I spent a morning with Meta VR Glasses and wish I never had to take them off
Experience counts for something, and nowhere is that more evident than on the Meta VR Glasses I finally wore this morning. These lightweight, intuitive, and engrossing VR glasses shed the weight and overdesigned fussiness of previous VR and mixed reality…
Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
During World War II, physicists on the Manhattan Project worried that the Nazi German nuclear program might achieve the first nuclear bomb before the US and its allies. That’s not what transpired, but historians have debated just how close the…
Windows 11’s taskbar still can’t be dragged – here’s why that’s the case
The ability to reposition the taskbar came to Windows 11 in September However, you can’t drag the taskbar around as with Windows 10 – you must move it using a panel in the Settings app Some power-users want an option to drag it around the…
The Pentagon wants to buy an Australian-made ‘kamikaze’ suicide drone armed with a shotgun
The Pentagon clears an Australian shotgun drone for American government procurement Australia’s Cerberus MI can fire weapons and return for reloading The 40-pound aircraft can carry shotguns or grenade launchers The Pentagon has approved an…
Henry Cavill Launches Mustache Protocol Game
Henry Cavill Launches Mustache Protocol Game Henry Cavill introduces Mustache Protocol, a Google collaboration game defending mustaches from rogue CGI. Discover the details of this Movember tribute and character design. Go to story
Buttons are back and storage is king when it comes to car interiors
As with interior design for houses, interior design for vehicles is also subject to fashion trends. And like any fashion trend, even the best ideas can become stale and played out with overuse. Some ideas weren’t the best, either, like demonstrably…
Leak TruStream review: a gifted network audio player that just lacks a bit of dynamic headroom
Leak TruStream: Two-minute review Leak has been doing very nicely as its own tribute act lately, and the latest product to get the ‘walnut and aluminium’ mid-20th century modern retro treatment is a network streamer called TruStream. But…
People say they want small smartphones-the Enough Phone will put that to the test
The first modern smartphones had 3.5-inch screens, which can be hard to remember in today’s world of gargantuan glass slabs. Sure, people talk about wanting smaller phones, but will they buy one? Enough Phone is betting they will. The company will…
IOI says talent for Hitman World of Assassination Elusive Targets like JackSepticEye are found first, before a location is decided that ‘thematically suits the talent’ and with a story that ‘synergizes with the talent in tone and genre’
Hitman World of Assassination senior level designer Marin Ansdal says Elusive Target celebrities are chosen before the level design and writing phase Ansdal says it’s IO Interactive’s “goal” to “bring talent that will bring…
The Honor Magic 9 Pro Max wants to turn you into an Oscar-winning film director
The Revenant, Blade Runner 2049, Dune: Part One and Part Two. You might not recognize the ARRI name, but you’ve undoubtedly watched one of the many Academy Award-winning films created using the camera maker’s tech. Founded in 1917, the German…