband connections
    • 10.8 million:  Number of superfast broadband connections
    • 36.2 Mbit /s : Average actual fixed broadband speed
    • “…While 91% of UK adults watched live TV in an average week in 2016, data from BARB show that the amount of me UK adults spend watching has fallen since 2010, with a decline in average daily viewing me of 36 minutes (-14%) to 3 hours 51 minutes per adult (16+) per day in 2016…”
  • Korea takes first step to introduce ‘robot tax
  • Nvidia Once Ruled Video Games, Now It May Rule Self-Driving Cars
  • By Buying Mobileye, Intel Jumps Firmly Into Driverless Car Race
  • There’s a Plan To Rebuild the Colossus of Rhodes
  • GM is beta testing a ride-hailing app for autonomous EVs
  • Disney wants to make a huge shift in its business model — but it’s not ready to do it yet
  • SoftBank is pumping $1 billion into the online sports apparel retailer Fanatics
  • SoftBank leads $1bn investment in US biotech group…”…The investment in Roivant Sciences, which is developing experimental medicines for a range of illnesses spanning Alzheimer’s to rare diseases…
  • RBC Capital’s Mark Mahaney believes Snap will report ARPU of $1.19 per user in Q2, growth of 138 percent year over year.
  • Michelin’s 3D-printed tire is as stunning as it is futuristic
  • Fintech in China
  • How can creative industries benefit from blockchain?
  • SoftBank’s running list of deals show it’s the biggest, craziest investor in tech right now
  • TV is moving to the internet faster than you probably think
  • Facebook Watch and the reinvention of TV