Thread by @rmnth

Thread: Some interesting tech stories I read today. #TechDB /1

⚕️ @DeepMindAI Health's "algorithm could predict the sudden deterioration of kidney function, called acute kidney injury, two days before the potential injury with 55.8% accuracy" @WSJ

wsj.com/articles/googl…

🍔"@ImpossibleFoods has performed more than 26,000 blind taste tests on its burger, which is on track to surpass ground beef in those tests in the near future. What happens then?"
Price. That advantage is eroding too.

outsideonline.com/2399736/imposs…

🛒@amazon wants <26% stake so that Reliance Retail can become a seller on its Indian ecommerce marketplace; it's drawn by RR's leadership in consumer electronics & mobile phones; + RR's grocery stores could potentially act as fulfilment points
tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/…

🇫🇷 "France just passed new legislation that went into effect this week that levies a 3 percent tax on the revenues—not profits—that technology firms earn inside the country."
#Google
foreignpolicy.com/2019/07/31/why…

🐭"A Japanese scientis plans to grow human cells in mouse and rat embryos and then transplant those embryos into surrogate animals. His ultimate goal is to produce animals with organs made of human cells that can, eventually, be transplanted into people."
nature.com/articles/d4158…

🧠“To me the brain is the one safe place for freedom of thought, of fantasies, and for dissent. We’re getting close to crossing the final frontier of privacy in the absence of any protections whatsoever.”
@NitaFarahany
#Facebook
technologyreview.com/s/614034/faceb…

🛩️"The service had made about 3,000 successful flights as of last January, but a January 25th crash into Lake Zurich put things on hold until April. A second crash in May caused Swiss Post to suspend the service indefinitely."
#Drones
spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo…

🌳“Our study shows clearly that forest restoration is the best climate change solution available today and it provides hard evidence to justify investment."

independent.co.uk/environment/tr…

📊Numbers
- UPI transactions reach 822 million in July
- Spotify's paid subscriber base grows to 108M in Q2
- 250,000 jobs lost in handsets sector in India
- India's tiger count is based on 76,523 tiger photos
- Bike sharing startup Bounce does 5m rides in Bangalore in 10 months