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Snacks / Monday, August 09, 2021

Zooming in from the forest cabin... Airbnb has been resilient during the pandemic by embracing the work-from-anywhere life. It added a new feature that allows renters to search for flexible dates and destinations — including boats, farms, and shipping containers (?). Last quarter, Airbnb's sales even beat pre-pandemic levels, as you staycationed in a yurt. We'll see if that favorable trend continues when Airbnb drops earnings on Thursday.

Related to a Spanish king... That's cool to learn. But it could be life-saving to learn your chances of getting Alzheimer’s. 23andMe drops earnings on Friday — its first checkup as a public company. Shares of the home DNA testing company have plunged 20% since its February IPO, as fewer people bought its ancestry and health kits. But it’s building a longer-term revenue stream: partnering with pharma companies like Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline to develop drugs with its trove of genetic data.

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