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Show Notes:

Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset to Offer Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In
The US department of Veteran Affairs postpones rollout of electronic health record systems, developed by Oracle under a $50B contact, until 2030
Heroku reverses course, plans to reintroduce free plans after facing community backlash
Decentraland’s reported to have only has 38 Daily Active Users in their $1.3B Ecosystem
Meta Avatar Legs Demo ‘Created By Motion Capture’, Not Live VR

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