Bloomberg broke story on how China might have spyed on US tech companies through a sophisticated micro chip. Look at the size of the chip on the chip. I wouldn’t have seen it… Bloomberg
Tech
- Best study of the Swedish internet trends every year: Svenskarna och Internet 2018
- Amazon to increase minimum wage for all US and UK employess to USD 15 per hour Bloomberg
- Korea’s largest VC making its first enterprise blockchain investment CoinTelegraph
- A feature of what Soft Bank is up with working their USD 100 Bn fund Bloomberg
- H&M invests USD 20 M in payment services company Klarna in a strategic bet to win on- and offline DiDigital
Media
- EU to reduce VAT on audiobooks DiDigital
- Netflix planning to make viewers in charge of how a show should end Bloomberg
- Tencent Music with its 800 M users (!!!) files for IPO TechCrunch
- European parliment voted to accept the law demanding 30% of content on SVOD service has to be locally produced DiDigital
- Spotify also adds feature to upload podcasts directly on platform DigitalMusicNews
- Storytel beats expectations adding 100 000 subscribers in the 3rd quarter DiDigital
- Netlfix consumes an aggregate of 15% of the world’s internet traffic according to a report Sandvine
Transportation
- What Boeing’s next personal aircrafts might look like in a not too distant future at all Bloomberg
- Sales number of new diesel cars cut in half after Swedish governmnet implemented new taxes on fossil fuels SVT
XR
- Andy Serkis says Magic Leap is now the future of storytelling Businessinsider
- Oculus exploring opportunities to invest in location based VR Variety
- Magic Leap to announce Dr. Grorborts invaders during the week RoadtoVR
Statistics
- Map of how Chinese, European, Mexican and Canadian tariffs hit the US NYTimes
- Filmstatistik Swedish Filminsitute
