The metaverse can be considered any mixed-reality realm that, while rooted in real life, lets participants collaborate and transact in immersive virtual spaces via augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets and controllers. The metaverse has the potential to disrupt everything from business travel and the future of work to gaming, health and fitness, entertainment,…
This official image from HBO is lit brighter than what appeared on many viewers’ screens. HBO YouTuber Vincent Teoh analyzed the dimly lit “House of the Dragon” episode that sparked backlash. He found that it could auto-dim on some TVs because of how dark it had been graded to. His YouTube channel HDTVTest has 465,000…
Wealthy millennials prefer investing in cryptocurrency, art, real estate, and private equity than the stock market. Tetra Images/Getty Images 75% of rich millennials don’t think the stock market can generate the returns they’re looking for. Only 32% of older investors said the same. Younger investors are flocking to cryptocurrency, private equity, real estate, and even…
The next time an asteroid threatens Earth, humanity might have a chance of saving the planet. On Tuesday, NASA announced that its experimental Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully altered the orbit of Dimorphos. Following two weeks of data collection and analysis, the agency found that DART’s impact shortened the asteroid’s orbit around its parent, Didymos,…
You’re probably hoping to cross off a few big items from your holiday shopping list during Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale. But don’t forget about the little things, either. Sale events like this are a good opportunity to pick up affordable gadgets that make great stocking stuffers or gifts for people who are hard to…
Meta has announced several updates to the avatars that it wants you to use in the metaverse and beyond. And hey, the avatars will have legs! At least in the virtual sense, if not the physical or metaphorical ones. Meta says “legs have been one of the most requested features on our roadmap, and it’s…
Microsoft and Meta have announced a partnership that will see Xbox Cloud Gaming come to Quest VR headsets at some currently unspecified future point. Xbox Cloud Gaming gives Game Pass Ultimate subscribers the ability to stream and play a steadily growing number of titles on a range of Android, Apple, and Windows devices, as well…
Blend the physical and digital worlds when you wear the Meta Quest Pro VR headset. In fact, its design has an open periphery. So you can see what’s going on in the physical world while you spend time in the virtual one. With lenses in the front and a curved-cell battery in the back, this…
Just weeks after launch, the Apple Watch Series 8 is already seeing its first significant discounts at a major retailer with Amazon taking $50 off many of the cheapest configurations, GPS models in both 41mm and 45mm sizes. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and…
When most people think of proteins, their mind typically goes to protein-rich foods such as steak or tofu. But proteins are so much more. They’re essential to how living things operate and thrive, and studying them can help improve lives. For example, insulin treatments are life-changing for people with diabetes that are based on years…