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* '''Get Together on Hubs''' -- Why not have your next community meet-up in VR using [https://hubs.mozilla.com/ Hubs by Mozilla]? We’re seeing a growing number of groups do that and on a regular basis too. As as example, Spatial Assembly, a community that focuses on sensory design and spatial computing, has hosted several such [https://www.eventbrite.com/o/spatial-assembly-13039929995 sessions] since May gathering about 30 attendees at their most recent event to discuss the AR cloud. Hubs is all about helping bring people together and you don’t need any special VR gear to take part, so feel free to give it a try or drop by our Hubs [https://discord.gg/wHmY4nd Discord channel] and ask us how to get started! If you’re curious, you can [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AN9RRrWngshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AN9RRrWngs watch a video] of the most recent Spatial Assembly meet-up and see what it’s like.* '''Mozilla Research Grant Results''' -- We are very happy to announce [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/07/05/mozillas-latest-research-grants-prioritizing-research-for-the-internet/ announce] the results of our Mozilla Research Grants] for the first half of 2019. This was an extremely competitive process, and we selected seeking proposals which address addressing twelve strategic priorities for the internet and for Mozilla. This includes researching including better support for integrating Tor in the browser, understanding ad preference controls, using speech on mobile phones in India, and alternatives to advertising for funding the internet. The Mozilla Research Grants program is a commitment to being a world-class example of using inclusive innovation to impact culture, and reflects Mozilla’s commitment to open innovation. This time we We had 84 responses to our 12 categories, and our [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/07/05/mozillas-latest-research-grants-prioritizing-research-for-the-internet/ awards ] went to 12 excellent researchers — 4 women, 8 men — at 11 institutions in three countries — the US, Ireland, and India. The tweets we put out announcing these awards were seen by over Over 130K people, saw our award announcements and we had about 5k people actually click through came to the grants web siteto learn more. Some of you might have seen Jofish's presentation in the May All Hands meeting about the impact of these Our research grants on benefit Mozilla's Resilience and on the internet as a whole, with benefits ranging from across a wide range of impacts - simple outputs (papers, talks), to short term outcomes like strategic guidance and code contributions, through to longer term and larger scale impacts like building our own behaviors, influencing the research ecosystem as a whole, building relationships with academia and research, and demonstrating our commitment to inclusive innovation. This allows us to continue to keep the internet safe, open, * '''Hardware AV1''' -- We’ve talked a lot about AV1 and accessible our work both to all, provide decoding support in Firefox as well as it evolvesencoding software support with content partners like Vimeo. Last week AOMedia member Realtek [https://www.realtek.com/en/press-room/news-releases/item/realtek-launches-worldwide-first-4k-uhd-set-top-box-soc-rtd1311-integrating-av1-video-decoder-and-multiple-cas-functions announced] the first hardware-based support for AV1 aimed at 4K UHD content SoC that does 4k UHD AV1 decoding for set top boxes. Watch for more hardware announcements in the future.