• Bionic Reading
• Apple previews new accessibility features combining the power of hardware, software, and machine learning
• “…Ads were supposed to be on their way out, replaced by subscription money. Now Netflix, Disney, and everyone else is learning to live with them…“
• Mastercard Rolls Out Biometric Payments
• “…Apple Inc. executives previewed its upcoming mixed-reality headset to the company’s board last week, indicating that development of the device has reached an advanced stage, according to people with knowledge of the matter…“
• For the first time since the pandemic, leisure and business flights surpass 2019 levels
• Klarna, Buy-now-pay-later startup, valued last year at $46 billion, could see its valuation fall by one-third in a tough environment for tech companies (WSJ)
• Netflix has updated its  culture memo
• Amazon Head of Devices: Company Focused on Real-World Tech, Not Metaverse (WSJ)
• Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is advising its portfolio founders to “plan for the worst” as startups across the globe scramble to navigate a sharp reversal after a 13-year bull run.
• State of the Java Ecosystem Report from New Relic
• Uber, Grocery Outlet partner to pilot on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery
• Meta Unveils WhatsApp Cloud API at Its Conversations Event
• Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil
• The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same
• TikTok plans big push into gaming, conducting tests in Vietnam
• TikTok shot past Facebook’s time-spent record in 2021, reaching 44 daily minutes per user.

Probably the best time in the history of the internet to be a founder.

Multiple mid/top of S-curve categories (mobile, social, cloud etc).

And lots of emerging / bottom of S-curve categories (web3, VR, AI).

— cdixon.eth (@cdixon) May 19, 2022

• Google IO Videos
• Google’s new Android Auto interface works with any screen size
• Google TV app to add casting as Android TV ecosystem grows to 110M monthly active devices
• The first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy…“…If Sagittarius A* were the size of a doughnut, M87* would be the size of the Allianz Arena…”
• Fostering Effective Energy Transition [PDF]
• E Ink Launches E Ink Gallery 3 Color ePaper
• “…Instacart has filed confidential paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, the company announced Wednesday…”
• Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet
• Disney Plus added almost 8 million new subscribers as Netflix struggles
• A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
• Lunar Soil Can Be Used To Generate Oxygen and Fuel for Moon Astronauts
• Research Finds over 1.5 Million “Abandoned” Mobile Apps
• 15th Annual State Of Agile Report

Augmented reality can break down communication barriers – and help us better understand each other by making language visible. Watch what happens when we bring technologies like transcription and translation to your line of sight. #GoogleIO ↓ pic.twitter.com/ZLhd4BWPGh

— Google (@Google) May 11, 2022

• Google acquires Raxium
• Below Antarctic ice, scientists discover a giant groundwater system
• AMD reported more than $5 billion in quarterly revenue
• Fortnite is back on iOS through Xbox Cloud Gaming
• Apple, Google, and Microsoft will soon implement passwordless sign-in on all major platforms… Google blog post
• Tony Fadell archive
• NY Times says Wordle drove “tens of millions” of new users, record growth
• Pandemic killed 15M people in first 2 years, WHO excess death study finds
• The gene-edited pig heart given to a dying patient was infected with a pig virus
• The Marketplace 100: 2022
• Elon Musk expected to serve as temporary Twitter CEO after deal closes
• Blizzard hires a vice president of culture to fix its culture
• Google’s changing its performance reviews
• Microsoft teams up with VW to make HoloLens work in cars
• Mechanical Watch
• Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report—April 2022