More than 400,000 German jobs at risk in switch to electric cars
Apple acquires Xnor.ai, edge AI spin-out from Paul Allen’s AI2, for price in $200M range…The three-year-old startup’s secret sauce has to do with AI on the edge — machine learning and image recognition tools that can be executed on low-power devices rather than relying on the cloud…
SpaceX achieves key safety milestone for crewed flight with 10th parachute test
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“…In 2016, researchers at Harvard and Syracuse University found that human cognitive function declined by about 15 percent when indoor CO₂ reached 945 parts per million, and crashed by 50 percent when indoor CO₂ reached 1,400 parts per million…”
Fintech’s next decade will look radically different
Amazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their hands
Over 1,500 Ring passwords have been found on the dark web
Uber’s ride-hailing business hit with ban in Germany
Abu Dhabi leads $167 million investment in Spanish delivery app Glovo
Broadcom Looks to Sell Unit That Could Fetch $10 Billion | Credit Suisse helping chip maker find a buyer for its RF wireless-chip unit (paywall)
The Earth’s magnetic North has moved 1,400 miles since it was discovered in 1831
Amazon will establish a new headquarters for its Kuiper satellite broadband project
SpaceX successfully launches Kacific 100Mbps satellite…The satellite will provide connectivity to remote areas across 25 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Amazon Logistics division was on track to deliver 3.5 billion packages globally in 2019 — which accounts for approximately half of all of its worldwide orders, according to a spokesperson. (For comparison, UPS, which was founded 112 years ago, delivered 5.2 billion packages and documents for all of its customers in 2018.)
Nvidia unveils Orin, its next-gen SOC for autonomous vehicles and robots
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Airbnb is a platform not an estate agent, says Europe’s top court
Scientists hit 21.6% perovskite cell efficiency using concentrator PV
Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck already has 200,000 pre-orders
Deutsche Telekom looking into a possible merger with Orange: Handelsblatt
Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru…Loon’s solar-powered balloons reach altitudes of more than 12 miles (19.3 kilometres) above Earth and can cover areas within a 25-mile radius. Over the last decade, the company has improved the balloons’ life span to an average of 150 days (the record so far is 223 days).
How heat from the sun could help clean up steel and cement