A platform created by OVR Technology releases aroma to make virtual reality experiences more vivid, with plans for applications that range from PTSD treatment to trainings for hazardous jobs.

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MetaHuman Creator could be similarly versatile, offering advanced character creation for next-gen platform games, mobile applications, and special effects in movies.

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Purchase applications also continue to increase on an annual basis, and the average loan balance again climbed to a new high of $402,200.

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More and more companies are using AI-based hiring tools like these to manage the flood of applications they receive—especially now that there are roughly twice as many jobless workers in the US as before the pandemic.

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This kind of remote access is common in a number of industries from industrial applications to typical offices.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries already has an application for C-Zero’s technology.

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Almost six months to the day since he was paraded through his own newsroom in handcuffs, Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai remains in custody after the city’s highest court ruled against his bail application.

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Winters said Sunday that only one person — a woman who had pulled her mother out of the facility last year over fears about the pandemic — had responded to the ad, which the facility took down Friday shortly before the application deadline.

VIRGINIA ASSISTED-LIVING FACILITY MARKETS A ‘VACCINATION STAYCATION’JENNA PORTNOYFEBRUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST

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