Tech
- A study shows that couples who meet on dating platforms communicate better and tend to have longer and happier relationships WSJ
- Facebook about to launch a news tab to help fight fake news on the platform CNBC
- Norway unveils an energy positive building showcasing smar city potentials VentureBeat
- WeWork (The We Company) acquired rival Spacious ahead of IPO TechCrunch
Media
- Netflix tests human-driven curation with launch of collections TechCrunch | 9to5Mac
- YouTube launched a dedicated fashion vertical to capitalize on the fashion community already active on the platform TechCrunch
- Netflix is also trying weekly airing of some of its shows but will still release full series at once to protect “binging” https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/4/20849151/netflix-weekly-shows-report
- Apple Music is now available on more than just iOS and MacOS devices VentureBeat
- FireTV passed 37 M active users worldwide and is laying out European expansion plans Firecevideo
- AT&T named John Stankey (previously WarnedMedia CEO) as No.2 for CEO Randall Stephenson WSJ
Transportation
- The electric scooters are becoming a real thing and a real debate here follows a couple of Swedish and international comments:
- Swedish transportation agency are reviewing the scooters right to share the streets SR
- The Guardian released a special report on the “invasion of the electric scooters”
- Gig workers – such as Uber and Lyft drivers – in California are about ot have their employyment status benefits improved as the State of Calfornia is about to expand their rights as employees to regular part-time employees NPR
XR
- Minecraft Earth goes live as a closed Beta on Android in five cities TechCrunch
- Apple posting AR/VR jobs and code in OS 13 reveals they’re working on AR glasses – seems like their up to something… VentureBeat | TheSun | Tom’sGuide
Statistics
- The European Series A VC landscape Medium
- DiDigital reviewed the average salary on 45 technology focused companies with subsidiaries in Sweden here are the results DiDigital
Finance and politics
Binge
- Documentary the Great Hack about the Cambridge Analytica involvements of recent elections. Interviews with those responsible inside the company Playpilot
Podcast
- Interview with Alex Stamos, former Chief Security Officer on platforms’ readiness for the next election cycle Megaphone
