Weekly#395

Amazon’s Luna game streaming service is powered by Windows and Nvidia GPUs
Microsoft’s new Xbox app will let you stream Xbox One games to your iPhone
Here’s everything Amazon announced at its latest hardware event
The eSIM maker powering Xiaomi’s IoT devices raises $15M
Google to Increase Push for Apps to Give Cut of In-App Purchases
E-commerce platform Whitebox raises $18M
Microsoft is releasing a non-subscription Office suite in 2021
OSIRIS-REx will attempt its first asteroid sample collection next month
Twitter to start testing voice DMs
Google expands its Flutter development kit to Windows apps
Apple CEO Impressed by Remote Work, Sees Permanent Changes
Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover
“…More than 150 million Americans have access to Amazon Prime, which promises a two-day turnaround on millions of items that can be dispatched to your home with literally one click…”

Weekly#394

US airlines reveal profitability of frequent flyer programmes (FT)
Boston Dynamics delivers plan for logistics robots as early as next year
Hulu tests its co-viewing feature ‘Watch Party’ with ad-supported viewers
X1 Card is a credit card based on your income, not your credit score
Supercell’s CEO talks about its majority owner Tencent, finding its next hit and more
Sony’s PlayStation 5 arrives November 12, priced at $500
Amazon Music Joins Podcasting Fray (WSJ)
Why Nvidia is spending $40 billion on Arm
Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices (FT)
The complexity of fire“…The simplest hydrocarbon combustion produces hundreds of different intermediates and byproducts…”
Startup Is Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab
How the brain creates the experience of time
Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras
How Target gets you to spend money
PlayStation 5 launches Nov. 12 for $499.99

Weekly#393

The Long-Term Stock Exchange goes live
Japanese convenience store chain begins testing remote controlled robot staff in Tokyo
How Retailers Can Capture $5 Trillion of Shifting Demand
CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape
Leadership’s role in fixing the analytics models that COVID-19 broke
German tank problem
Electric car costs to remain higher than traditional engines (FT)
With no iPhone to launch, Apple turns to accessories and wearables (FT)“…For every 100 iPhones sold, Apple ships 49 pairs of AirPods and 14 Apple Watches, according to estimates from Canalys…”
Microsoft sets sights on ‘auto connectivity’ (FT)
Inside TikTok’s killer algorithm
SF drone footage during the #BayAreaFires
NASA wants to buy moon dirt from private companies
Man vs. machine: Pentagon plans 2024 dogfight between human pilot, artificial intelligence
Mastercard to Help Central Banks Test Their Own Digital Currencies
Willo, a freemium video interview SaaS, scores ~$320K during the remote work boom
Amazon launches Alexa Print, a way to print lists, recipes, games and educational content using your voice

Weekly#392

Tech Decoupling: China’s Race to End Its Reliance on the U.S. (WSJ)
Rocket Lab secretly launched its very first satellite, ‘First Light’
Apple won’t force developers to let users opt out of tracking until next year
Privacy Implications of Accelerometer Data
Myst AI claims its AI energy prediction technology boosts utilities’ reliability
SpaceX launches 12th Starlink mission, says users getting 100Mbps downloads
‘The Mandalorian’ launches its second season on Oct. 30
Tesla CEO met VW CEO during Germany visit: source
The Winamp Skin Museum
Feeling Safe in the Home of the Future: A product life-cycle approach to improve the trustworthiness of smart home products and services
The Future of Media: A New Framework for Valuing Content
US Inflation Calculator (from 1913 to 2020)
Tencent: The Ultimate Outsider
Airlines Invent Wild Ways to Make Money with Borders Closed
These students figured out their tests were graded by AI — and the easy way to cheat
America Is Running Low on a Crucial Resource for COVID-19 Vaccines
Cheap Chinese exercise bikes are beating US tariffs
Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover
Kenji Ekuan, Who Gave Soy Sauce Its Graceful Curves, Dies at 85“…It took him three years and 100 prototypes to come up with a final design for his dispenser, which combined a gracefully curving form with an innovative, dripless spout…”
Amazon’s Biggest Leap Was Boring
Uniqlo’s parent firm, Fast Retailing, is now the world’s third-largest clothing company, after Inditex (which owns Zara) and H&M