If you didn&apost rush out to buy a VR headset to play Half-Life: Alyx, your patience might be rewarded. HP is teasing a Reverb G2 headset developed in tandem with Microsoft and Valve that should be “more immersive, comfortable and compatible” than previous-generation hardware. The company is unsurprisingly shy on details, although the brief glimpse hints at a few design…
Clever BBC feature lets you use iPhones and iPads as surround-sound speakers for your Mac
August 24, 2020
Britain’s BBC is trialing a clever new piece of technology that lets you use your iPhones and iPads as a kind of surround-sound speakers for your Mac.
You can try it today with a demo, and then listen to a radio drama series which uses it …
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Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there was no Wimbledon Championship this year. But that didn’t stop a team of researchers from Stanford University simulating the annual tournament with the help of artificial intelligence.
The team trained their AI using a database of…
Windows 10 now has one billion active monthly users — likely thanks in part to the deprecation of Windows 7 in January. To celebrate the milestone, Microsoft&aposs chief product officer, Panos Panay, shared an Instagram video recounting the various iterations of Windows&apos UI. The look of Windows 10 could keep evolving, it seems, as some eagle-eyed viewers spotted new types of…
Apple has asked a court not to temporarily reverse the App Store ban the company issued to Epic Games shortly after it broke its developer guidelines by accepting direct payments through Fortnite (via Axios). Apple argues the current predicament Epic finds itself is one it…
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, DARPA will no longer hold an in-person event for its third and final AlphaDogfight Trial that’s scheduled to take place from August 18th to the 20th. It’ll be held virtually instead, and both participants and viewers alike can watch…
Razer is making surgical masks to help with supply shortages
August 24, 2020
With many healthcare workers in dire need of more supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, some companies are helping by making essential items. Razer, for one, is joining the effort to fight the virus by making and donating surgical masks.
The company plans to provide healthcare authorities around the globe with as many as a million masks. CEO Min-Laing Tan said Razer&aposs engineers and…
Smartphone-use lens modules Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) has maintained its production is still running without issues, and demand from its brand handset clients remains normal.
Noted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is reporting that a quality problem has emerged during…
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra chat about what it’s like to live with the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Samsung’s biggest new phone. Plus, they dive into Epic’s war with Apple over the App Store, as well as how Facebook is still trying (and failing) to make Instagram a…
Over the last couple of years, Google has gradually improved YouTube Music with features like playback screen lyrics and an Explore tab. Now, it has unveiled integration with some of its other products, including Android TV, Google Maps and and Google Assistant.
The first feature is recommendations via Google Assistant. To use it, you simply say: “Hey Google, play recommended music from YouTube…
