Tech
- Technology is trying to enable the real-estate market – here’s what’s going on in Stockholm on the note NYTimes and Marriott announced they are going head-to-head with AirBnB WSJ
- WeWork filed for a ≈USD 47 Bn IPO and reported a USD 1.9 Bn loss and 1.8 Bn in revenue WSJ| Here’s what to look for TechCrunch
- Beyond meat – one of the companies making non-meat burgers that tastes and looks like real meat burgers – priced their IPO valuating the company to USD 1.46 Bn CNBC
- How the US intelligence services has been training dolphins to potentially execute missions TheGuardian
- Slack going for an IPO – here’s what you want to know Investopedia
- Apple’s iPhone sales was down 15% in Q1 2019 compared to the same period a year ago, says something about peak smartphone Apple
- Why the latest democrat US Presidential candidates want to break-up tech and what it would actually mean Vox
Media
- Facebook says private is the future CNN Here’s Marc’s keynote from f8 2019.
- The making of Amazon Prime and what it’s actually all about Vox
- Avengers record sell-out first week-end showed cinemas still play an important role in the world of movies NyTimes
Transportation
- The electric scooter business model seems currently unprofitable according to sources DiDigital
- Lyft hires former Google employee Tal Shaked who was Google’s first head of machine learning to lead its Machine Learning and AI efforts Google
- Toyota launches its Second VC fund dubbed to invest in technologies for AI and autonomous driving Venturebeat
- Tesla now the most sold car per month in Norway passing VW in March 2019 TT
XR
- How Augmented Reality will impact the world of on-demand deliveries Singularityhub
- Here’s how Facebook is looking to make facial recognition through VR more secure VentureBeat
- WSJ review of the USD 400 Oculus Quest WSJ and CNET did the same thing CNET
- Magic Leap released a teaser video of what might be coming as a Game of Thrones experience later this year RealityNews
Statistics
- Last week we looked at the housing market in the US – here’s how Stockholm differs in price per SQM by different metro stops Booli
Podcast
- DiDigital researched what the business model of electric scooters is all about https://digital.di.se/artikel/portad-notch-och-skrotade-scootrar
- All of a sudden – Huawei was placed under scrutiny TheGuardianpodcast| CNBCpodcast
Finance & Politics
- Spotify announced they reached 100 M subscribers in Q1 19 but profitability took a hit BusinessInsider
