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.....»»
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......»»
Meta touts Metaverse"s potential for job training and education
Meta Platforms Inc. is hoping to revive interest in the metaverse by pitching it as a tool to help train workforces, showing the social media giant isn't backing down on its virtual reality ambitions even as artificial intelligence takes center stage.....»»
Will the 15-inch MacBook Air lack this one feature?
Apple’s long-awaited 15-inch MacBook Air is reportedly set for a debut at WWDC next month. Ahead of that release, I’ve been pondering how this big-screen MacBook Air might fit in Apple’s current Mac lineup, and I realized there’s one potenti.....»»
DEAL: Grab a Fitbit for cheap and save 32% right now!
If you’re looking for a new wearable for your workouts, Fitbit is a pretty good choice, especially now that they’re discounting some of their devices by as much as 32%! One of the things I realized when I got my first smartwatch was h.....»»
Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets
Twitter reversed what may have been its least popular change yet under Musk. Enlarge (credit: CHANDAN KHANNA / Contributor | AFP) Of all the changes Elon Musk has made to Twitter, blocking emergency and public transit se.....»»
Deadpool 3: Release date, cast, trailers, & everything we know
When Disney announced the massive purchase of Fox, MCU fans realized that all the Marvel properties Fox held would return home. The X-Men, Deadpool (Ryan … The post Deadpool 3: Release date, cast, trailers, & everything we know appeared first o.....»»
How digital natives will lead the way to the metaverse | House of Blueberry
Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat spoke with the House of Blueberry leaders on how digital natives will lead the way to the metaverse. Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat spoke with the House of Blueberry leaders on how digital natives will lead the way to the.....»»
Google Authenticator finally got the feature I always wanted
When I first installed Google Authenticator on iPhone to handle two-factor authentication (2FA), I realized the app had a flaw I hoped I’d never have … The post Google Authenticator finally got the feature I always wanted appeared first o.....»»
Katmai raises $22M for a new take on the metaverse with 3D virtual office
Katmai has raised $22 million for its ew take on remote work with a new 3D virtual office platform. Katmai has raised $22 million for its ew take on remote work with a new 3D virtual office platform.Read More.....»»
The playbook of forecasting US Treasury bond returns
Interest rate variance risk premium (IRVRP), the difference between implied (forward-looking) and realized (backward-looking) variances of interest rates, measures compensation for risk for exposure to volatility in the interest-rate markets......»»
Scientists realize light-driven programmable colloidal self-assembly
Prof. Peng Chenhui's team from the School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), realized the collective transfer and reconfigurable self-assembly of colloidal particles by combining the light-driven molecular motors with l.....»»
On-demand preparation of organosilicon reagents
National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists have demonstrated that stepwise customized functionalization of multihydrosilanes to access fully substituted silicon compounds can be realized using neutral eosin Y, an inexpensive dye molecule......»»
Eve Online player rigs in-game CEO vote to steal $22,000 of assets
Absentee corporate leadership failed to notice the vote before it was too late. Artist's conception of the moment Flam_Hill realized they had won control over the EHE Corporation in Eve Online with just two votes. (credit: Disney.....»»
Fiber optics shed light on solid-state physics phenomena
Researchers from two laboratories at ULB have realized a synthetic dimension for light using a fiber optic ring. This ingenious system simulates the periodic motion of a particle in a crystal in order to study its behavior in the presence of interact.....»»
Pancake lenses grow mainstream for VR HMDs, says DIGITIMES Research
The competition among VR head-mounted devices (HMDs) has grown fiercer since the introduction of the Metaverse concept and pancake lenses, which can satisfy demand for an ultra-slim design, improve image quality, and support vision correction functio.....»»
In the war on bacteria, it’s time to call in the phages
Regulators have to figure out how to get them on the market. Enlarge (credit: Jacqui VanLiew/Getty Images) Ella Balasa was 26 when she realized the routine medical treatments that sustained her were no longer working. Th.....»»