💰 Apple has bought an AR headset startup called Mira
Plus: Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network, Wildfire Smoke Darkens Skies From East Coast to Midwest, and more...
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Apple has bought an AR headset startup called Mira. Apple has acquired Mira, a Los Angeles-based AR startup that makes headsets for other companies and the US military (Zoe Schiffer / The Verge)
Little scoop w/ @alexeheath: Apple has acquired AR headset startup Mira, which has contracts with the Department of Defense - Zoe Schiffer(@ZoeSchiffer)
Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network. Instagram, the popular social-media site owned by Meta Platforms, helps connect and promote a vast network of accounts openly devoted to the commission and purchase of underage-sex content (Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal)
@KatherineBlunt; My latest with @jeffhorwitz (who led this story). Different than my usual work, and more to come. Dark but really important.- Jeff Horwitz(@jeffhorwitz)
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Wildfire Smoke Darkens Skies From East Coast to Midwest. Smoke from the hundreds of wildfires blazing in eastern Canada has drifted south, casting a hazy pall over New York City and triggering air alerts from Minnesota to Massachusetts. (Jesus Jiménez / The New York Times)
Air pollution warnings are in effect across Canada and the U.S., including New York City - The New York Times(@nytimes)
China's EV Juggernaut Is a Warning for the West. China rocked the auto world twice this year. First, its electric vehicles stunned Western rivals at the Shanghai auto show with their quality, features and price. Then came reports that in the first quarter of 2023 it dethroned Japan as the world's… (Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal)
How did China position itself as world's largest producer of high quality EVs? - Greg Ip(@greg_ip)
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN.Chris Licht, the former television producer who oversaw a brief and chaotic tenure as the chairman of CNN, is out at the network, according to a… (John Koblin / The New York Times)
Chris Licht, who oversaw a brief and chaotic tenure as the chairman of CNN, is out at the network. - The New York Times(@nytimes)
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