• Ben Evans: Three Steps to the Future
• Great Protocol Politics
• Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system
• Volvo Cars Sets Up Research Lab in $3.3 Billion Battery Push
• A Dune strategy game is coming to PC in 2022
• Among Us is getting a VR version
• Meta’s WhatsApp will allow crypto payments through Novi wallet in U.S.
• Miro targets $17bn valuation as demand for remote work tools surges (FT)
• What’s New at AWS re:Invent?
• Visa launches crypto consulting services in push for mainstream adoption
• UAE to shift to Saturday-Sunday weekend in line with global markets
• Ikigai gets $13M to build automated workflows with humans in the loop
• Getting Married in the Metaverse
• “…With the first orbital test launch of Starship on the horizon, scientists are dreaming about what it might make possible— from trips to Neptune to planetary defense…”
• Hurricanes in 100 years could be far more devastating, study finds
• China moon rover will investigate cube-shaped ‘mystery’ object on lunar far side
• Zoom will soon make it obvious if you’re late to your next big meeting
• Slush 2021 Videos

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• Apple loses key autos engineer to electric aviation startup Archer
• interactive map shows where the Covid omicron variant has been detected
• Square Changes Name to Block (WSJ)
• Nasdaq to Move Markets to Amazon’s Cloud (WSJ)
• A cubic meter of asteroid dust may have as much as 20 liters of water
• Twitch unleashes AI tool to spot banned users
• World’s first ‘AI casino’ delayed by technical hitches (FT)
• Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021
• Amazon Alexa can now respond to running water and bleeping appliances
• AWS re:Invent videos
• Microsoft’s New Molecular Controller Makes DNA Writing 1,000 Times Faster
• Future 50
• The Covid-19 Pandemic — What Lessons Have Been Learnt

• Bluetooth tracking company Tile acquired for $205 million
• Scientists use seismic noise to image first hundred meters of Mars
• E-Commerce Needs Real Store Locations Now More Than Ever (WSJ)
• “Once it’s farther than 20 minutes, people won’t come.” (WSJ)
• The U.K. lost around 3,250 pubs and bars—about 6.8% of all such businesses—between March 2020 and September this year (WSJ)
• Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million
• NASA Just Launched a Spacecraft That Will Crash Into an Asteroid
• Atom Bank introduces four-day working week without cutting pay
• Apple digital-ID scheme delayed to 2022
• Niantic Receives $300 Million Investment From Coatue
• Ridley Scott confirms ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Alien’ live-action shows
• Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million
• Houston-based tech company Lancium is spending $150 million to build bitcoin mines across Texas that will run on renewable energy.
• Pet video marketplace Camlist eyes UK growth after raising $1.3 million pre-seed funding
• How micromobility operators can unlock a $300B industry
• The metaverse is a $1 trillion opportunity, crypto giant Grayscale says as virtual land sales boom
• 5 books you should read this holiday, according to Bill Gates
• metaverse key takeaways from analysis of 158 mentions on investor calls.
• China’s 5 big tech issues for 2022
• China’s space programme will go nuclear to power future missions to the moon and Mars
• NASA wants to put nuclear reactors on the Moon to power a future manned base

• Technology Radar (Thoughtworks)
• Bill Gates Says Covid Deaths May Drop to Flu Levels by Mid-2022
• Grammarly raises $200M at a $13B valuation
• Apple will sell you iPhone parts to fix your own phone at home
• Starbucks links with Amazon Go for first cashier-less cafe
• What Went Wrong With Zillow? A Real-Estate Algorithm Derailed Its Big Bet (WSJ)
• Apple’s electric car could debut as soon as 2025
• Ford, GM Step Into Chip Business (WSJ)
• Discord is quietly building an app empire of bots
• Netflix : A look under the hood
• Nasa Artemis Mission [PDF]
• Nvidia approaches $800 billion market cap
• Apple pushes back return to office plan to February
• German digital bank N26 is shutting down its U.S. operations, less than two-and-a-half years after it launched in the country.
• UPS will make deliveries using Waymo’s autonomous Class 8 trucks

• Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion… thestudio known for its work in movies such as “Godzilla vs. Kong” and “Avatar“
• An E. coli biocomputer solves a maze by sharing the work
• Physicists say they’ve finally solved the teapot effect
• Elon Musk sells around $5 billion of Tesla stock
• Indonesia’s tech giant GoTo Group raises $1.3 billion ahead of IPO plans
• E-commerce giant JD starts accepting China’s digital currency on Singles Day for the first time
• E-commerce logistics startup Hive buzzes following $34M investment
• YouTube is removing the dislike count on all videos across its platform
• Disney+ added just 2.1 million subscribers in its fourth quarter, giving it a total of 118.1 million customers.
• Twitter is building a crypto team
• How an esports doctor helps pro gamers avoid injury, from warm-ups to strength training
• Italian startup WeRoad wants to reinvent travel for Gen Z and millennials.
• DoorDash will acquire European delivery company Wolt as it builds a global platform
• Electric automaker Rivian valuation pops above GM, Ford in biggest IPO of 2021
• Ecologi: “…The subscription service — used by 35,000 individuals and businesses — allows members to “grow their own forest” with at least 12 trees a month and offset their carbon footprint by funding a wide range of the carbon-reducing projects…” (Techcrunch)
• Moov, an online marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises $41M from Tiger Global and others
• Intel, Samsung and Porsche among investors in TriEye’s $74M funding round
• Netflix starts rolling out more efficient AV1 codec to TVs following Android devices
• $76 Billion a Day: How Binance Became the World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange (WSJ)
• Uber CEO flies into London as driver shortages hit app (FT)
• How Alibaba tracks China’s delivery drivers
• Spotify is acquiring an audiobook company
• The global chip shortage is a nightmare before Christmas
• Patreon’s building native video hosting for creators to sidestep YouTube
• Seoul will be the first city government to join the metaverse
• The World’s Largest Record Company Is Creating an NFT Super Group
• SpinLaunch: Space Launch Start-Up Just Used A Giant Centrifuge To Fling A Projectile Into The Upper Atmosphere
• South Korea tests system for controlling air taxis

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— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) November 9, 2021

• The ‘Metaverse’ Prompts High-Stakes Race for Big Tech
• Metaverse article2 (WSJ)
• Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade
• Neuro-ID takes in fresh capital to combat fraud from all of our taps, types and swipes
• Autonomous driving startup Momenta raises another $500M
• Helion Energy will use $500M Series E to power up its fusion energy efforts
• Peloton shares collapse 35% as momentum for its at-home fitness equipment slows
• Amazon Glow
• US charging infrastructure is outpacing forecasts, study finds (goal of 500,000 chargers by 2030)
• Facebook to stop using facial recognition, delete data on over 1 billion people
• “…Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 of its users report engaging in compulsive use of social media that impacts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal…”  (WSJ)
• Meta is reportedly planning physical stores to showcase its products
• DJI releases new flagship Mavic drones — Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine
• Nintendo Quarter Results
• How to use your AirPods’ spatial audio feature and experience immersive surround sound
• Your next car may come without a touchscreen and other tech as the chip shortage wreaks havoc on automakers
• New York City’s mayor-elect says he wants to be paid in Bitcoin
• Uber prices are still way up, so the company is bringing back carpooling
• House passes Joe Biden’s $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill (FT)
• Airbnb Posts Record Results After Busy Summer Travel Season
• Alphabet launches AI company to discover new drugs (FT)

• Amazon posted sales of $110.8 billion and generated a profit of $3.2 billion, down from the $6.3 billion the company made during the same period a year earlier. (WSJ)
• Udemy IPO: Online education company has market value of about $4 billion
• Facebook is killing the Oculus brand name as part of its huge Meta rebrand
• Satellite Maker Terran Orbital Strikes $1.58 Billion SPAC Deal (WSJ)
• A once-quiet battle to replace the space station suddenly is red hot…Three competitors have already entered the arena. More are expected.
• TikTok is testing a new direct tipping feature with select creators
• Verizon will use Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellites to extend 4G and 5G
• Zendesk to Buy SurveyMonkey Parent Momentive Global
• Alibaba is ramping up in Europe, and is already ahead of Amazon in one region
• Global Chip Shortage ‘Is Far From Over’ as Wait Times Get Longer (WSJ)
• On Thursday, Arizona-based carbon accounting startup Persefoni said it raised over $100 million

• Online learning firm Udemy targets nearly $4 bln valuation in U.S. IPO
• Lucy is just starting its 12-year journey to see what asteroid clusters can teach us about the early solar system.
• The test, in a brain-dead patient, was very short but represents a milestone in the long quest to use animal organs in human transplants.
• Twitch is testing a rewind button
• PayPal in talks with Pinterest on takeover worth $45bn (FT)
• Tesla has 150,000 cars using its safety score tool
• Tesla charges forward with a record quarterly profit of $1.6 billion
• Satya Nadella, Annual Letter
• Amazon created 6 ‘tenets’ during talks with Starbucks about a new cashierless coffee shop, internal document shows
• Tesla will change the type of battery cells it uses in all its standard-range cars…The new batteries will use a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) chemistry rather than nickel-cobalt-aluminum which Tesla will continue to use in its longer-range vehicles.
• Amazon offers up more data to tell third-party sellers which items will be popular
• Facebook’s recent trademark filings hold clues to the company’s new name
• Path to Metaverse Expected to Go Through Videogames (WSJ)
• Ultrafast grocery delivery has exploded in New York City
• PS3 Emulator
• Starlab: Private space station planned to fly in 2027

• A global AI bill of rights is desperately needed (FT)
• DoorDash Introduces Search-Page Ads for Restaurants (WSJ)
• Google TV features finally make sense with new multi-user support
• How to Move More Goods Through America’s Clogged Infrastructure? Robot Trains (WSJ)
• Germany unveils first self-driving train
• How amazon runs Alexa
• Apple reportedly can’t get enough chips for the iPhone 13
• Squid Game: 111 million viewers tuned into the series during its first 17 days
• Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitcoin Support
• Coinbase is launching a marketplace for NFTs
• Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news algorithm
• The COVID Scoreboard: How Resilient Businesses Emerged New Winners
• Tesla debuts new car insurance that uses Texans’ real-time driving behavior
• We Mastered Zoom From Home. Just Wait for Hybrid-Office Zoom (WSJ)
• Amazon sellers will be acquired at an unprecedented rate next year, according to a new survey.

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