What I wrote last week
How Apple Card’s balance grew by 50% in 3 months and the implications
Business
EU is shooting for an ambitious “industrial cloud” plan to rival the US
DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google and the tech giant had a strong rebuke
Will you exchange privacy for some money every month? If yes, Amazon will pay you $10/month for 10 receipts of non-Amazon purchases through a service called Amazon Shopper Panel
Doordash is still the market leader in the meal delivery space with 49% market share in September 2020, according to SecondMeasure
DOJ’s lawsuit against Google, a very interesting read with a lot of great information
Boosted by better-than-expected consumer spending and write-offs, card companies are eyeing more customer acquisitions
How Apple is organized for success
Technology
Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure
Adobe released a new feature to help creative folks get credit for their honest work and fight misinformation
a16z released an interesting blog post on the promise of Payroll API
What I found interesting
Japanese Butter Tableware. Ain’t they beautiful and interesting?
How Egypt is growing forests in middle of the desert
A damning account of the failed project between Foxconn, Trump and Wisconsin. The red flags have been there for a long time, yet I fear this isn’t the last time we hear something about it