Reimagining Classics: The Simpsons and Apple's Vision Pro

Lots of juicy nuggets from a recent all hands over at Meta. Binance.US looks like it’s on the road to shutting down. The first trials of AI tutors for kids are happening. The self-driving revolution I’ve been waiting for seems to be happening. And the Weekend Longreads are happening. As always.

Links:

• Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro (The Verge)
• This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like (The Verge)
• Meta plans to put AI everywhere on its platforms (Axios)
• Binance.US Set to Be Cut Off From Banking System After SEC Lawsuit (Bloomberg)
• Spotify says it’s testing an ‘offline mix’ for when your connection’s patchy (The Verge)
• New A.I. Chatbot Tutors Could Upend Student Learning (NYTimes)
• Netflix Subscriptions Jump as U.S. Password-Sharing Crackdown Begins (WSJ)
• Mercedes first to sell vehicles in California with hands-free, eyes-off automated driving (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Binge Purge TV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show. (Vulture)
• The Simpsons Is Good Again After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance. (Vulture)
• First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS (Daring Fireball)

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