6. Toward molecular computers: First measurement of single-molecule heat transfer

• Heat transfer through a single molecule has been measured for the first time by an #international team of researchers led by the University of #Michigan.
• This could be a step toward molecular computing -- building circuits up from molecules rather than carving them out of silicon as a way to max out Moore's Law and make the most powerful conventional computers possible.

7. Kitchen disruption: better food through artificial intelligence

• Looking for that perfect recipe, or a new flavor combination that delights the senses?
• Increasingly, players in the food industry are embracing #artificial intelligence to better understand the dynamics of flavor, aroma and other factors that go into making a food product a success. Earlier this year, IBM became a surprise entrant to the food sector, announcing a partnership with seasonings maker McCormick to "explore flavor territories more quickly and efficiently using AI to learn and predict new flavor combinations" by collected data from millions of data points.

8. Lyft’s dockless e-bikes have made their way to SF, but it wasn’t easy

• When tech companies sue cities, it’s rare to see a resolution — albeit a temporary one — in favor of the tech company happen so quickly, if at all. Lyft sued San #Francisco in early June, claiming the city was in violation of a 10-year contract that would give Lyft exclusive rights to operate bike-share programs.
  
• Now, the city has granted Lyft an interim permit to deploy its dockless e-bikes, and is holding off on granting to permits to other operators. Lyft officially deployed its bikes on Friday.

9. 100X.VC Fund’s Sanjay Mehta On Creating A Finishing School For Startup Founders

• Sanjay Mehta said, “We would be running the fund in a cohort kind of way with a batch of classes. The first one would be 20, and every quarter we will induct a new class of 20-25 #startups. Think of us as a finishing school for founders who have no idea how to raise money. Our aim for this class is to get everyone 100% placement among VCs,”.

10. Indian-origin scientists develop AI system to curb 'deepfake' videos

• At a time when "deepfake" videos become a new threat to users' privacy, a team of #Indian-origin researchers has developed #Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven deep neural network that can identify manipulated images at the pixel level with high precision.
  
• Realistic videos that map the facial expressions of one person onto those of another -- known as "deepfakes", present a formidable political weapon in the hands of nation-state bad actors.