Innovative Startups: From Psychedelics to Zoom's Success

Details about the next-gen Xbox, Apple makes an interesting acquisition around photography, Lyft will rent you a car, why I find Roku so interesting, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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• Microsoft’s next Xbox is Xbox Series X, coming holiday 2020 (The Verge)
• Apple Buys U.K. Startup to Improve iPhone Picture Taking (Bloomberg)
• Lyft launches a car rental service with no mileage limit (The Verge)
• Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street View (CNET)
• Roku Built the Dominant Streaming Box. Now It’s Under Siege (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• THE AGE OF INSTAGRAM FACE (New Yorker)
• The Influencer and the Hit Man (OneZero)
• Silicon Valley’s psychedelic wonder drug is almost here (Fast Company)
• How Zoom Became the Best Web-Conferencing Product in the World in Less Than 10 Years (FYI)
• “Link In Bio” is a slow knife (Anil Dash)
• THE VERGE’S GADGETS OF THE DECADE (The Verge)

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