Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 44. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Great stats on #renewableenergy threatening coal, gas. Batteries co-located with solar/wind projects start to compete (various markets, w/o subsidy) with coal- and gas-fired generation provision of dispatchable power (delivered whenever the grid needs it). https://t.co/ZX3lCWloao pic.twitter.com/9WyKQa6eW6
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) March 27, 2019
This here should be noted: #Facebook is going to stop targeting by location, age, gender for housing, employment, or credit advertisements. They will have an automated system to catch ads that are incorrectly self-certified. Much needed – please more! https://t.co/gcWuTu8bIm pic.twitter.com/kqAR8b7Nb5
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) March 27, 2019
So #Volkswagen & #Amazon team up for an industrial cloud at large scale. Think twice: player founded as online book seller has turned into someone that big manufacturing industry players seek for help with #digialization of their industry. That's 2019! https://t.co/UCtcHNjN2h pic.twitter.com/GRrOPZO86I
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) March 28, 2019
How does this sound to the German #autoindustry? #Alibaba, #Tencent, #Suning, and several Chinese automakers form an alliance to jointly invest in and develop smart mobility. I think we have to get used to more & more pacemaking in this sector by #China. https://t.co/Bp5at5t4T1 pic.twitter.com/WLjw22Nlqk
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) March 27, 2019
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