Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR
Meta's VR metaverse is ditching VR Horizon Central, the town square of Meta’s metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. | Image: Horizon Central Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse […]
Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR
Meta's VR metaverse is ditching VR Horizon Central, the town square of Meta’s metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. | Image: Horizon Central Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse […]
After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions
After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions Siminoff acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times that including maps that showed mass surveillance in an ad was a mistake. | Screenshot from Ring video Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an “explanation tour,” as The New York Times puts […]
The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster
The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw – the viral, open-source AI agent OpenClaw that “actually does things” – absolutely everywhere. Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous […]
Baseus’ retractable, 6-in-1 travel adapter is on sale for its lowest price to date
Baseus' retractable, 6-in-1 travel adapter is on sale for its lowest price to date The nifty universal adapter lets you charge your electronics in more than 200 countries worldwide. | Image: Baseus Packing multiple charging adapters can quickly eat up space, which is why an all-in-one travel adapter like the Baseus EnerCore CG11 makes for […]
Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China
Texas is suing TP-Link over its ties to China Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TP-Link over claims that the router-maker is misleading customers about its ties to China. In a lawsuit filed this week, Paxton claims TP-Link is “masking its Chinese connections,” while serving as “an open window for Chinese-sponsored threat actors and […]
Apple TV’s The Hunt finally has a premiere date
Apple TV's The Hunt finally has a premiere date The Hunt – Apple TV’s new French-language drama that was previously put on indefinite hold following concerns about plagiarism – has been given a solid release date. Today, Apple announced that The Hunt, which was produced by French studio Gaumont and directed by Cédric Anger, is […]
West Virginia sues Apple for allegedly letting child abuse spread in iCloud
West Virginia sues Apple for allegedly letting child abuse spread in iCloud West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of allowing the distribution and storage of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in iCloud. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey claims that by abandoning a CSAM […]
GE made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space
GE made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space GE is showing off prototypes of its new compact nugget ice maker at the KBIS trade show. | Image: GE GE has announced two new versions of its popular Opal nugget ice machines with smaller footprints that take up less […]
Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse
Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse New users on the decentralized social network Mastodon could soon have an easier time getting started. Mastodon is running “onboarding experiments” to test ways to improve the new user experience, starting with default server recommendations. Now when new users join Mastodon from the […]