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Alphabet's implanted sensors and Amazon's socially distant book club
The big tech companies file all kinds of crazy patents for things. Most never amount to anything, but others end up defining the future.

Remember when we used to hang out with other people? Maybe while discussing a book? That was fun. That time has passed, for now, but Amazon has a solution, according to a patent filing this week: a socially distant book club.
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