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Economics

A Government Shutdown May Be Looming. What Does That Actually Mean?

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Will a shutdown happen? Maybe not. But what if it does? What would a holiday season shutdown actually mean?

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Economics

The United States Avoids Default… For At Least Two Months

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Gets Virtual (plus more from Square & Disney)

Roaming in VR, Video analysis of food service counters, and Gaze tracking displays

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Patent Drop

Nike Wants You to Take a Seat (plus more from Uber & Adobe)

Nike’s game chairs, Uber’s walking profiles & Adobe’s real-time content personalization

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Patent Drop

Disney Introduces Smart Toys (plus more from Microsoft & PayPal)

feat. Disney’s Fitbit for kids, Chat bots that mirror their users & AR Commerce3 new patent summaries this week from Disney, Microsoft and PayPal

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