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Recode Daily - Inside Larry Page's flying car startups - Jun 10, 2016
Google co-founder Larry Page has poured more than $100 million into two startups that want to build flying cars, the timeless nerd fantasy. The thing is, these companies are actually working on some promising, cutting-edge stuff. Here's a video of their engineers dancing in chicken costumes as part of a glider launch. [Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone | Bloomberg]
Snapchat has slowly been bringing on product designers, ex-Google employees and ex-Microsoft people for what appears to be a hardware project. The nature of the hirings suggests it's eyewear-related. [Biz Carson | Business Insider]
Two Uber executives were convicted of "running an illegal transportation business" in France. Such legal challenges are part of why Uber is investing heavily in other new markets, like the Middle East and China. [Mark Scott | The New York Times]