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Apple is giving a laser company that builds some of its AR tech $410 million,

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Apple has announced that it’s awarding Pennsylvania-based optical technology company II-VI with $410 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that the company’s tech helps power Apple’s FaceID, Memoji, and Portrait Mode. The company also manufactures lasers that are used in the LIDAR scanner found in the iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro, technology that Apple …

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has announced that it’s awarding Pennsylvania-based optical technology company II-VI with $410 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that the company’s tech helps power Apple’s FaceID, Memoji, and Portrait Mode. The company also manufactures lasers that are used in the LIDAR scanner found in the iPhone 12 …

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Apple is giving a laser company that builds some of its AR tech $410 million,

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Apple has announced that it’s awarding Pennsylvania-based optical technology company II-IV with $410 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that the company’s tech helps power Apple’s FaceID, Memoji, and Portrait Mode. The company also manufactures lasers that are used in the LIDAR scanner found in the iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro, technology that Apple …

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Apple is giving a laser company that builds some of its AR tech $410 million, Mitchell Clark

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has announced that it’s awarding Pennsylvania-based optical technology company II-IV with $410 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that the company’s tech helps power Apple’s FaceID, Memoji, and Portrait Mode. The company also manufactures lasers that are used in the LIDAR scanner found in the iPhone 12 …

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend, ,

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Elon Musk is about to try his hand at comedy. The SpaceX boss is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, on a show that features Miley Cyrus as the musical guest. Musk seems pretty excited about the gig. He recently asked his nearly 53 million Twitter followers for sketch ideas and trotted out a few of his own. “Irony Man …

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Google remembers Wear OS long enough to add a new keyboard,

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In what feels like an increasingly rare occurrence, Google announced that it’s updating Wear OS with a new feature today — but don’t get too excited, it’s just a keyboard. In this case, Google is porting over Gboard, the swipeable, predictive text-powered keyboard that it offers for Android, iOS, and Android TV, as spotted by 9to5Google. Like the larger phone …