The term “metaverse” may have been coined back in 1992, but it could hold new and adventurous opportunities for both consumers and even brands that engage with them. The only problem is many of us aren’t too sure what the metaverse actually is. Who is using it? Why do they use it? Which of the…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Are you getting the 0x800f0806 download error while updating Windows 11? Windows released the update on 09/20/2022 also known as 22H2 update. The update includes smaller and faster installation of updates by approximately 450MB. The download and installation time of the monthly cumulative update has also been decreased. Additionally, the update contains carbon awareness where…
Looking for fun, engaging, hilarious, and high-energy virtual happy hour games for your team’s next get-together? Here are some ideas your colleagues will love. Updated: September 21, 2022 There’s no doubt about it: virtual happy hours have been a great way to keep remote teams connected since the onset of the pandemic and will continue to be a ton…
New Surface devices are on the way. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft is holding a Surface event next month. The software giant is officially labeling the event “Microsoft Fall 2022 Event,” where it says it plans to “talk about devices.” The Microsoft event will kick off at 10AM ET on October 12th,…
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge A lot of people work remotely these days, which makes work apps like Slack crucial for good communication. Slack status updates provide a particularly helpful and easy way to let colleagues know you’re busy — for example, when you’re in a meeting and can’t see each other in…
Neptune’s not often seen rings, seen by The James Webb Space Telescope. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI When you think of planets with rings, Saturn normally takes the cake for its iconic icy spirals. But, Saturn isn’t the only planet in our solar system that the universe put a ring on. As a matter of fact,…
Apple began assembling some of its devices in India and Vietnam a few years ago, slowly cutting its reliance on China. The Cupertino-giant is now gearing up to make the two nations key global manufacturing hubs, according to analysts at JP Morgan. In a report they sent to clients Wednesday, JP Morgan analysts said Apple…
Crypto token prices have been trending downward for the past year, with BTC and ETH both down over 50% since last September. Yet despite the downturn in cryptocurrency prices, early-stage web3 startups have shown remarkable resilience in their valuations, Seth Ginns, managing partner and head of liquid tokens at digital asset investment firm CoinFund told…
Deepfakes, AI generated porn, and a thousand more innocent uses — there’s been a lot of news about neural network-generated images. It makes sense that people started getting curious; were my photos used to train the robots? Are photos of me in the image-generating training sets? A brand new site tries to give you an…
Twitch plans to standardize its revenue sharing agreement with streamers, reshaping the earnings landscape for top creators who have historically been able to pocket a bigger portion of the money they generate through paid subscriptions on the platform. In a blog post on Wednesday, Twitch President Dan Clancy explained that while the “vast majority” of…