Ho hum. Apple reports its most revenue and profit in history. You’ll soon be able to unlock your iPhone while masked, even without the Apple Watch. The White House is readying a huge executive order on Crypto. The new version of GPT-3 is less error-prone, and less prone to say bad stuff. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Apple CEO: ‘We Don’t Make Purely Financial Decisions’ About Apple TV Plus Content (Variety)
iOS 15.4 Beta Lets You Use Face ID With a Mask On (MacRumors)
White House reportedly preparing executive order on crypto (CoinTelegraph)
The new version of GPT-3 is much better behaved (and should be less toxic) (Technology Review)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs (Folding Ideas on YouTube)
Three things web3 should fix in 2022 (Platformer)
The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’ (RollingStone)
Nothing Sacred: These Apps Reserve The Right To Sell Your Prayers (Buzzfeed News)
Your Hotel Concierge Is Probably a Texting Robot. Srsly. (WSJ)
Why Netflix Just Had Its Worst Day in A Decade (Bloomberg)
Netflix stock market woe is warning to Hollywood (Financial Times)

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