Tech
– How Apple’s AI team is working on Face recognition through Deep Neural Network or AI Link
– SpaceX closing in to 40 launches per year which in comparison to any other space agency & company is pretty wild Link
– The art of messaging, Facebook asked what users thought about Messenger Link
Transportation
– Uber and Volvo agreed on a deal in which Uber will purchase up to 24,000 Volvo XC90s to form fleet of self-driving cars Link
– Uber was hacked in 2016 and 57 million user account details (name, email and phone numbers) was stolen – the company paid the hackers USD 100,000 to try to conceal the breach new CEO Mr. Khorowshahi told media Link | Link | Link
– Could Tesla power its “Semi” truck with solar panels? Link
– Tesla installed the world’s largest battery – 129 Megawatts – at a wind turbine plant in Australia Link
– Lyft about to raise another USD 500 M from Alphabet Link and gets permission to test self-driving cars on California roads Link
– An x-truckers questions about the Tesla Semi Link
Media
– EQT’s Mid Market Europe fund invests in Epidemic Sound Link
– Spotify growth decelerated in Q317 compared to previous quarters Link
XR
– Samsung revelas 6 DoF controller and labels it “the next mobile VR system” for the company Link
– Apple buys the creator of a “seamless” mixed reality headset – VRvana Link
– What Hololens are struggling with in the legal matters Link
– How Hololens imagines desktop apps in MR/AR Link
