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Enlarge Image Google 2016 was a big year for VR, and it's about to get bigger. Google will be launching its Daydream VR platform in a matter of weeks, Bloomberg reports. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is said to be investing big money on content for the platform. Much of this is going toward development of video games and apps, licensing sports leagues and shooting 360-degree videos, many of which include YouTube stars, according to the publication. Daydream is being built into the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, which launched this week. It said back in May that Samsung, HTC, ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alcatel, Asus and LG had agreed to make "Daydream ready" smartphones. The idea of the ...

Enlarge ImageOh great. Here comes Cthulhu. Google Earth screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET If you've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of author H.P. Lovecraft's deep-sea-dwelling tentacle-faced cosmic entity Cthulhu, you may want to hurry up and call the cult together. Cryptozoologists are excited about a weird shape seen on Google Earth in the ocean near Antarctica...

RoadshowNewsEarth, Google and Fire: Some jerk apparently tried to torch a Google mapping carEnlarge ImageWhile Google uses satellite imagery for Google Earth, I'm assuming the MVPD meant to call it a Google Maps car, as it regularly uses vehicles to flesh out its cartogr...