Sense of the world: Norwegian Sovereign wealth fund said their strategy is now shifting to divest from all their oil companies – those that made the fund so wealthy in the first place – in benefit of renewables Link
Tech
– Welcome to the new Apple campus Link
– Similar to Orbital Systems, Mimbly seeks to reduce the amount of water used in your washing machine Link
– Alibaba seeks non-digital growth by acquiring 36% of a Chinese similarity to CostCo – Sun Art Retail Group Link
– Deliveroo added another USD 98 M to its already USD 385 M Series F round lead by T Rowe Price and Fidelity Management Link
Transportation
– Tesla unveiled Semi – their all-electric truck – and the upgraded Tesla roadster – fastest vehicle ever produced making 0-100 km/h in less than 1,9 seconds Link
– Self-driving trucks are coming Link
– Lyft to launch In a Second market – namely Canada and Toronto starting December 2017 Link
Media
– Snap’s quarterly earnings came in as a disappointment to the market and they’re writing down USD 40M worth of spectacles Link
– Why Apple should buy Netflix Link
– Spotify acquires Swedish music creation startup Soundtrap Link
– Why Spotify seems to chose not to be listed on NASDAQ OMX Link
– Amazon bought the rights to TV-series The Lord of the Rings for USD 250 M Link
– Is Amazon the only company capable to take on Netflix as John Maline puts it? Link
– Total TV viewing in the US declined faster than since the beginning of decline with a deceleration of 5.6% Link
– Total media consumption though increased to 10h and 48 min per day for US adults (up 31 min/day since Q2 2016) Link
– Households with SVOD service(s) rose to 59% vs 57% in Q1 Link
– Dreamworks Animations studio launches Dreamworks Shorts to explore new talent, storytelling skills and characters Link
XR
– Disney Pixar takes first step into VR by launching the skeleton world of CocoVR playing on their coming movie Link
– Facebook flirts more and more with AR advertisement agencies Link
– GridRaster raise USD 2 M for AR Cloud rendering solution Link
– How Mixed Reality gives the manufacturing industry a Digital Makeover Link
