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		myko on July 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop wor... That's Google Glass, an entirely different product. The glasses that are being discontinued / refunded are from a startup "North" which Google recently purchased.

AmericanChopper on July 29, 2020 [–]

To be fair, North was going down the drain whether Google purchased them or not. Goog clearly just saw some assets that they thought were worth acquiring.

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