The Download: recycling batteries, and augmented reality hits stores
Why? The mirrors are part of Snap’s new effort to start offering AR products in the physical world. AR has powered Snapchat filters and Lenses (the company’s term for its in-app AR experiences) for years, but these additional uses of the technology create a potential revenue stream for Snap outside the social media platform’s app. Read the full story.
—Tanya Basu
Learning to code isn’t enough
A decade ago, tech powerhouses like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon helped boost the nonprofit Code.org, a learn-to-code program. It sparked a wave of nonprofits and for-profits alike dedicated to coding and learning computer science, and a number of US states that have made coding a high school graduation requirement.
But just learning to code is neither a pathway to a stable financial future for people from economically precarious backgrounds, nor a panacea for the inadequacies of the educational system. Read the full story.
—Joy Lisi Rankin
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