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Screenshot: MetaMeta has paused sales of the Meta Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery at retail, reportedly over a charging defect affecting some customers, according to Road to VR. Meta told the outlet that it’s not recalling the faulty device but is working to send out updated replacements to affected customers and retailers.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedFor around a month, users had been sharing their problems with their Elite Strap with Battery, which provides an additional few hours of battery…

Meta has temporarily stopped selling the Elite Strap with Battery for the Quest 3, reportedly because of a firmware-related charging defect. The $130 accessory, which extends the standalone VR headset’s runtime by up to two hours while providing a counterweight for comfort, is currently unavailable from Meta and third-party retailers. Short of conducting a recall, the company told Road to VR, which first reported the story, that it’s currently manufacturing a new batch that fixes the firmware issues allegedly behind the…

Ubisoft is reportedly suspending all advertising on X, formerly Twitter, not long after site owner Elon Musk denied allegations of anti-semitism. An Axios newsletter has reported that while Ubisoft did have ads on the social media platform for Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, the company has opted to stop all advertising. As a representative of Ubisoft told Axios: “We did have a campaign running. We paused advertising on X.” The news comes as a host of advertisers have decided to pause advertising on the platform. Apple, IBM,…

NASA’s iconic mission to bring back samples of Martian soil and rocks has gone awry. The space agency shared that the Mars Sample Return mission is now paused as the agency tries to sort out its current budget issues. The current plan was deemed unrealistic earlier this year, and now the space agency is working to find alternative Mars sample return options. In the meantime, though, the mission seems to have officially been put on hold. According to Space Policy Online, NASA has announced a pause on the Mars…

Photo: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto (Getty Images)OpenAI halted new signups for its premium service, ChatGPT Plus, as demand for its services exceeded capacity, according to CEO Sam Altman. The jump in demand comes days after the company’s first-ever DevDay. This is the latest speedbump in the week since OpenAI’s massive release of new features, following widespread outages, DDoS attacks, and getting temporarily blocked by Microsoft.I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future Tech“We are pausing new ChatGPT Plus sign-ups…

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NASA is pulling back from its Mars Sample Return program (MSR) in order to develop a revised way of bringing the Martian rocks back to Earth after its original plan was deemed unrealistic. China's Plan to Land Astronauts on the MoonDuring a meeting of the Planetary Science Advisory Committee on Monday, NASA officials announced that the space agency is pausing work on MSR in response to a recent report that called out the mission’s mounting costs and delays, Space Policy Online reported. Last week, three NASA centers…

Volkswagen’s EV production woes in Germany continue. Volkswagen announced it’s pausing EV production at its German plant due to a lack of electric motors. Volkswagen halts EV production at German plant After halting EV production at its Dresden site last month, Volkswagen is pausing output of several electric motels at another plant in Germany. Volkswagen is pausing EV production at its Zwickau plant for roughly three weeks. The reason? A lack of electric motors. A VW spokesperson told…

Apple has paused work on development of new features for upcoming versions of its iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems that are expected to be released next year, according to a Bloomberg report. The firm has reportedly asked employees to tackle bugs that have shown up in early versions of the code — the pause is expected to end at the end of the week — instead of adding new features that could make their way to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 in 2024.The report cites unnamed sources familiar…

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain's antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the U.S. software giant's takeover were published. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) set out on Friday Microsoft's arguments for the reconsideration, as the U.S. battles to win UK approval to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision. Having initially blocked the $69 billion deal in April over concerns about its impact…