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Wired Wednesday: Redbull AR, Gboard AI Stickers & Playstation Classic

ByJohn

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

  • Red Bull puts an entire mountain in your living room with AR (source)
  • Google’s Gboard now lets you create a set of emoji that look like you (source)
  • PlayStation Classic coming this December – full games list includes ‘Metal Gear Solid’ and ‘Resident Evil’ (source)

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