Media update w.1920

Tech

Here’s another story on how to think about SoftBank – Silicon Valleys largest investor Vox
Spyware exposure in Whatsapp TechCrunch
Alibaba’s Executive vice chairman explains his thoughts on why Alibaba is on the “right side” of the trade war Alizila
Northvolt further secured EUR 350 M for Europe’s largest battery project Reuters

Media

Netflix bought Storybots – a company focused on creating educational kids stories Vox
Disney acquired control of Hulu by buying out AT&T’s Comcast stake for USD 1.4 Bn Bloomberg
Tencent’s content cost increased significantly last quarter compared to the competition Omni
AT&T will move its WarnerMedia content from other SVOD services back to its own coming service Gizmodo
The next Star Wars story will be directed by Game of Thrones executive producers Benioff and Weiss Deadline

Transportation

Voi seems to be valued at USD 107 M after a year of existence DiDigital. The company also revealed its four new means of transportation. From a redesigned electric scooter to bikes and some surprises TechCrunch
Apple collaborates with Bird to enable account free usage of Bird scooters with Apple pay TheVerge
Lilium aviation completed their first flight NewsNow
Volvo cars signed long-term agreement with LG Chem and CATL for long-term battery production and supplies Omni

Statistics

Shutterstock recreated the Fyre festival promo video with content from their library Shutterstock

Binge

The inventor “Out for blood in Silicon Valley” – A documentary about Theranos and Elisabeth Holmes Playpilot

Podcast

“Fired by Trump: former US attorney Preet Bharara on American justice” TheGuardian

Finance & Politics

Don’t know what to make of this but Esther Wojcicki raised the CEO of Youtube and the CEO of 23andme, here’s her story on how to raise CEOs Vox
The Huawei, Trump and spying controversies TheGuardian

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