SPACs are going to rule the world, or at least, Chamath’s future portfolio. Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, has already tripled down on SPACs, the so-called “blank check” vehicle that takes private companies and flips them onto the public markets.

Link: https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/18/chamath-launches-spac-spac-and-spac-as-he-spacs-the-world-with-spacs/

Last November, I stopped writing a regular column on art and culture for the Globe and Mail, my job for almost twenty years. Nobody noticed. I did not receive a single reader’s letter. I had a polite message from my section editor.

Link: https://thewalrus.ca/how-algorithms-are-changing-what-we-read-online/

Delivery Hero acquires Glovo’s full operations in Latin America for up to EUR 230 million Delivery Hero strengthens its position in Latin America, adding Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala to its current footprint, and further expanding its existing operations in Argentina, Panama a

Link: https://www.deliveryhero.com/delivery-hero-acquires-glovo-operations-in-latin-america/