Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse avatar got an upgrade Friday. Mark Zuckerberg Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his new, boyish metaverse avatar on Friday. He posted it on Instagram after a creepy, dead-eyed version from days earlier was roundly mocked. Zuckerberg said big graphics updates were coming for Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich. John Raoux/AP, Allison Joyce/Getty Images, AP Trump and Pompeo were US politicians who appeared at a Unification Church-affiliated event in Seoul. The Japanese government is currently examining its ties to the group following the assassination of Shinzo Abe. The group has been described as a cult by former members…
Affordable childcare could pump billions into the economy. Halfpoint Images/Getty Earlier this summer, Americans lost the constitutional right to an abortion. A new report finds that states with abortion restrictions tend to have less family-friendly policies. Family-friendly policies can help mothers in the workforce. Even as Congress marched forward with billions of dollars towards Democratic…
Singapore Airlines A350-900. KITTIKUN YOKSAP/Shutterstock Singapore Airlines currently holds the title for operating the world’s two longest flights at over 9,500 miles each. The pandemic forced some one-off long-haul records, like Air Tahiti Nui’s 9,765-mile trek from Papeete to Paris. Air New Zealand will join the ranks in September when it launches its new 18-hour…
Good news for Borderlands fans who like a tipple – Moxxi’s Finest whiskey is back in stock. Developed in conjunction with Ballatine’s, Moxxi’s Finest is Moxxi’s “very own exclusive bottle of whiskey”. “Like most things in life”, the re-released Ballantine’s x Moxxi Bar Edition is available to buy now on a first come, first served…
Visualize any 3D and spatial form like never before with the Dimenco SR Pro Display 32″ 8K monitor. In fact, the display creates a sense of volume and depth that you can easily experience without any wearables. The SR Core eye-tracking technology uses vision sensors and face recognition algorithms, so you can experience spatial form…
Ensure your next gadget purchase has an eco-friendly ring to it when it’s the Skullcandy Transparency Hesh Evo wireless headphones. With a net-zero carbon footprint, these limited-edition Transparency colorway headphones don’t harm the earth. Moreover, they boast up to 36 hours of battery life so you can listen to audio for days on end. Not…
Captain Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the Star Trek gang were in constant dialogue with the onboard Enterprise computer, asking it questions about the starship and their alien environments. With NASA reviving its human space exploration program in a matter of days through Artemis, it seems only natural real astronauts of the 2020s who…
The next time you spot a spider hanging upside down in your apartment, it might actually be snoozing somewhat like humans. Behavioral ecologist Daniela Rößler made this accidental finding when she first observed jumping spiders dangling in her laboratory in 2020. Rößler and her research team recently published their findings in the journal Proceedings of…
Rates had been holding relatively steady over the past few weeks, but started trending back up toward the end of this week. With sky-high inflation and the looming threat of a recession still causing so much uncertainty in the economy, borrowers should expect mortgage rates to remain volatile for the next few months. The Federal…