Week 1743-45

Apple seems to be working on similar AR/MR devices as what Magic Leap is rumoured to.
Waymo reveals their self-driving cars at the same time Lamborghini reveals a self-healing electrical vehicle

Tech
– Google Deep Mind has enhanced their AlphaGo learning capacity to a level 100:0 (!!) Link
– Looks like we’ve passed “peak start-up” Link
– Are the FANG companies too big for their own good now Link
– RobinHood – the commission free trading platform – reaches 3 million users Link
– Why Canada both gets – and gets – AI and smart cities Link
– Alibaba continues to grow – have added USD 250 BN in market cap this year Link
– Natural cycles raise USD 30 M from EQT Ventures among others Link
– Beijing based Bytedance acquires Musica.ly for USD 880M-1 BN Link
– Alibaba smashes its one day sales record with more than USD 25 BN in sales for one day on the Chinese equivalent of Cyber Monday, namely 11/11 Link

Transportation
– Map of how many (or few) self–driving cars that are on the streets right now Link
– Volvo Cars Rental Services (VCRS) acquires the liquidated Garantibil Link
– Waymo is coming closer to making a driverless car a reality Link
– Waymo’s self-driving vehicles Link
– How to quantify the driverless startup boom Link
– EV startup Nio raise USD 900 M Link
– Lamborghini unveils a self–healing electric supercar – ehh, whaaat? Link

Media
– Netflix to raise USD 1.6 BN to finance new films and shows Link
– Now Verizon too starts charging for streaming video content, USD 10 / month Link
– The Spotify down-round in 2016 Link
– Netflix will not continue the production of House of Cards with Kevin Spacey in it Link instead they’ll focus on a spin-off Link
– Android TV lagging competitors but still growing Link
– Pay TV subscribers are down in the US, Europe and Australia, the only viewer category increasing is SVOD Link

XR
– What a team of AR developers finds to be the biggest pitfalls of current ARplatforms Link
– Magic Leaps announces key hire of John Gaeta, the creator of the Matrix among other Link
– Every available ARkit app right now Link
– Google release 3D library called Poly Link
– What investors see in AR and VR Link
– Amazon builds AR application Link
– First minute capital joins USD 5.8 M seed investment into AR treasure hunt game Snatch Link
– Hololens AR project that brings Holograms to your living room Link and at the same time as Microsoft extend the market reach to 29 new markets Link
– Rumours about Apple glasses are surfacing Link | Link
– AR navigation app promises better accuracy than GPS alone Link
– Apple acquires small lens photo enhancement company InVisage Link