Ashley Capoot / CNBC: How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums — – Surgeons are using Meta’s Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.
Read MoreThis one that I got off Amazon for $20 is alright. But it doesn’t do everything I need it to. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge I like big phones, but I cannot lie. They come with tradeoffs. Namely, despite having large hands and piano fingers, my iPhone 14 Pro Max doesn’t always
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority There are just days left until the launch of the Apple iPhone 15 series, and while there’ll be plenty to dive into, it’s the transition from Lightning to USB-C that’s driving a lot of the pre-launch conversation. And with good reason. Finally, you’ll just need one plug for all
Read MoreVincent Manancourt / Politico: How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK’s Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain’s Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge As you can imagine, there are a lot of interesting — and occasionally off-the-wall — conversations that take place on The Verge’s Slack channels, especially when the weekend is on its way. One of them occurred recently, when reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy happened to ask how many
Read MoreThis one that I got off Amazon for $20 is alright. But it doesn’t do everything I need it to. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge I like big phones, but I cannot lie. They come with tradeoffs. Namely, despite having large hands and piano fingers, my iPhone 14 Pro Max doesn’t always
Read MorePlus: Google leaked its own images of the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch, and you can now learn music in Duolingo.
Read MorePlus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.
Read MoreThe University of Oklahoma blocked TikTok on its devices and networks in December 2022. | Photo by Tharaka Basnayaka / NurPhoto via Getty Images When he first read the email announcing that public universities in Texas had been asked to ban the use of TikTok on their campuses, UT Dallas student Eric Aaberg feared the
Read MorePlus: Google leaked its own images of the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch, and you can now learn music in Duolingo.
Read MoreImage: Sabotage Studio Sea of Stars is basically a modern-day SNES RPG. I had a sense that would be the case going in: it has pixel art clearly inspired by 16-bit classics, pits a ragtag group of adventurers against evil forces, uses a clever turn-based battle system, and is filled with stunning music (including a
Read MoreA new US government body would force companies to seek a license before working on powerful AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4, under a bipartisan proposal by senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley.
Read MoreEver since humans figured out that planets move along predetermined paths in the heavens, they have tried to make models that can accurately predict their motion. Watchmakers and astronomers worked together to create orreries: mechanical contraptions that illustrate the positions of all planets and the way they move over time through complex gear systems. [Illusionmanager]
Read MoreDoona’s newest device promises that you won’t forget your kid in a hot car seat. But be wary of devices that could harm more than help.
Read MoreAs dry soils contract, underground pipes rupture—disrupting cities, frustrating conservation efforts, and highlighting the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to a warming climate.
Read MoreOpinion post by Rita El Khoury It’s one thing to watch a video of the Fairphone 5 being taken apart, it was another to hold it in my hand for the first time and realize how different it feels compared to today’s Android phones. It immediately reminded me of Nokia under its two identities: the
Read MoreAfter 11 years, Apple’s Lightning connector is being replaced by USB-C in the iPhone 15.
Read MoreIt’s pumpkin spice season, and what better way to celebrate that than with some spice for your bedroom?
Read MoreDating back to the original AirPods, Apple has designed a custom audio processing chip. Now, these chips have made groundbreaking features possible.
Read MoreCharles Martinet has finally explained his new ambassador role at Nintendo. But the person behind Mario’s new voice remains a mystery.
Read MoreBen Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU legislation making USB-C the standard, which may force Apple to replace its Lightning port — Apple’s new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU’s smallest country.
Read MoreThere’s a good reason that the go-to format for most film photographers is 35 mm, in that it provides a mix of convenience and cost. Shooting huge large-format negatives in the style of a 19th-century photographer can return astounding pictures with detail and lens effects unavailable on relatively tiny cameras, but it’s hardly the most
Read MoreErnesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Delhi High Court approves a pirate site blocking order, requested by Netflix and other studios, allowing for preemptive blocks covering “future content” — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.
Read MoreIn the home computer market of the 1980s, there were several winners that are still household names four decades later: the Commodore 64, the Apple II and the Sinclair Spectrum, to name a few. But where there are winners, there are bound to be losers as well – the Mattel Aquarius being a good example.
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package — Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package. — North Korea-backed hackers …
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