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Monthly Archives: October 2022
“For me, building a metaverse that looks like a meeting room… I just find that’s not where I want to spend most of my time.” | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s CEO of gaming, is the latest tech exec to take a shot at Meta’s vision of the metaverse. When…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is facing a criminal probe over its claims about its driver assist technology, according to Reuters. The US Department of Justice launched an investigation late last year following more than a dozen crashes, some of which were fatal, involving the company’s Autopilot feature. Tesla CEO Elon Musk…
Enlarge / Global map of rainfall change due to warming 56 million years ago: green = wetter, brown = drier. Circles show where geological data show it became dryer or wetter, as a check on the new results. (credit: Tierney et. al.) In a study published in PNAS, professor Jessica Tierney of the University of…
Mike: Hey, David. It’s a pretty special day today, isn’t it? David: It is indeed, Mike! Thank you for remembering that it’s my birthday! Mike: Uh…what I had in mind was that today is the cover release of our next book together, See the Ghost: Three Stories About Things You Cannot See. David: And what…
The early stages of an influenza infection. CDC As a possible fall and winter “triple-demic” of influenza (flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19 ramps up in the United States, scientists are learning more about hybrid viruses and co-infections that occur when two viruses infect cells at the same time. RSV and the flu can…
In tech, emerging trends usually elicit excitement and surprise, whether it’s the hot new sector that every venture capitalist is clamoring for a stake in, or the rise of a new technology you haven’t heard of. Until you only hear of it. This year, however, one of the biggest trends to form inside tech was…
A mere two weeks ago, we promised you that Meta’s VR legs weren’t real and couldn’t hurt you. Well, it turns out we were wrong… kinda. Though Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s much-ballyhooed avatar legs aren’t yet available in the metaverse, there was a pair floating around the toy section of a Florida Walmart last week….
UPDATE: Oct. 26, 2022, 3:45 p.m. EDT This story has been updated to reflect the latest Apple Watch pricing and availability as early Black Friday sales begin. BEST OVERALL DEAL: The Apple Watch Series 7 (45mm, GPS) offers a very similar experience to the Series 8 at a more affordable price point — $309 $379…
Elon Musk might not officially be the head of Twitter just yet, but he’s certainly taking his victory lap already. In the latest twist in a constantly evolving saga, Musk posted corny jokes on Twitter on Wednesday, seemingly celebrating the fact that he’d bought the social media giant before this Friday’s purchase deadline. To wit:…