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Twitter Banned Me for Saying the 'M' Word: Memphis

GizModo VR

Due to a bizarre bug, the bird site is temporarily banning folks for tweeting the word “Memphis.” On Sunday, a number of Twitter users suddenly found their accounts locked for 12 hours apparently just for saying the word—myself included. Read more.

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NBA is Broadcasting a Ton of Games This Season in VR on Quest

Road to VR

As always, the standard set of NBA League Pass geo-restrictions apply, which means some games may not be available in all regions, and viewers located near the physical event may be unable to view it based on localized restrictions.

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Watch NBA Courtside in Quest, Including 52 Immersive Games This Season

Road to VR

San Antonio Spurs // 7:00 pm PT November 12 // Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz // 6:00 pm PT November 15 // Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers // 4:00 pm PT November 19 // Denver Nuggets vs. Memphis Grizzlies // 5:00 pm PT November 22 // Boston Celtics vs. Washington Wizards // 4:00 pm PT November 24 // LA Clippers vs. Philadelphia 76ers // 3:00 pm PT November (..)

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Preview: ‘I AM A MAN’ Puts You at the Heart of the Civil Rights Struggle

Road to VR

I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I AM A MAN transports you to 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, where you, a sanitation worker, are put at the heart of the struggle for equality.

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Oculus Launchpad winning VR experience "I Am A Man" is a historical walk in the shoes of those who struggled for our civil rights.

Cats and VR

During the Civil Rights Movement at the Memphis sanitation strike in 1968, "I AM A MAN!" I AM A MAN drops you into the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike as one of the men who pushed for equality. I Am a Man - Diorama of Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike - National Civil Rights Museum - Downtown Memphis - Tennessee - USA.

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Cohere AI’s $500 Million Series D, Musk’s Memphis Gigagactory, Cuts At Magic Leap, Meta Reality Labs

Charlie Fink

Cohere is now valued at $5.5 Meta’s got four major-ish items in the news, including the release of a new open-source LLM, Llama 3.

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The Official US Civil Rights Trail Book Adds AR Experience to Engage the Young Generations

ARPost

Some of the places are Birmingham (Alabama), Memphis (Tennessee), Atlanta (Georgia), Charleston (South Carolina), already mentioned Little Rock (Arkansas) and Selma (Alabama), and more. The itinerary covers places important to the Civil Rights Movement, as according to the official site, “what happened here changed the world”.

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