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Weekly#475

  • Improbable raises $150m from Andreessen Horowitz and SoftBank.
    “…Improbable has been developing a technology that allows very large numbers of people — more than 10k — to be in the same online world at the same time. At the moment, even multiplayer games such as Fortnite struggle to get more than 100 players on the same server at the same time…”
  • Elon Musk Delivers First Teslas Made In Texas, Teases Future Products (WSJ)
  • Trending Apps in Russia and Ukraine Show Shifting Priorities During War
  • Google will hide neglected apps in the Play Store…Starting in November, apps that haven’t been updated in two years will be hidden
  • Decentralization for Web3 Builders: Principles, Models, How
  • U.S. life expectancy falls for 2nd year in a row…76.6 years — the lowest in at least 25 years.
  • An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about Manufacturing Intelligence
  • Robinhood Releases Crypto Wallet to 2M Users, Plans Integration With Bitcoin Lightning Network
  • Return to Monkey Island confirmed by Ron Gilbert as real, slated for 2022 launch
  • Elon Musk has purchased 9.2 percent of Twitter’s stock
  • A second season of Severance is on the way
  • Portrait Using Only Voice by AI