Image: Nreal Nreal is adding hand tracking to its upcoming mixed reality headsets. It’s partnering with a company called Clay AIR, which makes a camera-based system for tracking gestures like pinching, pointing, grabbing, and swiping. That gives the Nreal Light glasses a feature that’s standard in headsets like Microsoft’s HoloLens, but in a smaller and
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Read MoreSome TikTok users are going viral, gaining followers and even making cash by live-streaming themselves overnight. How to Make Money in Your Sleep Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft’s popular and important US East Azure region experienced a more than six-hour problem across most services on March 3. But it barely registered on social media this week. Microsoft's March 3 Azure East US outage: What went wrong (or right)? Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreDuring the coronavirus outbreak, Redmond announces it will carry on paying its hourly workers. Would Bill Gates have done this? COVID-19 outbreak and Microsoft does the decent thing (now this is progress) Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Security researchers are warning of a major new security flaw inside Intel processors, and it could defeat hardware-based encryption and DRM protections. The flaw exists at the hardware level of modern Intel processors released in the last five years, and could allow attackers to create special malware (like
Read MoreMurder by Numbers has just about everything you’d expect from an interactive crime drama: surprise twists, complex motives, brutal murders, and lots of clues to uncover. In some ways, it’s straightforward, a story that’s both tense and serious, but also sweet and lighthearted in the mold of the Phoenix Wright series. But there’s one element
Read More{$inline_image} Pokémon spinoffs come in varying levels of success. Some, like Pokémon Quest, or Magikarp Jump, are cute adventures that feel lovingly crafted. Others, like Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Snap, or Pokémon Stadium, offer goofy, fun avenues to explore within a beloved franchise. And then there’s Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, a game best considered
Read MoreDon’t expect to play Bonk anytime soon. TurboGrafx-16 mini delayed due to coronavirus – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere’s the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak. Coronavirus updates: Maryland confirms three cases as global total tops 100,000 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreRight now, you can get the super powerful but mercifully quiet Hypervolt Plus for just $399. Relieve those sore muscles: The Hypervolt Plus Percussion Massager is off – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe company took the ads down, but only after wide backlash. The Technology 202: Trump campaign ads reignite concerns about census misinformation on Facebook Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is continuing to work to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on its employees and customers, as two of its Seattle-area employees have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Two Seattle-area Microsoft employees diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreTelling employees to work from home. Bearing down on misinformation removal. Here is how the coronavirus is affecting the industry. The Week in Tech: Welcome to the Age of Mandatory Videoconferencing Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe reimagining of this anthology series is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and developed by the creators of Once Upon a Time. Amazing Stories review: Steven Spielberg's show for Apple TV Plus bets on nostalgia – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreData breaches like these are the reason you shouldn’t reuse passwords. Alleged Russian hacker goes on trial Monday in US in 2012 LinkedIn, Dropbox breaches – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlayStation’s larger entertainment ambitions are taking shape. Tired: The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Wired: The Video Game Cinematic Universe. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNGC 3887 is one of many galaxies in our universe with spiral arms, just like our own Milky Way. Until the 1960s, the behavior of spiral arms was an astronomical puzzle. The arms emanate from a spinning core and “should” therefore become wound up ever more tightly over time. Instead, they move more slowly, like
Read MoreRichard Lai / Engadget: Oppo unveils flagship Find X2 Pro with 5G, Snapdragon 865, 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display, a 10x hybrid zoom camera, and 4,260mAh battery with 65W charging — Even though Oppo isn’t as well-known in the US, chances are you might have come across one of its recent tech demos. Oppo unveils
Read MoreFour years after Russian agents weaponized the social-networking site and its powerful targeting tools in the 2016 presidential election, some key Facebook defects that could “enable a malicious advertiser to avoid accurate disclosure of their political ads,” NYU researchers found in their study. Tens of thousands of political ads on Facebook lacked key details about
Read MoreFaced with heightened anxiety and information overload about the coronavirus, many people are choosing to watch graphic and realistic movies about pandemics, outbreaks and zombies. People have found a way to cope with pandemic fears: Watching ‘Contagion’ Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The coronavirus justifiably continues to dominate the news, and tech news in particular. I’ve got a big section below on that, but today I want to put out a small (and hopefully premature) eulogy for a company whose products I have never personally used but still very
Read MoreMicrosoft is changing how it explains diagnostics data collection in Windows 10. Latest Windows 10 preview brings changes to data collection settings, new security icon Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreA worker in the South Korean factory tested positive for the illness, according to Reuters. Samsung reportedly suspends Galaxy S20 factory again over coronavirus case – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSony’s WH-1000XM4 wireless noise-canceling headphones. | Image: Everton Favretto (@evefavretto) These are the first images of Sony’s WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones; the hotly anticipated followup to the company’s beloved WH-1000XM3 over-ear cans due to their extraordinary noise canceling, comfort, and battery life. The M4s were first spotted by Everton Favretto in photos posted by Anatel, Brazil’s
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