Fri. 07/22 – Not Great, Bob! Snap And Twitter Edition

Well, things weren’t so rosy with Twitter earnings, and downright abysmal over at Snap. The Feds bring the first ever case for insider trading in the crypto space. Your next smart lock might draw its power from your phone as you use it. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Twitter misses earnings expectations, partially blames revenue drop on Elon Musk takeover bid (CNBC)
• Snap shares dive 35% following poor earnings report (CNBC)
• Ex-Coinbase Manager Arrested in US Crypto Insider-Trading Case (Bloomberg)
• Your next smart lock could ditch the battery by harvesting energy from your phone (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Chiplets helped save AMD. They might also help save Moore’s law and head off an energy crisis. (Protocol)
• Meta’s next big bet: The ‘metaversity’ (Protocol)
• Amazon C.E.O. Andy Jassy Breaks From the Bezos Way (NYTimes)
• The Great Fiction of AI (The Verge)
• The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent (Skift)