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How New York overengineered its million-dollar vaccine passport

Vox

Meanwhile, workers don’t have a strong incentive to prolong the process of checking people’s proof of vaccination when they already face harassment from customers angry about Covid-19 guidelines. million more in licensing fees. Overall, the project could cost as much as $27 million, according to the New York Times.

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Microsoft is giving businesses access to OpenAI’s powerful AI language model GPT-3

The Verge

Here’s an example scenario from Microsoft: “A sports franchise could build an app for fans that offers reasoning of commentary and a summary of game highlights, lowlights and analysis in real time. Then, in September 2020, Microsoft bought an exclusive license to directly integrate GPT-3 into its own products.

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The Apple Watch is being held back by Siri

The Verge

Apple’s new App Store guidelines carve out loopholes for xCloud, Stadia, and other apps that Apple had blocked. Bose announces $279 QuietComfort Earbuds and $179 Sport Earbuds. High likelihood: new Apple Watches and new iPad Air. Medium: Apple’s new services bundle. Low: everything else. ? Nvidia is acquiring Arm for $40 billion.

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The Topgolf VR game is somehow more realistic than the real thing

The Verge

This game is all about putting, not driving; developers Golf Scope had been working on it for some time before adding the Topgolf license. I’ve always dug golf games, from Golden Tee all the way to Everybody’s Golf , Wii Sports, and beyond, and this is one of the better ones I’ve played in recent times.

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Six Facets of the Future of PR - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Media has become a participatory sport, in which not just journalists, but literally anyone can provide their perspectives on what they are seeing and what is happening. Guidelines and parameters need to be established and communicated, senior executives need to be coached, technologies need to be implemented.

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