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Weekly#454

  • Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion… thestudio known for its work in movies such as “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Avatar“
  • An E. coli biocomputer solves a maze by sharing the work
  • Physicists say they’ve finally solved the teapot effect
  • Elon Musk sells around $5 billion of Tesla stock
  • Indonesia’s tech giant GoTo Group raises $1.3 billion ahead of IPO plans
  • E-commerce giant JD starts accepting China’s digital currency on Singles Day for the first time
  • E-commerce logistics startup Hive buzzes following $34M investment
  • YouTube is removing the dislike count on all videos across its platform
  • Disney+ added just 2.1 million subscribers in its fourth quarter, giving it a total of 118.1 million customers.
  • Twitter is building a crypto team
  • How an esports doctor helps pro gamers avoid injury, from warm-ups to strength training
  • Italian startup WeRoad wants to reinvent travel for Gen Z and millennials.
  • DoorDash will acquire European delivery company Wolt as it builds a global platform
  • Electric automaker Rivian valuation pops above GM, Ford in biggest IPO of 2021
  • Ecologi: “…The subscription service — used by 35,000 individuals and businesses — allows members to “grow their own forest” with at least 12 trees a month and offset their carbon footprint by funding a wide range of the carbon-reducing projects…” (Techcrunch)
  • Moov, an online marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises $41M from Tiger Global and others
  • Intel, Samsung and Porsche among investors in TriEye’s $74M funding round
  • Netflix starts rolling out more efficient AV1 codec to TVs following Android devices
  • $76 Billion a Day: How Binance Became the World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange (WSJ)
  • Uber CEO flies into London as driver shortages hit app (FT)
  • How Alibaba tracks China’s delivery drivers
  • Spotify is acquiring an audiobook company
  • The global chip shortage is a nightmare before Christmas
  • Patreon’s building native video hosting for creators to sidestep YouTube
  • Seoul will be the first city government to join the metaverse
  • The World’s Largest Record Company Is Creating an NFT Super Group
  • SpinLaunch: Space Launch Start-Up Just Used A Giant Centrifuge To Fling A Projectile Into The Upper Atmosphere
  • South Korea tests system for controlling air taxis

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