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winyy #89 - Weekly innovation newsletter by Yuichiro Yoshinari

March 05, 2022

Twitter -> @winyy2020

winyy Issue #89

テック関連に限ってもウクライナ戦争に関する記事が膨大なため、#UkraineAndTechというセクションを設けることにしました。同時にEVに関してもイノベーション関連以外でも色々な動きがあるので、#EVというセクションを設けました。この二つはタイトルだけでお分かりになるのではないかと思いますので基本的には日本語要約はつけませんがご理解ください。

今週はソニーとホンダが共同出資会社を作ってEVを製造するというニュースにワクワクしました。日本を代表するイノベーティブな２社がどのような車を提案してくるのか楽しみです。

前号で一番クリックされた記事は、"Design-led thinking" でした。

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 #89

Because of the huge number of articles about the war in Ukraine, even if only tech-related, I decided to create a section called #UkraineAndTech. At the same time, there is a lot going on with EVs outside of innovation-related issues, so I decided to create a section called #EV.

This week I was excited by the news that Sony and Honda are forming a joint venture company to manufacture EVs. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of cars the two innovative companies representing Japan will propose.

The most read news last week was "Design-led thinking."

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#Innovation

ソニーとホンダがEV製造で提携

Sony and Honda have created a memorandum of understanding to design and market electric vehicles together..

パナソニックがTesla向け大容量電池を2024年3月までに製造開始

The 4,680 cells have the potential to increase electric vehicle ranges by over 15 percent..

Waymoが今後数週間以内にサンフランシスコで有料課金開始

Waymo will start charging for rides in its robotaxis in San Francisco within the next few weeks. The company’s vehicles still need to have safety drivers behind the wheel.

DAC技術で空気からCO2を回収してダイヤモンドを作るスタートアップ

Aether is creating lab-grown diamonds with carbon sucked directly from the air. By paying for direct air capture, a service few businesses can currently afford, the jewelry brand hopes to help this critical climate technology take off.

Alphabetのドローン会社Wingが20万回配送に到達

Alphabet’s drone service Wing this morning announced another milestone, as it hit 200,000 commercial deliveries.

Amazonが遠隔医療サービスを開始

Amazon and telemedicine provider Teladoc Health are starting a voice-activated virtual care program that lets customers get medical help without picking up their phones.

VRを使ったボクシングフィットネス

The "Peloton for boxing" is coming to the Meta Quest 2, offering a more affordable VR workout experience.

ウクライナ戦争で衛星の利用が一段と一般化

While the Russian invasion rages on the ground, companies that operate data-collecting satellites find themselves with an awkward position.

Volvoがワイヤレス充電のテストを実施中

Electric taxis will be able to top up the battery by parking over charging pads..

Kiaが自動運転車を発表

Kia has announced an electrification roadmap, promising to have 14 fully electric models by 2027 and sales of 1.2 million EVs by 2030..

電気ボートArc Oneがテスラの3倍の電池を搭載する製品を発表。投資家にはウィル・スミスも。

Arc, an electric boat startup, is testing the pre-production version of its upcoming Arc One boat. The battery pack is three times the size of a Tesla Model Y battery.

中国国内でのマイニング禁止により、ビットコインマインングの環境負荷増

After China banned Bitcoin mining, the cryptocurrency got even dirtier. Miners that moved to the US and Kazakhstan turned to dirtier sources of energy, new research finds.

空飛ぶタクシーVelocopterが1.7億ドルを調達

Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another big round of funding as it inches closer to its first commercial launches. It raised $170 million, funding that […]

Amazonがキャッシャーレス技術を使ったWholeFoodsを初オープン

Amazon has brought its cashierless Just Walk Out technology to a Whole Foods store for the first time. The revamped store opened on February 23rd in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood.

ノーベル賞受賞の遺伝子操作技術CRISPRの一部に関連する特許裁判でUC Berkeleyが敗訴。引き続き40以上の特許は保持するが商用化の壁になる可能性

UC scientist Jennifer Doudna loses patent rights to a gene editing technique that earned a Nobel Prize.

#DesignThinking

デザイン思考はブランド管理にも有効

As global competition increases and technology creates opportunities for disruptive customer experiences, brand managers at the world’s top companies are leaning more on design thinking than ever before to maintain industry leadership. Below, we will explore this strategy and outline how it can be deployed to create great customer experiences. What Is Design Thinking? Design […]

#UkraineWarAndTech

Movement in Tech

Google, Meta, Twitter, Telegram and others are levers in the conflict, caught between demands from Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the U.S.

Ukraine is home to half of the world's neon gas, which is critical for manufacturing semiconductor chips.

The company joins the chorus of tech giants pushing back against Russian aggression.

After days of mounting pressure on tech companies to take further action against Russia in the wake of its invasion into Ukraine, Apple today confirmed it will remove the Kremlin-based media outlets Russia Today (RT News) and Sputnik News from the App Store in all markets outside Russia itself. The changes follow other actions taken […]

Apple Maps now shows Crimea as part of Ukraine when viewed outside of Russia, in what appears to be a new and quiet update. Mashable first reported the change, which comes amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Now, when you search or click on Crimea, it is displayed as Ukrainian territory. Apple did not respond […]

Microsoft is 'suspending' all sales in Russia in response to that country's invasion of Ukraine..

PayPal has halted its operations in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The company previously stopped accepting new Russian users.

Following Western sanctions on Russia’s financial institutions, customers of several of the country’s largest banks can no longer use their debit and credit cards in conjunction with Apple Pay and Google Pay..

Facebook says it dismantled a network of accounts spreading misinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The news sites claimed that the West had betrayed Ukraine and that Ukraine was a failed state

Netflix has “paused” all future projects it had planned to undertake within Russia..

The streaming platform is also restricting the discoverability of Kremlin-backed content..

The move came after a Russian regulator demanded that the company stop showing ads with what the regulator claimed was false information about the invasion of Ukraine.

Users claim Maps is being used by the Russian military to coordinate air strikes..

Google has disabled features in Google Maps that show live traffic data and how busy shops and businesses are. The company says it did so to protect the safety of local users as Ukraine suffers an invasion by neighboring Russia.

Reddit is now categorically banning its users, globally, from posting links to Russian state-sponsored media outlets, including RT and Sputnik. It’s possibly the most concrete deplatforming of those channels yet.

As major social platforms grapple with an influx of misinformation around the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Reddit is having its own reckoning. On Tuesday, Reddit added the subreddit r/Russia to its quarantine list, restricting the community from popping up in search results and marking it with warning messages. The intermediate measure is the same step […]

Snapchat’s heatmap feature has been turned off for Ukraine, making it so that the app no longer broadcasts the locations that its users are making public posts from.

He advised people in Ukraine to use Starlink with caution..

It won't cost drivers to charge EVs at some Superchargers in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary for a limited time..

Russia is restricting access to BBC websites in the country. BBC Russia Twitter account has acknowledged the issues. In the meantime, the BBC is recommending that readers use its iOS and Android apps to read its coverage.

A group known as Network Batallion 65 claims that it has breached the control center of Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos.

Movement in Ukraine

Ukraine's IT army is finding success using DDoS attacks to take Russian websites offline: Half of targeted sites face outages, data shows.

The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week, blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments.

The country is a large supplier of contract labor through platforms such as Upwork and Fiverr. The ongoing crisis with Russia exposes weaknesses in that system.

Ukraine has raised over $13 million in cryptocurrency as part of a crowdfunding effort helping its defense against the Russian invasion..

Ukraine is recruiting international volunteers to carry out cyberattacks against Russia..

Movement in Russia

In a hint of the strength of opposition among Russian professionals to war in Ukraine, an open letter that’s been circulating through the country’s IT industry since the invasion on Thursday — to protest at the act of military aggression and call for peace — has gathered around 30,000 signatories from named IT workers. The […]

Meta had limited the spread of content from Russian state-run media organizations..

Russia has moved to block access to Twitter just after a similar crackdown on Facebook,.

Yandex, a technology company based in Russia, is shutting down its autonomous vehicle testing in the US. The company is also pausing its sidewalk robot delivery service with Grubhub.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced that Russia would no longer sell rocket engines to the United States. Such a decision would impact two US companies, ULA and Northrop Grumman, but the effect might be minor.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced that Russia would no longer sell rocket engines to the United States. Such a decision would impact two US companies, ULA and Northrop Grumman, but the effect might be minor.

#SiliconValley

Googleが4月4日から週3日のオフィス勤務再開

Employees in the Bay Area and several other cities will soon be back at their desks..

Twitterはオフィス再開するもリモートワークも恒久化

Twitter’s announcement follows Google’s order that workers must start coming to offices three days a week.

Appleが4月11日からオフィス勤務再開

Apple’s planned hybrid work model that will have employees working flexibly two days a week and in office the other three days will begin phasing in on April 11th, CEO Tim Cook told employees Friday.

Apple Storeでのマスク義務を撤廃

Apple is starting to eliminate mask requirements for both retail and corporate US employees..

Appleが20インチの折り畳み型ディスプレイを開発中

Apple tracker Mark Gurman says Apple is working on a foldable device with a 20-inch display that doubles as an iPad and MacBook.

Teslaがベルリン工場の許認可取得

Tesla won conditional approval for its plant in Germany, but has to address concerns about water use before it can begin making EVs there. CEO Elon Musk has said the plant will use "relatively little" water.

Elon MuskにはTim Cookのような実務家が必要との指摘

At some point, every company needs a Tim Cook. Today, that company is Tesla.

Elon Muskが組合結成の動きに対抗措置は何もしないと発言

Tesla will do nothing to stop the vote, he said..

Amazonが旧来型のBook Storeなど50店舗閉鎖を計画

The closures affect its bookstores and Amazon 4-Star locations, but not Whole Foods or Amazon Fresh.

Uberがコンサートチケット販売やレストランの予約を開始

Uber is adding a new way to book restaurant reservations and buy concert tickets as part of a feature called Explore. The company is integrating Yelp and other third-party companies to enable it.

熱画像衛星会社Satellite Vuが資金調達に成功

Equipped with $21 million in new funding, Satellite Vu is almost set to send up its initial seven-satellite constellation in 2023 and begin its planned thermal monitoring of the planet. The company’s orbital view of heat and cold could lead to serious economic insights — and insights of other kinds, as hinted by the addition […]

Theranos事件のElizabeth Holmesの保釈金が決まる

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is to be sentenced in September after her January conviction on four felony fraud counts.

#TechnologyAndDigital

イーサリウムのProof of Stakeへの移行計画の解説

One of the world’s biggest blockchains is testing a new way to approve transactions. The move has been many years in the making but doesn’t come without risks.

87％の企業がDigital Transformationに取り組む

The insight-commissioned survey reveals progress & roadblocks to IT modernization.

Digital Transformationを加速する４つの方法

Considering the acceleration of digital transformation in all industries, innovation is critical to remain competitive. You can bring the most viable and valuable opportunities to fruition by working through these four innovation phases. Digital transformation projects continue to pick up pace due to the pandemic, especially in the digital business consulting and implementation space. In fact, […]

デジタル人材の不足は企業存立に関わる脅威になる

The glaring disconnect between the insatiable demand for experienced talent and the lack of sufficiently equipped people to take on these roles impedes companies’ ability to innovate, grow and scale.

#EV

General Motors has sold its stake in struggling electric pickup maker Lordstown Motors..

Ford will now include two distinct business units, with Ford Blue committed to its gas vehicles and Ford Model E working on electric vehicles exclusively. Former Apple and Tesla exec Doug Field is leading Model E "product creation."

Ford Motor Company is increasing its electric vehicle investment to $50 billion through 2026, up from the previous $30 billion by 2025. CEO Jim Farley announced the news on Wednesday after the automaker confirmed that it would run its EV unit separately from its combustion engine business, something Ford touched on during its 2021 fourth […]

Rivian raised the price of its all-electric R1T pickup by 17% and R1S SUV by about 20% to adjust to increases in parts costs and to prepare for a new dual-motor version.

#HowTheWorldSeesJapan

Toyota has reportedly halted vehicle production at all its plants in Japan following a cyberattack against a major supplier..

Some key countries in East Asia are joining the West to impose significant financial sanctions, stirred by outrage at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and concern about China’s aggressiveness in the region.

In Japan and throughout Asia, people have come out in support for Ukrainians in rallying against the Russian invasion, through protests and donations.

#USSocietyEconomy

ベイエリアのガソリン価格が1ガロン平均5ドルに

The average price of a gallon of gas hit the $5 mark in five Bay Area counties for the...

カリフォルニア州では3月12日から学校屋内でのマスク義務を解除するも引き続き強く推奨

The state of California said Monday it will lift the indoor mask requirement for schools...

#NewsOfTheLastWeek

Amid unprecedented global change, the need to do things differently is greater than ever. Design thinking provides a way to engage with the world’s complex challenges in a creative and regenerative way