Weekly#464

Wordle founder Josh Wardle on going viral and what comes next

Making sense of the East-West divide in tech

Netflix shares fall 20% on slowing subscriber growth…The company said for the first quarter of 2022, it expects to add 2.5 million subscribers, compared to the 3.98 million it added in Q1 2021…

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

After Microsoft’s record Activision Blizzard deal, analysts say these video game stocks could be the next targets

Meta’s new learning algorithm can teach AI to multi-task

Google is building an AR headset

How Twitter could take NFTs mainstream

$2.5 billion wiped from Peloton’s market value as shares tumble below IPO price

Elon Musk Offering Satellite Internet to Tsunami-Hit Tonga

Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes

2021 — YC Year in Review

Mercedes’ future vehicles will have Luminar lidar under new deal

The inventor of PlayStation thinks the metaverse is pointless

Aldi starts using facial age estimation tech to sell alcohol in new no-checkout supermarket

Antimicrobial resistance now a leading cause of death worldwide, study finds

Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Company Is Inching Toward Human Trials

EU wants to build its own DNS infrastructure with built-in filtering capabilities

China’s population may start to shrink this year, new birth data suggest

Business Travel Shakeout Begins as Pfizer Axes Staff on Virtual Meetings Rise

OpenSea Stats

AppAnnie 2021