The Metaverse Was Around Way Before You Realized
The metaverse as conceived by Meta hasn't drummed up the excitement the company had hoped for, but it may be able to improve things by playing some hit games. The me.....»»
Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg"s next big thing?
Two years ago, the metaverse was billed as the next big thing - but many in the tech world have already moved on......»»
iPhone 15 fulfills a vision for photography shared with Steve Jobs over a decade ago
More than a decade ago, Steve Jobs likely had something in mind for the iPhone camera that was finally realized this week. iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro have the ability to capture depth data from photos with people or pets, allowing you to adjust the.....»»
Meta is bringing its metaverse to phones and the web
Meta has announced that its metaverse, Meta Horizon Worlds, will be available on smartphones and the web. The post Meta is bringing its metaverse to phones and the web appeared first on Phandroid. A couple of years ago, Facebook officially.....»»
A scalable and user-friendly platform for physicists to carry out advanced quantum experiments, cheaply
Quantum computers can solve certain computational problems much faster than ordinary computers by using specific quantum properties. The basic building blocks of such machines are called quantum-bits or qubits. Qubits can be realized using several ph.....»»
Who"s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off
I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when I realized I wasn't as alone as I'd thought......»»
Top Programming Languages Methodology
In our goal of trying to estimate a programming language’s popularity, we realized that no one can look over the shoulder of every person writing code, whether that be a child writing a Java script for a personal Minecraft server, a mobile app dev.....»»
Semiconductor photocatalyst helps to realize borylation reaction
A research group led by Prof. Dai Wen from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has realized borylation reactions involving N-heterocyclic carbene boranes (NHC-BH3) with a simple and efficient heter.....»»
Researchers investigate how a CEO"s personality affects corporate culture
Before he became an expert on corporate leadership, Charles O'Reilly spent five years in the U.S. Army. There he witnessed the stark divide between good and bad leaders and realized how much influence they had on the people who worked for them......»»
Rip currents are dangerous for swimmers but also ecologically important—how scientists are working to understand them
If you've ever waded into the ocean for a swim and suddenly realized that the shore is getting farther away, not closer, you may have encountered a rip current. Common at beaches worldwide, these powerful currents flow from the shore toward the sea a.....»»
Affordable Web Hosting for Small Business: Boost Your Success
If you’re on a hunt to chose the best web hosting for your small business, you’ve probably realized that tons of companies are providing this service – and each offering a different set of features. And in a bid to determine which of the availa.....»»
Magician relies on AirTag and a second plane ticket after United makes his bag disappear
Apple’s AirTag item tracker has once again stepped in to save the day for a United Airlines traveler. This time, magician Danny Orleans was traveling from Chicago to Newark to perform at a trade show when he realized United’s own magic trick had.....»»
New record set for highest elemental superconducting transition temperature
A research team led by Prof. Chen Xianhui from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with the team led by Prof. Sun Jian from Nanjing University, realized a new high supercond.....»»
Businesses are shunning the metaverse because it"s just not very good
Despite Apple and Meta’s best efforts, survey finds businesses really aren’t getting the benefits from the metaverse......»»
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming
When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or even decades. Less obvious, but also powerful, is the effect hurricanes have on the oceans......»»
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, new research shows
It's boosting long-term ocean warming. Enlarge / Satellite data illustrates the heat signature of Hurricane Maria above warm surface water in 2017 (credit: NASA) When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible.....»»
Meta was late to the AI party – and now it’ll never beat ChatGPT
Zuckerberg's metaverse obsession could mean Meta has already lost the AI arms race......»»
How to make everything on your MacBook automatically appear on an external display
If you ever connect a MacBook to an external display, there’s one display setting that you should know about. I must admit that I used a MacBook with a secondary monitor for years before I realized how primary displays work. more… The post How.....»»
Vision Pro"s decoupling with metaverse leaves the market with questions
Apple's first mixed reality (MR) headset device Vision Pro was officially unveiled at the WWDC 2023. It features Apple's proprietary visionOS operating system and is expected to be released in the US by early 2024 at its earliest. However, Apple's pr.....»»
Siemens join forces with Nvidia to discuss industrial metaverse trend at Computex
At the metaverse next-gen application forum held at Computex 2023 titled "Surreal to Real," Siemens Taiwan president and CEO Erdal Elver and Nvidia VP of corporate marketing and developer programs Greg Estes were invited as speakers to talk about the.....»»
I have to stop using the Pixel 7a — but I don’t want to
Despite having phones that are a lot more expensive at hand, I realized the $500 Pixel 7a is all the phone I actually need, and without compromising either......»»