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Apple announced the Vision Pro mixed reality headset back in June of 2023 before making it available for preorder on January 19. It's now available for sale as of February 2, and those who were able to place an order quickly have already received their headsets. Those people have been reporting on the internet and social media as to how their first few days of Vision Pro usage have gone.While there have been plenty of success stories and we've seen some truly impressive use of the headset in videos posted online, it's…

The curved design of the Mirai creates sound waves that fill a room with dialog that can be heard. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe SoundFun Mirai Speaker designed specifically for enhancing dialog, I was anxious to give it a try. Even before connecting the device, I was fairly certain how it worked and how it would sound. View at Amazon was at helping me hear dialog, even while pounding away on the treadmill or watching a movie that I might otherwise have missed. If you find yourself struggling to hear…

Romain Godin prides himself on being able to fix a wide variety of consumer devices. But recently, what was once a basic repair job for his Portland, Oregon-based business Hyperion Computerworks—replacing a cracked iPhone screen—has become needlessly complicated.In the past, Godin would have replaced the broken screen on the spot with a working screen harvested from a dead phone, saving the customer from having to buy a brand new screen from Apple. But if Godin performs this simple procedure on one the latest models of…

The curved design of the Mirai creates sound waves that fill a room with dialog that can be heard. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe SoundFun Mirai Speaker designed specifically for enhancing dialog, I was anxious to give it a try. Even before connecting the device, I was fairly certain how it worked and how it would sound.  was at helping me hear dialog, even while pounding away on the treadmill or watching a movie that I might otherwise have missed. If you find yourself struggling to hear dialog in TV and…

Apple's Vision Pro is now available for preorder and it will finally go on sale to the public later this week — February 2, to be exact. This comes after months and months of waiting following the June 2, 2023, WWDC event that saw Apple finally unveil its first foray into the world of spatial computing. But while expectations are high and people have dropped at least $3,499 to be among the very first Vision Pro owners, there are still some concerns. And one of those concerns is the external battery situation.The Vision…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWe’ve all seen it before: a potentially great movie that has been marred by one problematic element. There’s no telling what form this may take. Maybe it’s one terribly cast character. A terrible accent. An offensive joke.It might be a terrible twist ending that ruins everything that came before it. Or a plothole that could have been sealed up with one stroke of a pen.Sometimes, of…

Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox save woes should be over from today following a new update. Baldur’s Gate 3 launched on Xbox in December 2023 after winning Game of the Year at the 2023 Game of the Year awards. However, it wasn’t released without several issues, such as reports of save files deleting themselves after a crash. Luckily, both Xbox and developer Larian Studios have confirmed that the issue has been fixed. Yesterday (January 16), the official Xbox Support X (formerly Twitter) account posted that an “Xbox System Update…

Erik Wikander Contributor Erik Wikander is the CEO and co-founder of Zupyak, a content marketing platform designed for startups, simplifying the process of creating SEO-optimized marketing content through generative AI. Creating a startup without a fixed idea is like building a startup backward. But that’s precisely how our startup, Zupyak, unfolded — and it worked. Our journey began when my co-founder, Qi Cao, was exploring various startup ideas. The one…

Destiny 2 and developer Bungie don’t have the best reputation with the MMO’s community right now, and that sentiment continues to pop up even in smaller ways. That rings true for this year’s Dawning event, too, as it seems Destiny’s snowball feature remains broken. More specifically, special throwable snowballs are a unique feature of Destiny 2‘s seasonal Dawning celebrations. Only appearing for a limited time, snowballs have an entire series of upgrades dedicated to them as part of the Dawning progression system, as…

When you buy one of the top laptops, you can usually rest assured that they’ll work fine for the next few years. Except sometimes, they don’t. I’ve had my fair share of laptops, and one of the main things that has always stressed me out was the fact that they were running a little hot. Overheating can cause lots of problems, from wear and tear to total hardware failures. If this sounds familiar, you might want to check out the things I’ve done to turn my “portable space heater” into a proper laptop. When ‘hot’ gets…