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Google Might Owe You Money for Your Face if You Live in Illinois

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Google took another hit today. The tech company has settled for $100 million following a class action lawsuit in Illinois over data privacy concerns from users of the Google Photos app. Read more.

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Google Confirms Fireworks Display Over Highland Park Shooting News in Search Engine Was an Accident

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Google didn’t mean to display cheerful fireworks and an American flag in front of breaking news articles about the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois that left at least seven people dead and injured more than two dozen. In fact, when it found out that users were having that experience on its search engine, it… Read more.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

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Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

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Also, institutions like Cornell University, Imperial College London, Boston University and Harvard University’s MOC Alliance, University of California Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois, University of Tokyo, Yale University and many more have joined the alliance.

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Chicago Teachers Locked Out of Digital Classrooms Amid Omicron Surge

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Chicago Public School teachers attempting to teach students remotely on Wednesday discovered they’d been locked out of their digital classrooms, an apparent effort by city officials to prevent a return to remote education amid recent spikes in covid-19 cases among students and teachers. Read more.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. And then Google Expeditions — which, you can decide if that’s real VR or not — they’re at 31 percent. Alan: So that’s Google Cardboard. Let me ask you a quick question. VIVE is 10 percent.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. And then Google Expeditions — which, you can decide if that’s real VR or not — they’re at 31 percent. Alan: So that’s Google Cardboard. Let me ask you a quick question. VIVE is 10 percent.