Fri. 05/21 – Snap Is Dead Serious About This AR Stuff

Snap releases its first true AR glasses, and buys the company that helped make them a reality. Is Netflix going to get into gaming to help juice growth in North America? Is the IRS going to crack down ever harder on Crypto? Twitter’s newly revamped verification system. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Snap’s new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality (The Verge)
• Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500 million (The Verge)
• Spotify finally adds offline music downloads on Apple Watch (The Verge)
• Netflix Seeks Executive to Expand Game Efforts (The Information)
• U.S. Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with IRS, says they pose tax evasion risk (CNBC)
• Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017 (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Now that WarnerMedia and Discovery have tied the knot, the pressure’s on ViacomCBS and NBCUniversal (CNBC)
• $ASS Coin Billionaire: Tales From the Fringe of the Crypto Craze (Bloomberg)
• Can Sony reclaim its former glory? (Engadget)
• How to Make Carbon-Neutral Gasoline Out of Thin Air (Intelligencer)
• Twitter Thread About Shift+2 (@figmadesign)