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Good morning. Today is Wednesday, March 12th. I'm Julie Morgan. Google reportedly looks to snap up an eye-tracking startup, a cryptic teaser from Palantir, and McDonald's is working on a new strategy.

Google is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase ad hoc microsystems.

According to Bloomberg, this could bolster its re-entry into the smart glasses or augmented reality headset market.

Ad hoc is a startup based in Canada that specializes in producing eye-tracking

technology, which is crucial in developing augmented and virtual reality headsets. The report says

Google intends to buy the company for $115 million, with an agreement completed possibly as early

as this week. If the deal is completed, ad hoc would join Google's

Android XR team. Palantir posted a 15-second teaser on X, which points to some type of

significant announcement on Thursday, March 13th. Yes, tomorrow. The teaser starts with a series

of symbols around the number six.

The symbols include the Palantir logo, a four-pointed star, its AIP logo, and an hourglass.

It then transitions to a clock starting at five and is headed towards an encircled six.

It features images of a sunrise or sunset,

another of possibly a rising or setting planet,

and of what appears to be a view of traveling at light speed through space.

One commenter said the six could be a reference to Palantir holding a sixth AIP con.

Last September, Palantir held its fifth AIP con, which was live streamed.

It featured multiple companies and agencies presenting work they were doing with Palantir's

artificial intelligence software platform.

McDonald's is working on increasing traffic by speeding up the process from R&D to implementation with a new management team.

According to the Wall Street Journal, McDonald's CEO has a new strategy for greater nimbleness in the innovation process,

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