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Will's Weekly Roundup is a curated list of tech, business, and startup headlines from last week to kickstart your Monday.
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Business
The tech and business headlines you missed (or need to see again)...
Berkshire Hathaway has $147 billion in cash. LINK
Tim Cook sold $41 million of Apple stock, the most stock in 2 years. LINK
The Nobel Prize was awarded to two covid vaccine pioneers. LINK
JPMorgan’s CEO predicts a 3.5-day work week for the next generation thanks to AI. LINK
ChatGPT owner OpenAI is exploring making its own chips. LINK
Airbnb will use AI to identify renters cross-listing their properties. LINK
United Airlines bought 110 additional Boeing and Airbus jets into the 2030s with delivery slots scarce. LINK
Meta’s new smart glasses seem impressive. LINK
Chipotle partnered with Hyphen Robots to make burrito bowls autonomously. Here’s the demo. LINK
Watchlist
Startups and companies I’m keeping an eye on…
Humata AI is a ChatGPT-like tool that lets you chat with any document, summarizing the content and answering your questions. LINK
Blackbird is a loyalty and membership platform for the world's most exciting restaurants. LINK
HeyGen translates videos into multiple languages, where the translated audio matches the original speaker's voice, and the speaker’s lip movements synchronize with the translated audio. LINK
Top Picks
Specific articles worth taking a look at…
Why no one is going into accounting. WSJ
Online delivery billionaires see fortunes vanish after COVID. BLOOMBERG
Why Americans are losing faith in college. RINGER
Outside Interests
Interesting internet finds…
Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas. LINK
India’s trains transport roughly 23 million passengers daily (equal to Australia’s entire population). LINK
A Turkish drone over Syria was shot down by a U.S. jet. LINK
MrBeast is putting his snack brand’s logo on NBA jerseys. LINK
DUIs, speeding, and seat belt non-use account for 79% of fatal car crashes. LINK
Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House Speaker in a historic vote. LINK
Visuals
Three visuals worth taking a look at...
The BRICS has overtaken the G7 in global GDP, representing a major shift in the global economic landscape. (BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; G7: US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK).
Engineering tops the list for the college major with the highest salary and lowest unemployment rate.
Lego has stacked sales from big-name collaborations, movies, and video games.
Wisdom
Two quotes of wisdom...
"Until we know we are wrong, being wrong feels exactly like being right." ― David McRaney
"Don’t fear sadness, as it tends to sit right next to love." — Sahil Bloom
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