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Weekly#225

  • Meet the first cell phone that needs no battery to make calls
  • Elon Musk’s First Boring Machine Has Begun Tunneling
  • How AI and IoT must work together
    ..AI will also be able to help IoT in two important under the hood areas: system design and security. The IoT includes everything from very basic sensors to sophisticated devices that have basic intelligence programmed in… 
  • Swedish health startup KRY has raised €20 million for its video consultation app
  • The massive ‘Petya’ cyberattack has hit 64 countries so far and there’s no kill switch this time.Cyber-attack was about data and not money, say experts
  • Aquila, Facebook’s Connectivity Drone, Completes Second Test Flight–This Time Without Crashing (…a Boeing 737-sized autonomous aircraft that weighs about the same as a car…)
  • Ocado is testing self-driving vans that can deliver groceries in London
  • Uber crosses 5 billion trips
  • High-tech dashboards signal big changes for auto parts suppliers
    “…What’s at stake is a piece of the $37-billion cockpit electronics market, estimated by research firm IHS Market to nearly double to $62 billion by 2022. Accounting firm PwC estimates that electronics could account for up to 20 percent of a car’s value in the next two years, up from 13 percent in 2015…
  • Inmarsat’s European short-haul wi-fi spacecraft launchesAirline passengers will soon be able to connect to the internet either through this spacecraft or a complementary system of cell towers on the ground…
  • Facebook now has two billion monthly users
  •  In five years, the app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion, up from $1.3 trillion last year, according to a report released today by app measurement company App Annie.
  • The Economy Needs Amazons, but It Mostly Has GEs
  • How AI Is Streamlining Marketing and Sales
  • BT’s new “1Gbps” free Wi-Fi digital kiosks start appearing in London
  • Instagram is now a potent job hiring tool
  • AI will boost global GDP by nearly $16 trillion by 2030—with much of the gains in China
  • Global IoT Security Market Size Will Reach USD 464 Million by 2020
  • AWS Greengrass Announcement – 6 Key Takeaways