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Weekend Roundup Mars Astronauts Might be trapped in tubes for three years NASA has finally revealed details about its plan to send astronauts to Mars. The plan calls for building an outpost to orbit the moon and test Mars hardware. A crew of four may have to spend up to three years inside of a Mars spaceship without ever setting foot on the planet. But it remains to be seen if NASA's flat budget can facilitate reaching Mars by 2033. Business Insider's Dave Mosher has has the full story. Research In Focus The U.S. Smart Home Market In this report from BI Intelligence, we examine the overall state of the US smart home market — both the professionally and self-installed markets. We analyze the factors driving demand for smart home devices and smart home voice speakers, and discuss the future of voice control in the home. Learn More »   The Credit Card Rewards Explainer In a new in-depth report from BI Intelligence, we walk through the new credit card rewards landscape, which now includes rising consumer demand for rewards, increased opportunity for issuers to drive up usage of their credit card products, and increasing costs. After discussing the evolution that has led to this current landscape, we analyze how issuers will have to adjust in order to continue reaping the benefits of offering rewards without sacrificing significant profits. Learn More »   The eSports Ecosystem The BI Intelligence report on the eSports ecosystem dissects the growing market for competitive gaming. This comprehensive, industry-defining report contains more than 30 charts and figures that forecast audience growth, average revenue per user, and revenue growth. Learn More » Briefing Highlights Amex is trying a new approach with millennials American Express may be losing young, affluent card holders to rivals as a result of its "snob appeal." Read More »   YouTube Live is gaining ground on Twitch An insightful, stat-packed quarterly update from Streamlabs compares Twitch and YouTube Live on measures of monthly active streamers and revenue. Read More »   Here's what Tesla's larger automotive market play means Tesla CEO Elon Musk shed new light on the company's future business plans via a series of tweets late last week, revealing that the company is planning to expand into new segments of the automotive market — including pickup trucks and tractor-trailers. Read More »   T-Mobile Buys Big in Spectrum The third-largest US wireless carrier, T-Mobile, was the top bidder in the FCC's incentive auction, highlighting its attempts to vastly increase its network reach. Read More »   Costco Cards Boost Citi Citi posted better-than-anticipated Q1 2017 results, and some of that strong performance, particularly in the firm's North American consumer banking division, was driven by its portfolio of 11 million Costco cards that it and Visa purchased last June. Read More »   Walmart and Target could beat Amazon on drone delivery Among big retailers, Amazon has pushed the potential of drone delivery the hardest. But, according to BI Intelligence's exclusive analysis of data from The Weather Company, the e-commerce giant isn't the best positioned to take advantage of drones' promise. Instead, its brick-and-mortar rivals, Walmart and Target, may be poised to reap the biggest gains. Read More »   Snapchat's growth potential in jeopardy Snapchat is in damage control after Snap CEO Evan Spiegel allegedly said that he didn't want the app to "expand into poor countries like India and Spain." Read More »   Sports-free TV bundles could kick off soon Viacom, Discovery Communications, and AMC Networks are in talks with four to six pay-TV providers to offer Internet TV bundles for customers who aren't interested in paying for sports. Read More »   Machine learning is driving innovation at Amazon In his latest letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos highlighted some of the less publicized ways Amazon uses artificial intelligence (AI). Read More »   Airbnb Is Reportedly Building Its Own Air Travel Booking Site In a sign that Brexit is already negatively affecting the UK's fintech industry, TransferWise, an international payments startup valued at over $1 billion, will relocate its European headquarters from the UK to a location elsewhere in Europe by March 2019. 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