Intel will bring “chiplet” packaging to its Meteor Lake chips in 2023 and Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips slated for 2024, to better compete with Apple silicon
Mark Zuckerberg demos prototype VR headsets from Reality Labs, none of which will ship, that Meta refers to as “time machines” used to test one specific feature
here's your first look Mashable : Meta has a sweet vision for VR, but it's a long way from reality for the rest of us Michael Kan / PCMag : Zuckerberg: These Prototypes Will Help U...
An interview with James Park, Fitbit co-founder and Google's wearables division head, on how the Pixel Watch factors into Fitbit and its future plans, and more
James Park talks to CNET about the Google Pixel Watch, and where Fitbit's vision goes from here. — Scott Stein
Google unveils the Pixel Watch with a round glass cover that curves all the way to the metal sides, Fitbit integration, and a clickable crown, coming this fall
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Spotify says Car Thing is now on sale in the US for $90, after its April 2021 announcement; in a few weeks, a software update will add Audible support and more
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Spotify says Car Thing is now on sale for $90, after being announced in April 2021; a future software update will add Audible support and more
Two million raced onto a waitlist for Spotify's first hardware. Now that it's on sale, Spotify's real road test must prove Car Thing's more than a goofy name.
Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power
Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game. Tweets: @techledes , @jeskillings , @avibarzeev , and @stshank Tweets: ...
Meta opens its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to all adult users in the US and Canada, after announcing a private beta in September 2019
a new metaverse experience you can explore right now Peter Graham / VRFocus : Adults in US & Canada can Now Step Into Horizon Worlds David Cohen / Adweek : Meta Brings Horizon Worl...
Interview with Michael Dell on his new book Play Nice but Win, battling Carl Icahn before taking Dell private in 2013, his friendship with Steve Jobs, and more
Inside the intense debate among Wikipedia editors to include the coronavirus lab leak theory on COVID-19 pages, as the theory has gained more media attention
Building a better encyclopedia requires consensus and neutrality, but behind the scenes, editors wrangle with the pandemic's most contentious question. Tweets: @jeskillings , @dctr...
Google says it is funding a project to increase Linux security by writing parts of the operating system's core in Rust
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more
How the Xbox adaptive controller and similar tools are helping the estimated 33M gamers with disabilities play games and become part of the gaming community
one we thought we had lost.” https://www.cnet.com/... via @AlisonDeNisco @CNET @cnet : Hackers and hobbyists are finding ways to adapt gaming controllers, so those with disabilitie...
A look at EARN IT Act, a bipartisan bill to make firms earn Section 230 protections by meeting standards that reduce child exploitation but weaken data privacy
Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages.
Facebook will miss out on owning the social entertainment feed if Mark Zuckerberg views TikTok as merely an algorithmic video recommender like Instagram Explore
“It's almost like the Explore Tab that we have on Instagram” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in leaked audio of him describing TikTok during an all-hands meeting. Tweets: @leconc...
In leaked audio from open meetings in July, Mark Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's challenges and potential breakup, politics, competitors, content moderators
is Mark Zuckerberg ever really, really unfiltered? https://twitter.com/... Zephyr Teachout / @zephyrteachout : This is so unbelievably important. And, in case you're wondering, not...
Property owners and hosts, including eight people who dealt with bedbugs in their rentals, say Airbnb doesn't have a systematic procedure to handle outbreaks
there are lawyers who specialize in bedbug cases. Also, ick https://www.cnet.com/... via @CNET Connie Guglielmo / @techledes : Exclusive: Some hosts & guests tell their stories to ...