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Meta’s official mother-in-chief, Mark Zuckerberg, swung his head toward the minivan’s back seat to tell all his Apple-obsessed Meta Quest 3 customers, “We have Vision Pro at home.” The company is planning to facilitate Apple’s own “spatial video” within the Meta Quest 3 in hopes that even more augmented reality capabilities and even Vision Pro-like “pinch controls” will buoy the company’s VR ambitions.Hands-On With Meta Quest 3The company’s next v62 release coming the week of Feb. 7 will include a full spatial video…

If you are brave or antisocial enough to immerse yourself in the Apple Vision Pro around friends, a funny control flaw means they may be able to get in the way of your productivity. As pointed out in CNET’s hands-on review of the Apple Vision Pro, someone else next to you can click on items for you and generally control the headset. You will still get to choose what exactly they are tapping on, due to the headset’s impressive hand-tracking capabilities but they can still cause light havoc. The Apple Vision Pro does not…

Microsoft is adding touch controls to its Xbox apps for iOS and Android devices. The software maker started testing the touch controls in beta versions of the Xbox mobile apps this week, allowing Xbox owners to remotely control their consoles and play games on phones and tablets without a Bluetooth controller.The touch controls are identical to the ones found on Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service, providing an on-screen overlay to let you remotely navigate around the Xbox UI and open up games and stream them all from…

Graphical abstract. Credit: One Earth (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.001 An international study led by scientists at the Yale School of Public Health warns that ozone-related deaths will rise significantly in many parts of the world over the next two decades unless current climate and air quality regulations are strengthened. The complete study…

Even the cleverest, most cunning artificial intelligence algorithm will presumably have to obey the laws of silicon. Its capabilities will be constrained by the hardware that it’s running on.Some researchers are exploring ways to exploit that connection to limit the potential of AI systems to cause harm. The idea is to encode rules governing the training and deployment of advanced algorithms directly into the computer chips needed to run them.In theory—the sphere where much debate about dangerously powerful AI currently…

Meta announced today that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens. Until now, Instagram restricts adults over the age of 18 from messaging teens who don’t follow them. The new limits will apply to all users under 16 — and in some geographies under 18 — by default. Meta said that it will notify existing users with a notification. Image Credits: Meta On Messenger, users will only get messages from Facebook friends, or…

Meta introduced new tools and features to existing tools that enable brands to monitor their reputation across its platforms. They include: Brand Rights Protection (updated). Rights Manager (updated). Intellectual property reporting center (new). These tools make it easier for businesses to monitor brand impersonation, prevent scams, report intellectual property infringement, and block infringing content across Facebook and Instagram.Why we care. Safeguarding reputation is table stakes for brands.…

iPhone 16 Pro camera, build specs tippedThe iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max will be equipped with a 1/1.14-inch primary camera and a periscope telephoto lens, according to the tipster Digital Chat Station. This was reported previously too on how both the Pro models will come with enhanced telephoto capabilities, and not just the Pro Max. There are rumours about a “super zoom” feature as well but this one might just be exclusive to the Pro Max model. The tipster adds that the iPhone 16 Pro models will feature a new…

What you can change are the touch and hold gestures, which allow you to do things like:Toggle Active Noise Canceling - change to right or left earbud.Talk to Assistant - change to right or left earbud.ANC - Enable the three different modes (ANC, Off, Transparency).Essentially, you can customize how your earbuds deal with Active Noise Canceling and the Assistant. Those two features alone are pretty important. For instance, I rarely use Google Assistant and find, when inserting or removing my earbuds, that I never fail…

Last updated: January 10th, 2024 at 07:08 UTC+01:00 During CES 2024, Samsung unveiled two new services that will help you manage all of your Samsung and SmartThings-compatible products right from your TV interface. Samsung took the wraps off a new service called Now+, which brings smart home controls into the TV interface. In the official blog, Samsung noted that the Now+ service will not only allow you to control your smart home devices, such as fans, light bulbs, ACs, etc., but also use your smartphone as a remote…