TikTok's Strategy Shift and AI Investment Dynamics

Some interesting moves over at Block. Share to TikTok could be something major for the music industry. Amazon’s offer to invest again in Anthropic comes with some interesting strings attached. More signs that the smartglasses category is coming now. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Block reports revenue miss but a slight beat on earnings (CNBC)
• Jack Dorsey's Square to Invest More in Bitcoin Mining and Shut Decentralized 'Web5' Venture (CoinDesk)
• TikTok’s latest feature lets music fans ‘Share to TikTok’ from Spotify and Apple Music (TechCrunch)
• Amazon Discussing New Multibillion-Dollar Investment in Anthropic (The Information)
• Baidu Readies AI Smart Glasses to Rival Meta’s Ray-Bans (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (ArsTechnica)
• What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon (Intelligencer)

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