“…companies all have multi-class stock structures, meaning that some of their stock — usually that which belongs to the founders — has much more powerful voting rights than others and therefore much more impact when it comes to companydecisions…”
Paperspace adds machine learning model development pipeline to GPU service
Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes
How Amazon’s Ring is creating a surveillance network with video doorbells
Car subscription service Cluno discloses €140M in debt financing
Equinor wins opportunity to develop the world’s largest offshore wind farm
Struggling Farmers See Bright Spot in Solar ($)…“…Farmers have two options for adding solar power on their farms: lease land for energy companies to generate power to funnel electricity into the grid, as the Nielsens are doing; or install their own solar panels to cut their electricity bills. Both methods can amount to more than $1,000 a month in improved margins, according to farmers and renewable-energy advocates…”
Energy and food together: Under solar panels, crops thrive
Generate income by generating power – Hong Kong homes close to selling solar power under new ‘feed-in tariff’ scheme
Alibaba unveils self-developed AI chip for cloud computing services
IKEA expects to offer home solar panels in stores across all its markets in 2025
From Ben Evans
Pinterest’s Lens can now recognize 2.5 billion home and fashion objects
Facebook experiments with AI-powered styling program
Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products ($)
…And now scientists believe the changing climate may put our brains at risk. A new analysis predicts that by 2100, increasing water temperatures brought on by a warming planet could result in 96 percent of the world’s population not having access to an omega-3 fatty acid crucial to brain health and function…
Silent Skies: Billions of North American Birds Have Vanished…an overall decline of 29 percent from 1970.
Mini Transformers: Scientists Have Created a Robot Made of Robots
Fiat Chrysler will set up an experimental fleet of up to 700 electric cars to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which allows power grids to use energy stored in car batteries to face demand during peak hours.
Fintech Company Stripe Joins Silicon Valley Elite With $35 Billion Valuation (WSJ: paywall)
The US government projects the number of workers over 75 will double in the next decade
60 Uses of Graphene – The Ultimate Guide to Graphene’s (Potential) Applications in 2019
Samsung to Launch Smartphone Meant to Make Blockchain Friendlier (paywall)
Revenue from recorded music in the U.S. rose 18% to $5.4 billion in the first half of the year (paywall)
The Time Netflix Considered Selling Itself to Amazon for Peanuts…In 1998, Netflix’s co-founders made a trip to Seattle that could have changed the world as we know it (paywall)