Fri. 07/23 – Alphabet’s New Moonshot Company: Intrinsic
Alphabet has a new moonshot company. Existing Big Bet DeepMind might have had a big breakthrough. Why Snap and Twitter are sharing an earnings narrative right now. Hint: it’s cause they’re growing again. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Tech Brew Ride Home · Morning Brew
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Alphabet has a new moonshot company. Existing Big Bet DeepMind might have had a big breakthrough. Why Snap and Twitter are sharing an earnings narrative right now. Hint: it’s cause they’re growing again. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
- Google parent Alphabet launches Intrinsic: a new company to build software for industrial robots (The Verge)
- DeepMind creates ‘transformative’ map of human proteins drawn by artificial intelligence (The Verge)
- Twitter posts fastest revenue growth since 2014 in pandemic rebound (CNBC)
- Snap pops more than 16% on earnings beat and user growth (CNBC)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson? (NYTimes)
- Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries (WSJ)
- The Novel Material That’s Shrinking Phone Chargers, Powering Up Electric Cars, and Making 5G Possible (WSJ)
- Robotaxis: have Google and Amazon backed the wrong technology? (Financial Times)
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