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Franklin County, Ohio Forced to Ditch Electronic Pollbooks After Surge in Early Voting

GizModo VR

Franklin County, the largest county in Ohio, has moved back to paper ballots after unprecedented levels of early voting created data files too large to sync with the hard drives of electronic pollbooks, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Read more.

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Judge Orders Hospital to Give Severely Ill Covid-19 Patient Ivermectin

GizModo VR

A judge in Ohio has issued an emergency order telling a hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug being promoted widely by right-wing personalities as a covid-19 treatment and prophylactic. Though it’s being studied for that purpose, ivermectin currently doesn’t have good data to… Read more.

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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

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Specialities include computer science, data analytics, the creative economy, telemedicine , imaging , and others. Disciplines will include research and development (R&D) for AI, machine learning (ML), quantum information, blockchain, and data science.

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The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

ARVR

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. There’s also been much discussion around stocking these edge networks with GPUs?

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Apple's digital ID is finally here, and so are the privacy concerns

Mashable VR

Up next, according to Apple, are Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah. "We look forward to working with many more states and the TSA to bring IDs in Wallet to users across the US."

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Developing forecasting software that enables cultural institutions to make data-centered decisions in planning their seasons and events. Prototyping a tool in the form of a smartphone/tablet app for cultural institutions to capture visitor demographic data, increasing knowledge on who is and who is not participating in programs.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Announcing zVentures , a $30M venture capital fund, Razer will be strategically funding companies in the ioT, big data analytics, AR/VR, robotics, and Android gaming areas. LIVE STREAMED OKLAHOMA VS. OHIO STATE IN VR. …and more. FOVE, THE EYE-TRACKING HMD: FINAL SPECS AND PRE-ORDER DATES. THE STORY OF THE 2016 NBA FINALS IN VR.

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