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A ‘virtual outing’ on Google Maps reveals a treasured image from Diego’s past

A ‘virtual outing’ on Google Maps reveals a treasured image from Diego’s past

Afraid of flying, the Buenos Aires-based graphic designer and filmmaker Diego Berakha uses Google Maps to travel to far-flung places he’ll likely never visit and to return to familiar locations from his childhood in Spain. In the short film Now I Know Where to Find You, Berakha gives viewers a tour of the places he frequents from the comfort of his computer chair. Describing how the app allows him to travel in both space and time, he recalls being raised by his beloved ‘Yaya’ – a… Source link

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GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants

GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), systems for easing loads on electricity grids when supply is short. Energy transition nonprofit RMI will host the initiative, the Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), which will also aim to shape policy for promoting the use of the systems, the companies said. Virtual power plants… Source link

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GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants

GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), systems for easing loads on electricity grids when supply is short. Energy transition nonprofit RMI will host the initiative, the Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), which will also aim to shape policy for promoting the use of the systems, the companies said. Virtual… Source link

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Meet Tim Martin, the trainer behind Victor Wembanyama and his virtual training sessions, defense-focused drills

Meet Tim Martin, the trainer behind Victor Wembanyama and his virtual training sessions, defense-focused drills

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, trainer and skills coach Tim Martin was out on a tennis court four days a week in Dallas, demonstrating different drills with no one else there. It was just him and his laptop as he conducted workouts through Zoom. His client was 5,000 miles away in Paris with a pair of AirPods in, listening intently to Martin’s instructions and then almost immediately implementing them correctly. Then-16-year-old Victor Wembanyama was like no one Martin had ever… Source link

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Metaverse in Entertainment Market 2026, Rising Consumer Spending Across Virtual Concerts, Events, And Others to Boost Growth

Metaverse in Entertainment Market 2026, Rising Consumer Spending Across Virtual Concerts, Events, And Others to Boost Growth

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Metaverse in Entertainment Market size is expected to grow by USD 28.92 billion during 2021- 2026, at a CAGR of 8.55% during the forecast period, according to Technavio. The market is concentrated, and the degree of concentration will accelerate during the forecast period. Aomen City, Epic Games Inc., Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Meta Platforms Inc., Niantic Inc., OverActive Media Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Queppelin, Roblox Corp,

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Google Distributed Cloud Virtual Now Supports Virtual Machines

Google Distributed Cloud Virtual Now Supports Virtual Machines

Recently Google announced the general availability of virtual machine (VM) support in Anthos for bare metal, also known as Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDC), which will allow customers to run VMs alongside containers on a single, unified, Google Cloud-connected platform in their data center or at the edge. Earlier, the company previewed VM support for Anthos for bare metal at Google Cloud Next’21 as an option for customers to choose between deploying applications in… Source link

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Virtual reality jobs die down at Meta, Google amid hiring freeze: Report

Virtual reality jobs die down at Meta, Google amid hiring freeze: Report

The virtual reality (VR) job postings at Meta have shockingly died down, as its Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg places a $10 billion bet on building his metaverse dream, a new report has shown. The VR job postings have also slowed down at other Big Tech companies like Apple and Google amid the hiring frezz and layoff season owing to the global economic meltdown,… Source link

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Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit Extra Asia LIVE studies the paradigm shift brought by cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance and the great virtual migration

Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit Extra Asia LIVE studies the paradigm shift brought by cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance and the great virtual migration

Pioneers, creators, and industry forerunners unveil Five trends to Watch amidst the Paradigm Shift towards a Virtual Economy HONG KONG, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit Extra Asia returns to Hong Kong! Since its event last year, the global economy has been on a rollercoaster ride as new technologies have shifted the way we interact, transact, and live in both real and virtual worlds. Keynote speaker_John Tsang, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR and… Source link

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