Quick Bytes – Feb 16th: Why Chinese Workers are Ditching Silicon Valley
A look at the most interesting startup and business-related news stories of the week.
What Self-Driving Really Means
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Everyone’s talking about the technical aspects and the obvious flow-on effects of driverless cars. But what will self-driving mean for bikes, domestic travel, insurance and that all-important “car culture” that no one is talking about?
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Electric cars, robo taxis and self-driving trucks are coming to change the society we live in—possibly sooner than you think.
Limited tests of driverless cars are already happening today and they’ll be in use everywhere within six years, according to Carlos Ghosn, CEO of the Renault Nissan Alliance. A change on that scale would reach far beyond the automotive industry to upend businesses, transform our daily lifestyles and reshape cities.
Even if the skeptics are right and the technology necessary for full level-five autonomy develops more slowly, the revolution could still claim many victims. Read the Full Article Here
Why Chinese talent is leaving Silicon Valley
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“Tech has supplanted finance as the biggest draw for overseas Chinese returnees, accounting for 15.5 percent of all who go home…” And they’re heading back to a flourishing tech scene. Which Silicon Valley also has but the key is in figuring out how to make these highly skilled people stay.
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Dubbed “sea turtles” by the Chinese because they study and work abroad then return home with all the skills and knowledge they’ve gained, the wave of workers are fleeing the U.S., what used to be considered the pinnacle of tech success. Read the Full Article Here
Breaking aging down
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Here’s an age breakdown that looks at what a real global framework will consist of and what that means for the tech industry, from biomedical gerontology, to rejuvenation biotechnology.
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The longevity field is bustling but still fragmented, and the “silver tsunami” is coming.
That is the takeaway of The Science of Longevity, the behemoth first volume of a four-part series offering a bird’s-eye view of the longevity industry in 2017. The report, a joint production of the Biogerontology Research Foundation, Deep Knowledge Life Science, Aging Analytics Agency, and Longevity.International, synthesizes the growing array of academic and industry ventures related to aging, healthspan, and everything in between. Read the Full Article Here
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