Weekly#463

A gene-edited pig’s heart has been transplanted into a human for the first time

iMessage lock-in as a valuable weapon

Researchers are building a black box in Tasmania to prevent the ‘crash’ of civilization

Apple’s Metaverse Prospects Produce Real Optimism for Investors (WSJ)

Microsoft augmented-reality team has lost around 100 people in the past year (WSJ)

Starbucks Rewards: How the Coffee Giant’s Mobile App Became a Winner (WSJ)

App Annie: Global app stores’ consumer spend up 19% to $170B in 2021, downloads grew 5% to 230B

Checkout.com raises $1B round at $40B valuation

Delivery Hero grapples with how to pass on rising rider costs (FT)

Web3 startups are poaching staff from Apple and Meta. Now the battle for talent is about to hit Europe’s startups

AWS has been working on two different projects that could mitigate the risk of another big outage

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com sets challenge to Amazon with first ‘robotic shops’ in Europe