Weekly#382

Here’s everything Apple announced in the WWDC 2020 keynote today
Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful
The inside story of Netflix, the tiny tech company that took over Hollywood
Amazon to acquire autonomous driving startup Zoox
Amazon Honeycode is a no-programming-needed app builder for businesses
Waymo, Volvo partner to develop electric robotaxis
YouTube’s latest experiment is a TikTok rival focused on 15-second videos
Mars Is About to Have Its ‘Wright Brothers Moment
China launches final Beidou satellite to complete the navigation system
John J. Mooney, an Inventor of the Catalytic Converter, Dies at 90
100 million people watch YouTube on TVs each month
Elon Musk invites users to test Starlink space internet
How the Coronavirus Recovery Is Changing Cities

Weekly#381

Goldman Sachs Sees $16 Trillion Investment In Renewables By 2030
Autonomous Vehicles in Covid Economy
A Silicon Valley fundraiser for Joe Biden raised $4 million in one Zoom call
Scientists find way to pollinate plants with soap bubbles as bees decline
AWS said it mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever
From thinking about the next normal to making it work: What to stop, start, and accelerate
Boston Dynamics starts selling its Spot robot — for $74,500
COVID-19 tracing apps now live in Germany, France, and Italy; U.K. rethinks its plans
CERN makes bold push to build €21-billion super-collider
What to expect from WWDC 2020: OS updates, ARM Macs, and more
Experiments show hummingbirds see colors you’ve never dreamed of

Weekly#380

Volkswagen launches home EV charging system sales ahead of ID.3 vehicle deliveries
WarnerMedia tries to simplify HBO branding by sunsetting HBO Go and renaming HBO Now
Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb’s Vibrations…The so-called lamphone technique allows for real-time listening in on a room that’s hundreds of feet away.
Scientists Have Discovered Vast Unidentified Structures Deep Inside the Earth
Their dining rooms are closed, their margins have evaporated, and their industry is in turmoil. But a handful of restaurateurs are rebuilding their operations around takeout—without paying sky-high delivery fees. (WSJ) “…Among these survivors are restaurants that behave more like direct-to-consumer brands selling cosmetics, mattresses and bidets on the internet. The platforms they’re using to help them succeed—which include Tock, Toast, Your Fare, BentoBox and others—are to their online sales and delivery operations what Shopify is to a half million sellers of consumer goods on the internet…”
Americans spend billions to look good in lockdown…”…Overall US health and beauty sales in the period rose by $3.74bn, or 13 per cent, from a year ago to $32.2bn. Ecommerce led the increase, up 31 per cent to $9.28bn, encouraged by social media influencers who have been providing self-care tips…” (FT)
People Aren’t Visiting Branches. Banks Are Wondering How Many They Actually Need. (WSJ)
Included with your next apartment: VR pods and esports arenas
The Coming Disruption – Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education

Weekly#379

SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 rocket in the span of just four days
Amazon Air adds 12 new aircraft to its cargo fleet, expands its ground operations
Global smartphone shipments to fall 12% this year on virus woes: IDC
Volvo Plans to Offer Autonomous Highway Driving by 2022
Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
Slack revenue growth fails to impress, shares tank
Dropbox is working on its own password manager
Two-meter distancing might halve infection risk compared to one meter
PWC:Industrial manufacturing trends 2020: Succeeding in uncertainty through agility and innovation
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