Ten from the weekend 10/11: A few interesting reads that I came across

Focus areas: Blockchain| ML-AI| Data science/Analytics applications |eSports| CRISPR| Design thinking

1. A new apple patent shows the gigantic security id system in the making: https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2020/10/a-new-apple-patent-reveals-yet-another-dimension-to-their-gigantic-security-id-credentials-system-in.html

2. Observer effect interview with founder of Spotify: https://www.theobservereffect.org/daniel.html

3. Solar’s future is very cheap: https://rameznaam.com/2020/05/14/solars-future-is-insanely-cheap-2020/

4. The 2020 Data and AI landscape: https://mattturck.com/data2020/

5. Square invested 50m into BTC as a reserve asset: https://images.ctfassets.net/2d5q1td6cyxq/5sXNrlEh2mEnTvvhgtYOm2/737bcfdc15e2a1c3cbd9b9451710ce54/Square_Inc._Bitcoin_Investment_Whitepaper.pdf

6. An operating system for war? https://www.wired.com/story/behind-anduril-effort-create-operating-system-war/

7. Learning Machine learning visually: https://koaning.github.io/human-learn/index.html

8. Transformers are graph neaural networks: https://thegradient.pub/transformers-are-graph-neural-networks/

9. The CRSIPR archive @ a16z: https://a16z.com/tag/crispr/

10. Ant Group and fintech:https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/08/ant-group-and-fintech-come-of-age