Heartbreaking and a very important reminder of the damages of COVID-19 this far NYTimes
Tech
- The US AG office is considering one of the largest anti-trust filings agains Google. Presumably the largest in the country since the 90’s NYTimes
- Sundar Pichai on how to manage Google during the pandemic TheVerge
- Zuckerberg wrote a lengthy post on his facebook wall about how the company is shifting towards working remote and tease with some aspects of VR and AR in it TheVerge
- TikTok influencer houses suddenly became a thing as they started to appear in the beginning of COVID-19 NYTimes
Media
- Scooter Braun on the music industry post-COVID19 GQMagazine
- Jeffrey Katzenberg in interview with the New York Times on everything that has gone – wrong – for Quibi. Everything being the Coronavirus and subscriber growth. NYTimes
- Strawberry publishing acquired by Bonnier Breakit
- Plint – Swedish subtitles texting translation company gets acquired by Private Equity company PrivEq DiDigital
- How VCs and Hollywood names as Will Smith and Kevin Heart bet on virtual events becoming a bigger thing amid COVID-19 CNBC
- Spotify acquires the Joe Rogan podcast to become a Spotify exclusive by this fall VOX
- TikTok poached the Head of Disney+ Kevin Mayer as its new CEO WSJ
Transportation
- Waymo’s first external financing round now looks to bring them USD 3 Bn in new capital TheVerge
XR
- The investment Magic Leap is looking for from a Healthcare company could help the company pivot BusinessInsider
- Niantic’s role in the growing AR Gold rush FT
- Apple acquires 95 people strong VR/AR company NextVR for an undisclosed amount, at the same time more details about the company’s AR glasses start to emerge suggesting launch in March-June 2021 Forbes | CNBC
- How art in AR/VR is growing during the COVID pandemic Wallpaper
- Magic Leap confirms the company have raised another USD 350 M TechCrunch
- IKEA continues to build on AR and AI enabled capabilities to decorate your home Di
Statistics
- Study shows only 7.3% of the Stockholm population has antibodies to COVID-19. Folkhälsomyndigheten| TheGuardian
- The Congressional Budget Office projections of unemployment in the US 2020, predicting 26M more unemployed than Q419 CBO the Washington post calls the Trump economy a disaster.
- McKinsey report on how gender diversity wins McKinsey
