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Weekly#242

  • A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. John le Carré
  • HBR: 3D Printing Gives Hackers Entirely New Ways to Wreak Havoc
  • HBR: Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better
  • Amazon will start delivering packages into the homes of Prime members. The program is called Amazon Key.
  • …Amazon will own the bigger piece of e-commerce sales this year owning about 44 cents out of every e-commerce dollar spent in the U.S., up from 38 cents the previous year, according to new estimates from public companies from research firm eMarketer
  • Hulu’s CEO is going to run Sony TV, and another Fox exec is going to run Hulu
  • Delphi is one of the first automotive suppliers to acquire a self-driving software startup. Delphi has bought nuTonomy for $450 million.
  • …The average price for a smartphone in North America rose 4 percent to over $400 in the third quarter of 2017 compared with a year earlier. In China, it rose 15 percent to $327 in that same time
  • Square is expanding its lending business through partners to try to reach millions of more small businesses. Merchants using delivery service Caviar will also be eligible for Square Capital loans.
  • Most Netflix customers don’t pay for other streaming services. But Hulu and HBO Now subscribers do.
  • Microsoft finally kills off the Kinect, but the tech will live on in other devices
  • Apple lowers Face ID specifications to ramp up iPhone X production, report says
  • Amazon debuts Cloud Cam and Key to take on Nest, August and others in home security
  • Apple purchased a company with technology that would allow an iPhone to charge without being plugged in
  • Apple drives native AI adoption in smartphones
  • Russia will Require Cryptocurrency Miners to Register With the Government in 2018
  • Daimler unveils heavy-duty all-electric truck concept with ‘up to 220 miles’ range
  • Singapore aims to be 25% solar-powered by 2025
  • Balloon navigation breakthrough helps extend cell service in Puerto Rico
  • LinkedIn plans to teach all its engineers the basics of using AI
  • Amazon rolls out cash payments in Mexico
  • A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
  • Saudis Are Talking to Amazon, Alibaba Over New City, Prince Says…in talks with some of the world’s biggest companies to develop technologies that will power life in the $500 billion city he’s planning to build on the Red Sea.