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Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #7

Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari (winyy) - Issue #7

winyy Issue #7今週は衝撃的なニュースが2件ありました。一つは、Zoomが中国政府の要求を受け活動家のアカウントを停止したという記事。もう一つは、カーネギーメロン大学の調査で経済再開を訴えるツイートの半数がボット（投稿ロボット）によるものと推定され、何者かにより世論が誘導されている疑惑。Work-from-homeになりリアルでなくサイバーに生活の軸足が移る中、入ってくる情報のバイアス度合いをどのように判断するのかという根源的な問題を提起しています。今週の#InnovationコーナーはAerospace特集。そして、先週一番クリックされた記事は、CES2021のニュースでした。開催できるといいですね。今週号も気に入ってもらえたら、メールの末尾の「いいね！」ボタンをお願いします！拡散大歓迎。サインナップはこちら。winyy Issue #7There were 2 shocking news. One was about Zoom who blocks activist in U.S. after China objects to Tiananmen Vigil and another was about the Carnegie Mellon's report tells nearly half of the Twitter accounts discussing ‘Reopening America’ may be bots.The most read news last week was about CES2021. Hope it will be held physically.Enjoy this issue!Please press 'Like it' button at the end of email if you like this issue.Sign up page is here.

June 13, 2020

There were lots of news related to Aerospace this week.

Baillie Gifford, Tesla's largest investor after its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, has invested $35 million in Lilium, valuing the Munich-based company at more than $1 billion.

Space is a relatively niche area of tech investing in the best of times, but COVID-19 has redrawn the landscape. What do investors who are active in this sector think about what’s changed, what hasn’t and what’s coming in the future? We caught up with nine top investors in the space market to collect their […]

Scientists were able predict consumer data variation down to the village or neighborhood level with up to 55% accuracy and assets wealth up to 75% accuracy.

Astrobotic, a space robotics company, has been selected to carry NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, to the Moon. VIPER will map water ice at the lunar south pole.

AIはITプロジェクトでなくビジネスモデル変革、そのためにデザイン思考を使う、という主張は納得性があります

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming undeniable for businesses of all shapes and sizes.

Pack and Load Services announced that it has implemented initiatives to ensure they remain a leader in customer service for the moving & storage industry.

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Though the account was restored, the incident spotlights thorny questions for a company with operations in both countries. It vowed to censor accounts only within China.

人との出会いがイノベーションの起点と確信するGoogleはオフィスを開けますが、かなり制限した形のようです。

The company, led by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, is preparing a confidential filing to go public in the coming months.

Cloud data platform Snowflake files confidentially for IPO - SiliconANGLE

Startups hit the brakes in March as COVID-19 took a toll on the global economy. As certain industries ground to a halt, cohorts of startups made staffing cuts, including those focused on serving restaurants and travel. The waves of startup layoffs in the COVID-19 era hit companies large and small, impacting even the richest, most […]

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Scrolling through your Twitter feed, it may not be obvious when you come upon a bot account — something that is more likely to occur in the era of COVID-19. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have discovered that much of the discussion around the pandemic and stay-at-home orders is being fueled by misinformation campaigns that use convincing bots.

Digital Transformation&Private Equity - Interesting topic.

The investments private equity firms make play a key role in helping companies innovate and digitize. These firms should look to make these continuous adjustments to their digital investments to ensure that they are able to deliver the most possible value.

Here are some ways executives can increase the chances of their companies successfully adopting and embracing a new technology.

Two of the biggest tectonic changes that you can implement now are in business continuity planning and the reprioritization of budgets.

There are several vital considerations business leaders must be clear on before they embark on a journey of digital transformation, says a UNSW...

The company said it hoped the moratorium “might give Congress enough time to put in place appropriate rules” for the technology.

Using ground-penetrating radar, archaeologists can see the long-ago town of Falerii Novi without lifting a shovel.

In the business world, the opportunities for applying quantum technology relate to optimization: solving difficult business problems, reconfiguring complex processes, and understanding correlations between seemingly disparate data sets. The main purpose of quantum computing is to carry out computationally costly operations in a very short period of time, while at the same time accelerating business performance.…

The company has been teasing an electric version of its popular pickup truck for years, and now we finally know when it will be available. A 2022 release date means the F-150 EV will come out after Tesla’s Cybertruck, GM’s electric Hummer, and Rivian’s R1T.

　これが最初の陸上生物なんですね

Scientists think an insect found similar to the modern millipede crawled around Scotland 425 million years ago.

ハンコ文化が取り上げられています。ハンコを押すために出社するというセンスが米国人に理解できるのかは不明です

For centuries, the hanko have served as the official mark of companies, organizations and individuals. The COVID-19 health crisis has pushed Japan to realize that technology can be deployed for convenience and speed.

Employees have adapted to working at home and companies appear to be happy with the financial benefits, but there are concerns that the shift away from the salaryman model will experience problems. Julian Ryall reports.

A recent cyberattack that disrupted the operations of the company may have been the first time criminals used sophisticated software previously known to be used by state agents.

As Japanese leading banks roll out initiatives to help consumers and SMEs cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, they also face an urgent need for digital transformation to serve their customers digitally, improve operational efficiencies and find new revenue streams.

HBSの学部長が人種差別反対運動にもっと積極的であるべきであったと反省の弁

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria publicly apologized for failing to mount a more successful fight against racism and for not serving the school’s black community members better.

この環境下で教育機会を提供するとは、さすがWalmartです

The program’s expansion includes courses in skilled trades, digital certificates and earlier eligibility.

According to a new survey from a popular dating website, 84 percent of people currently looking for a relationship through dating apps won't even consider dating someone with opposite political views. Sixty-seven percent of users admitted to previously ending a relationship due to opposing affiliations.

New research shows scientists educated in China help American firms and schools dominate the cutting-edge field. Now industry leaders worry that worsening political tensions will blunt that edge.

Most read news last week.

先週最も読まれたのはCESの記事でした。ちょっと不安ですが楽しみですね。

The CTA is forging ahead, despite COVID-19 forcing the cancellation of many other events this year.