Jun 16, 2017

Mixed Links #27

By Helmi • Issue #27 • View online

Hey there – I hope you’re doing great. Summer is getting hotter these days in Germany and the week was filled with garden work so far. Additionally, we will have guests over the weekend so not much time to put together this email. This time it’s about a different topic for every link so quite a mix where there’s hopefully something interesting for everyone.

Britain: The End of a Fantasy

To understand the sensational outcome of the British election, one must ask a basic question. What happens when phony populism collides with the real thing?

www.nybooks.com • Share

NHTSA Tesla Model X crash test videos highlight safety-first design

First crash test videos showing a Tesla Model X undergoing a series of violent crashes have been published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

www.teslarati.com • Share

🇩🇪 Fußball radikal - Ein linker Verein und seine Gegner

Interessante TV-Dokumentation zur politisch linken Fankultur in Potsdam bei Babelsberg 03, die allerdings auch von eigenen Fanklubs nicht unkritisch betrachtet wird. Siehe die Replik dazu hier.

www.arte.tv • Share

Meet The People Who Battle To Be The Top Reply To A Trump Tweet

The area below the president’s tweets is the most valuable real estate on the internet.

www.buzzfeed.com • Share

I was wrong about Ethereum

I was wrong about Ethereum because it’s such a good store of value… no wait, let me try again. I was wrong about Ethereum because it’s such a decentra… nope. I was wrong about Ethereum because…

medium.com • Share

Tim Cook Says Apple Focused on Autonomous Systems in Cars Push

Not a really big surprise but finally an official word from Apple about their work on the “Apple Car” project - but at the end still no clue what product it will be (if any).

www.bloomberg.com • Share

Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization

Tucked into the last day of WWDC was a session on podcasting, and it contained some big news for the burgeoning industry.

stratechery.com • Share

FTC Takes Action Against Influencers, Marketers Over Sponsored Posts

This is a last-minute addition and is quite interesting. While in Germany Youtubers are approached and fined by German law enforcement over covered advertising the same thing seems to happen at the same time over in the U.S. to celebs and influencers on Instagram and other networks — coincidence?

www.thefashionlaw.com • Share

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