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Daily Authority: Fixing myopia with smart glasses, OnePlus 9 camera, and more
26/01/21 newsletter
I can’t get over the run of health technology we’ve seen popping up.
Here’s the latest out of Japan, where
Nikkei has published a story on Kubota Pharmaceutical’s “smart glasses” that “banish” nearsightedness, or myopia.
Yes, Kubota is claiming to fix short-sightedness.
You need to wear a pair of (very fun looking) glasses for 60-90 minutes that work by “projecting myopically-defocused virtual images generated using micro-LEDS on the peripheral visual field to actively stimulate the retina”.
Elon Musk Tweet Sends Etsy Stock on a Roller Coaster Ride
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Stocks: They’re so random ???? these days.
The bonkers story of a Reddit forum that turned the Gamestop stock into a meme and sent the company’s market value soaring has put a spotlight on the phenomenon of amateur investors giving Wall Street pros a run for their money. A Venn diagram of the types of folks brigading short-sellers on r/wallstreetbets and Elon Musk fans would surely be a circle. And this morning, Musk once again showed the power of his influence when he tweeted the words: “I kinda love Etsy.”
GameStop Squeeze Is Crazy but Normal
A generation of new traders is taking on the establishment by forming short-squeeze mobs that push shares of flawed companies into orbit. It s insane but perfectly ordinary.
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Jan 26, 2021
A generation of new traders is taking on the establishment by forming short-squeeze mobs that push shares of flawed companies into orbit. It s insane but perfectly ordinary.
(Veteran tech columnist Jon D. Markman publishes Strategic Advantage, a lively guide to investing in the digital transformation of business and society. Click here for a trial.)
A generation of new traders is taking on the establishment. In the process, organized online short-squeeze mobs are pushing the shares of flawed companies into the stratosphere.