Fri. 05/09 – Apple’s Coming For The Meta Ray-Bans
May 09, 2025•18 min
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Summary
This episode covers Apple's development of smart glasses and chips, Meta's return to stablecoins, and Google's AI-powered scam protection for Chrome. It also discusses the sentencing of Celsius Network's CEO and explores efforts to reduce AI power consumption, plus the return of physical buttons in cars for safety.Episode description
More signs that Apple is diversifying its smart headgear ambitions. Meta wants back in on the stablecoin game it arguably bailed on too early. The Celsius network CEO gets 12 years in prison. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
- Apple Is Developing Specialized Chips for Glasses, New Macs and AI Servers (Bloomberg)
- Meta Explores Stablecoin Integration as US Senate Blocks Key Crypto Bill (Coinpaper)
- Google rolls out AI tools to protect Chrome users against scams (TechCrunch)
- Celsius Founder Mashinsky Gets 12 Years for Crypto Fraud (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Can we make AI less power-hungry? These researchers are working on it. (ArsTechnica)
- Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again (Wired)
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