Good morning, it’s Monday August 29th. I am Jose Montes de Oca and you are listening to Newslit daily, expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to supercharge your mornings

In today's edition:

Trademark Filings Suggest Apple May Be Securing 'Reality' Names for AR/VR Headset. ‘Reality Pro’, ‘Reality One’ and ‘Reality Processor’ - A set of shell companies that are linked to Apple has secretly trademarked potential names for Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset.

One Man's Dream of Fusing A.I. With Common Sense. Artificial intelligence systems can process vast amounts of data in seconds, but they can’t make sense of the world or explain their decisions. David Ferrucci wants to change that with a start-up that seeks to address AI's shortcomings.

Everyone’s a Landlord—Small-Time Investors Snap Up Out-of-State Properties. With the help of recent technologies, laptop landlords are buying homes across the U.S., and lower-cost Southern cities have been especially popular. Adding more competition to the housing market.

Meta and Jio launch grocery shopping on WhatsApp in India. Meta and an e-commerce venture between Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms are bringing JioMart grocery shopping to WhatsApp in what they said was the first end-to-end shopping experience of this kind.

Why NASA Is Going Back to the Moon. The agency is set to launch a massive rocket today, kicking off a return to Earth’s closest neighbor after many scientists and policymakers had once moved on. But officials argue that today's missions are not simply a do-over of the Apollo moon landings.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow!

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