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Fri. 07/23 – Alphabet’s New Moonshot Company: Intrinsic


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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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