Amazon Is Looking More and More Like a Nation-State
• https://www.vice.com By Edward Ongweso JrAmazon is levying taxes on French businesses after France approved a tax on the tech giant.
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Tesla Secures Exemption From 10% Chinese Auto Tax After Musk's Visit
• https://insideevs.com By Steven LovedayTypically, this exemption only applies to domestic automakers.
Elon Musk: 'China Is the Future'
• https://www.breitbart.com by Lucas NolanTesla CEO Elon Musk commented that "China is the future" at the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on Thursday.
Walmart's robot army has arrived
• https://www.fastcompany.com BY KATHARINE SCHWABThe last machines to invade people's space at scale were cars; now, it's Walmart's robots. How's that going?
How Boring Company Could Become Bigger than Tesla Within Four Years
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangBoring Company is Elon Musk's third-highest value company after Tesla ($39 billion valuation as of Aug 28, 2019) and SpaceX ($33 billion). They just raised $120 million with a valuation of $920 million (just short of $1 billion).
China Extends Social Credit Scoring To Corporations
• https://www.technocracy.news, BY: AFPForeign businesses in China are ill-prepared for the tough sanctions and constant surveillance demanded by a social credit system to be rolled out this year, a European business group warned Wednesday.
First Made-In-China Tesla Model 3 To Be Revealed Tomorrow?
• https://insideevs.com by Mark KaneReports say that Elon Musk will unveil the first Model 3 made at the Gigafactory 3 at the 2019 World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
California's homeless crisis engulfs its capital...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Martin GouldCali Carlisle admits she is a heroin addict -- 'but in a healthy way,' she insists, even if the visual evidence belies that claim.
How AI is Changing Influencer Marketing
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Tal MelenboimInfluencer marketing might seem like a recent invention, but it has always existed. In the past influencers existed as celebrities who promoted products in ads and writers who wrote about products in articles both offline and online. Slowly influence
Tesla Shanghai Factory is Testing a Model Production Line
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Christina WongThe english translation of the Weibo account holder is Battery King. The picture are internal conditions of the Tesla China factory.
Bell's eVTOL cargo drone makes first autonomous flight
• https://newatlas.com, By Paul RiddenDrones buzzing overheard delivering small packages or medical supplies from A to B seems to be in our immediate future. Now Bell has joined the cargo drone race with the APT 70, which has just nailed its first autonomous test flight.
Gillette Gets WOKE and LOSES 8 BILLION Dollars
• https://www.youtube.comGillette Gets Woke and Loses 8 Billion Dollars for Proctor & Gamble
Meet the "woke" feminist BEHIND that Gillette ad | Ezra Levant
• https://www.youtube.comEzra Levant of The Rebel.media reports: After their advertisement attacking masculinity, I've decided to stop buying Gillette razors.
Uh-oh: Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system
• https://www.fastcompany.com, By Mike ElganIn China, scoring citizens' behavior is official government policy. U.S. companies are increasingly doing something similar, outside the law.
"HE'S FULL OF SHIT":
• https://www.vanityfair.com BY BETHANY MCLEANHOW ELON MUSK FOOLED INVESTORS, BILKED TAXPAYERS, AND GAMBLED TESLA TO SAVE SOLARCITY
Rise of the Koch brothers: How the billionaire industrialists were shaped by their father's...
• Bhttps://www.dailymail.co, By DUSICA SUE MALESEVICRise of the Koch brothers: How the billionaire industrialists were shaped by their father's hatred of the Soviet Union, feuded with their family over money and built a powerful political network that changed America as David Koch dies at 79
Trump presses U.S. companies to close China operations
• By David Shepardson and Andrea ShalalPresident Donald Trump said on Friday he was ordering U.S. companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the United States instead, a rhetorical strike at Beijing as trade tensions mounted.
Patrick Byrne, Overstock C.E.O., Resigns After Disclosing Romance With Russian Agent
• New York Times By Cade Metz, Julie CreswellFor two decades as the chief executive of the online retailer Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne has never been far from controversy.
Tesla Jumps After German Press Says Volkswagen Preparing Acquisition
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenElon Musk may have finally secured some of that precious financing he once claimed to have secured (roughly one year ago), though, according to a report in German business magazine Manager, things didn't turn out quite like he had hoped.
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
• by James Bandler, Anjali Tsui and Doris BurkeTech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised flags has paid the price.
"This Is The Worse I've Seen It" - Recession Imminent As RV Industry Crashes
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenTo elaborate more on our July report titled "Trade War Chaos: Trump's Tariffs Crash American RV Industry," it seems the RV industry continues to flash a recessionary warning light.
Fraud Investigator Accuses General Electric of Hiding $38-Billion in Liabilities...
• https://needtoknow.news, ReutersHarry Markopolos, the man who blew the whistle on swindler Bernie Madoff, says General Electric's financial statements are a "bigger fraud than Enron". His report indicates that GE is locked into $38-billion in future expenses that it has not d
Where Have All the Pirates Gone?
• https://lithub.com, By Peter LehrNobody Even "Corsairs" Any More
Starship Technologies Delivery Robots Have Made Over 100,000 Paid Deliveries
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangStarship Technologies is making delivery robots and they just received $40 million in funding. The robots are advanced devices that can carry items within a 4-mile (6km) radius.
Disney whistleblower told SEC the company inflated revenue for years
• https://www.marketwatch.com, By Francine McKennaA former Walt Disney Co. accountant says she has filed a series of whistleblower tips with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company has materially overstated revenue for years.
Sacramento salon owner claims Californian homeless crisis is forcing her to relocate...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Chris DyerA business owner in California says she has been forced to relocate after 15 years because of the growing homelessness crisis in the state.
Sacramento salon owner claims Californian homeless crisis is forcing her to relocate...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Chris DyerA business owner in California says she has been forced to relocate after 15 years because of the growing homelessness crisis in the state.
Facebook has coffee shops now. It's only the beginning of the branded city of the future
• https://www.fastcompany.comFree coffee, loaner bikes, and public events: These are some of the amenities that tech brands and banks offer at a new generation of retail spaces.
Zeppelins stopped flying after the Hindenburg disaster. Now scientists want to bring them back.
• https://www.nbcnews.comThe proposed airships would move cargo more efficiently than oceangoing freighters -- and produce far less pollution.
UPS Has Been Secretly Using Self-Driving Trucks In Arizona For MONTHS
• https://www.shtfplan.comThe United Postal Service has been using self-driving trucks to deliver cargo and no one knew about it. The self-driving freight truck startup TuSimple has been carrying mail across the state of Arizona since May in complete silence.
