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Wired Wednesday: Accessible/Adaptive Xbox controller, MIA & Style Match

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Microsoft reveals customizable, accessibility-minded Xbox One controller (source)
  • MIA – A friendly robot for cats and dogs (source)
  • Google announces Style Match discoverability feature for Google Lens (source)

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