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Tech
– Permira acquires stake in Klarna Link
– Microsoft beats earnings report thanks to cloud services Link
– Facebook announced plan to combat fake news with having even more information Link
– Ingenico buyed Swedish payment company Bambora owned by Nordic Capital for €1.5 BN Link
Transportation
– Elon Musk received a verbal “ok” to start building underground hyperloop for vehicles across the US Link
– Even though Tesla have had 60,000 cancellations of the Model 3 since March 2016 they now have 1,800 new reservations per day since the release – Link – of the first Model 3 on July 28th Link
– Didi Chuxing invest in Taxify, an Uber rival in the African and European markets Link
Media
– Anders Borg leaves the BOD at Kinnevik after party bloopers Link
– Apple continued to grow especially thanks to iPad sales. The company now has USD 261.5 BN in cash reserves after a quarter of USD 8.7 BN in operating profit Link
– Amazon Prime signs deal with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan Link
– Google bid USD 30 BN for Snapchat back in 2016 Link
XR
– Disney and Star Wars launches AR game and headset with Lenovo Link
– Within gets USD 40 M in funding from Temassek and Laurene Powell Jobs to build AR cinematic experiences Link
– Penrose’s Maestro made stole the spotlight at SIGGRAPH in LA Link
– Tim Cook on Earnings call: “I think AR is big and profound and this is one of those huge things that we’ll look back at and marvel on the start of it…I couldn’t be more excited about it.”Link
