Disruptiv Newsletter: Flying taxis 🚁 Apple M2 chips 💻 YouTube streaming 📽️ Crypto 👾 and more

Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! You're about to get this week's top tech and innovation insight that we saw this week. Enjoy! [disruptivflow-header] Good morning, FlowBankers Welcome to the Disruptiv newsletter! A weekly aggregate of relevant tech-focused quick takes. . Saturday 21st January, 2023 [Start trading](113/cXx8Z04/VWTQMw6tT8rPW5WJQGJ29wy_JW35KrPN4W2xFgN6klYW52-MK5V1-WJV7CgYvcVmC0HZ954TKmW1Z5k055nylvJW1xBBbx57Sp-0W2C9WsG8jTYj7Vs482S1FG9cDW6PMxWT14KSltW3VYMgR4pMbrDW7VyW2j1FqkJjW6745Sw3BGP67W6-7fGm38MY2jW3NmSf44Mcty6W7qgcJ153Gnw2W3pl_5M4CgQ0gVhvmGr6j5JhhW6vn-Bj67J5zGW5_cJ787V4PrcW7gf99T4fdbqnW6j7ysj7Lzr1dW6_7LyZ17jG5LW2xlnhW8C5Xps3bXp1) FlowBank tech articles 📚 How does China’s reopening affect your portfolio? [Shanghai pexels](113/cXx8Z04/VWTQMw6tT8rPW5WJQGJ29wy_JW35KrPN4W2xFgN6klYVQ2-MJQV1-WJV7CgNFsW6YSvh_6jvWYgN3CMsPv-s8k5W7vjgHs3sV93dW3Qvz0x58SYZcW3qZs6B1WGQ0mN9blb0qJw2JDW2s7jrd3sC9hpW4VBzth862zHSV7Znjm7zrWKYVGgPty7t61XzW6C53jR37MXtyW5CnWBL8xxrqYW6pkMkC6yfLhsN7p3JW0PSH5lW7JFHy82YcY7KW4pbjtp2fjL8wW4ywK-k3pRJr1W2KNL-82PN4YD3q5n1) China’s reopening may just be the catalyst that is needed to stimulate global growth. What are the investment implications, and could there be some negative repercussions? [Read me](113/cXx8Z04/VWTQMw6tT8rPW5WJQGJ29wy_JW35KrPN4W2xFgN6klYVQ2-MJQV1-WJV7CgJxYW9c7v403wPJ7LW2ZS7JZ4b4bVsW6fTWKV64R6LNW2vyv967p350DN2wnjcmlyVChN7JZgc1lFHZgW9bPP8l4-m2Z1W6K2xHS4Mq8cbW66YqWf4vB5BhW315NsY3SddNLN1w8_MMVhSWkW8Ygt5n26Y0KNVHr_TX6yQ9bVN5v0F4gJcygBW99gr8C7PN2RVN7cPJqqMxxqfN3TlhG76DZ__W33zpWp65wdns3mJ21) Big Technology 🍎 - Apple announced new Macs that can be purchased with or without its new chips, which are the most powerful Apple processors for its MacBook Pros yet. Mac mini computers also support the new 'M2' chips. c - Alphabet-owned YouTube is experimenting with a new hub of free ad-supported streaming channels, according to a WSJ report. It is testing the idea with a few media partners and entertainment companies. c - Microsoft is adding OpenAI's ChatGPT features to its Azure offering. Separately it also announced a massive layoff of 10,000 Microsoft employees or about 5% of its workforce as it braces for slower growth. VC + Startups 🎯 - Kate, a French car maker startup focused on micro-cars for everyday use. To do so it acquired EV startup NOSMOKE to reuse existing plans. - Bitwarden, an open-source password management platform acquired a Sweden-based startup called Passwordless.dev, which helps developers integrate passwordless authentication tech in their software. - Scrintal, is a Sweden-based startup developing a visual note-taking and collaboration tool. It just raised Eur1 million from VC investors. Crypto 👾 - Metaverse property startup Metahood raises $3M to build the Zillow of the metaverse. It developed a platform for buying and selling virtual real estate. c - Compared to 2021, the number of smart contracts deployed on Ethereum soared nearly 300% in 2022, according to Alchemy. Law and regulation 🕵️ - Saudia Arabia's Finance Minister speaking at the WEF, highlighted the importance of regulating new technology to ensure financial stability. c - European finance ministers have called for the digital euro, a project spearheaded by the ECB, to offer both privacy and transparency, as central bankers begin tests of the project this year. Disruptiv Figure 📊 . Car makers & flying taxi firms join forces Researchers predict autonomous aircraft could be commonplace by 2040. eVTOLs are attracting interest internationally, with such startups operating in the US, Germany, and Brazil. In addition of car makers making large investments, aircraft companies such as Airbus, Embraer, Boeing, Overair, and NASA, are working on eVTOLs. [Flying taxis Statista] Don't forget to... [Start trading](113/cXx8Z04/VWTQMw6tT8rPW5WJQGJ29wy_JW35KrPN4W2xFgN6klYW52-MK5V1-WJV7CgY9gN7L7KtSjgT-PW4gDpvj2Jgf5TW23Y2Jj4wt4rGW9cc8ZH900KStVXpxB53jMbJ1W48j2mf84tQNRN6Rh1-vPy7FyW2xQ1k03L-ZN8W4pVg5x6Zgz-vW4Vt7_S3B2dBMN7XcWCmpZmklW4VFF7s95rtZxW2_9_Gt84KpwgN7kg5bnQ2c7lVnJsVf2VhncQW7lsyF66gG4kYW7YldNr1sTTYjW57HqtM2CH4VTN59hDqn6z79jW25Ns0Q5Y3WcR3psd1) [logo_white] [Contact us](mailto:research@flowbank.com) Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram FlowBank SA, Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 6, P.O. Box 1303, 1211 Geneva 26, Switzerland, +41 (0) 22 888 60 00 [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](