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Tinder's Festival Mode is back to help you find people at the same live event

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But for many countries, summer events are truly back on the bill. Tinder has teamed up with a bunch of major music festivals to bring back Festival Mode, a feature launched in 2019 that lets you connect with people who are planning to go to the same event as you. Instead, we've opted for livestreaming them on the couch.

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Celebrate The Women’s World Cup With New Snapchat AR Lenses

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FIFA has reported that they’ve sold well over one million tickets for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, meaning this year will surpass the 2019 World Cup ticket sales as the most attended standalone women’s sporting event. The first two games alone had an attendance of 117,921 people. Here in the U.S.,

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Audi AR App Brings Advertising Into Your Living Room

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If the right commercial is playing, it will then trigger a series of AR events. The Quattro Coaster app was created by Audi Norway in conjunction with Norwegian creative agency POL Oslo. According to a release from the company, the Audi quattro coaster AR application “recognizes” specific Audi TV commercials.

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Oculus & ESL Return For VR League: Season Two

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The event, held at ESL UK Studios, will provide support to Stack Up , an ongoing charitable program assisting US and other Allied veterans through gaming. Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

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How to watch 'Eurovision Song Contest,' so you don't miss out on the music and the madness

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Like Norway's Subwoolfer perhaps? Yet for all the localized dazzle that Peacock is providing to American audiences, the main event is all about the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 finale in Torino, Italy. But the advantage to waiting (aside from the European time zones making the U.S.

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Chess World Championships to Broadcast Live in 360 Video

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The Championship final is between Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World Champion from Norway, and Sergey Karjakin of Russia, the challenger and will take place this November in New York. Reigning champion Magnus Carlson (Left) and Challenger Sergey Karjakin (right).

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Siemens Invests €1bn in Erlangen Industrial Metaverse Hub

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At the Economist Summit event, Holliday explained how Siemens’ digital twins and others would empower companies across industry verticals. Finally, Siemens efforts to engage enterprises have also involved boosting Freyr’s battery production plant in Norway.