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Not satisfied with the recent uplift in chip sales, Intel appears to be topping up its expensive bet on self-driving. The semiconductor giant is reportedly interested in Israeli public transport app Moovit. This would sit comfortably with its 2017 acquisition of Israeli autonomous vehicle sensor company Mobileye.

Moovit’s estimated annual revenues of about $30m would have little impact on Intel’s near $74bn in forecast sales this year. The app has 800m users — up sixfold in less than two years — but it is data, not customers, that Intel is likely to be interested in.

Combining two mobility tech groups is only logical if the initial diversification made sense. Autonomous vehicle accidents and nervous regulators mean proof of that may be decades away. The deal more reliably demonstrates that Intel is still seeking a task as compelling as making chips for the first wave of the tech revolution.

We propose forming a data collective: a conscious, coordinated effort by a group of organisations with expertise in gathering and using data in the charity sector. We want to make sure that people in charities, on the front line and in leadership positions have access to the information they need, in a timely fashion, in the easiest possible format to understand, with the clearest possible analysis of what it means for them.