"Silicon Valley Connection" Magic Leap: Show the science fiction world with augmented reality

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1. Apple intends to invest 2 billion dollars to transform the abandoned sapphire Factory

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According to foreign media reports, Apple will spend 2 billion of dollars to transform the previously abandoned sapphire factory due to gtat bankruptcy into a data center.

Apple says the Sapphire factory in Mesa, Arizona, "will become a global command center." The 1.3 million-square-foot plant will be powered entirely by renewables and is expected to create 150 full-time jobs and 300 to 500 construction and trade-related jobs, well below the 2000 or so jobs needed for the production of sapphire plants.

2. Uber robot laboratory to build automatic driving car

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People familiar with the matter said that taxi application Uber was Pittsburg building a robotic research laboratory to build an "automated taxi fleet". Uber says the company has recruited a number of talented people from the University of Mellon and its affiliated robotics institute, including first-rate engineers and merchandising experts.

So far, Uber and Mellon University have not openly discussed this cooperation plan, but is expected to be announced in the near future.

3. Sony sells online gaming department Sony Entertainment

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Sony announced in Monday that it had sold its Sony Online Entertainment department to the investment company Columbus Nova. The move also allows the Sony Online Entertainment department to develop games that touch more video gaming platforms. The games developed by Sony's Online entertainment department include the classic game "Endless tasks."

According to an official blog released in Monday, Sony's online entertainment department, after the deal was completed, was named "Daybreak Game Studio", which will be able to develop gaming products for mobile devices and non-Sony video games. The parties did not disclose the amount involved in the transaction.

4. Intel acquires Lantiq Company to promote interconnected family business

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Intel Corporation has announced that it has signed a final agreement on the acquisition of Lantiq company. The transaction has yet to meet the customary conditions and approved by the regulator and is expected to be completed within approximately 90 days. Details of the deal are not disclosed.

Intel says Lantiq is a leading provider of broadband access and home networking technology. This transaction will enable Intel to further promote broadband network technology to enhance the experience of the interconnected family.

5. Netflix plans to raise $1 billion to invest in content acquisition business

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At present, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook and other companies are competing in streaming video, and competition between them is intensifying. Netflix, one of the market leaders, is certainly not behind, and to keep its edge, Netflix is planning to invest heavily in content acquisitions and other investment-related businesses.

Netflix said today that it plans to issue 1 billion of billions of dollars in premium bonds to finance 1 billion of billions of dollars, and will use the funding to develop overall corporate goals, including content acquisitions, capital spending, investment, working capital, potential business mergers and strategic excesses.

6. Magic Leap: Show the science fiction world with augmented reality

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When Magic Leap, a Google-backed augmented reality company, quietly applied for a patent, in the patent document it uses dozens of pages to show people the future of the application scenario: monsters will suddenly break out of the store in the box of fun games, games, such as the game of cutting cucumber (map did not understand it does not matter, the following video show )。

7. Google plans to provide self-driving car rental services and Uber competition

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Google is planning to launch a car rental service using its driverless cars or compete with Uber, according to people close to Uber's board of directors, Bloomberg reported. The Uber board's source was CLO David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, who joined the Uber board in 2013. And Google VCs is a big investor in Uber, who invested $258 million in August 2013 for Uber.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)