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The update brings mixed reality spatial computing to the mainstream on the Meta Quest 3. | Image: Meta
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that version 67 of Horizon OS is rolling out with an experimental feature allowing Quest owners to multitask with up to six virtual windows. Once enabled (by going to Settings, then Experimental, and toggling it on), youâll be able to dock three windows in what Meta is calling a âhingedâ layout while freely placing and resizing up to three more wherever you wa
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Whether you're looking for something affordable or you want a phone that folds in half, here are our recommendations for the best Samsung Galaxy smartphones of 2024. Read more âș
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Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer started as Bill Gates' assistant. Now he's worth $158 billion and owns an NBA team. Here's how he spends his fortune. Read more âș
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A single line of dialogue in the trailer sparked a frenzy of memes, and paved the way for how the superhero movie was received. Read more âș
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It comes just days after Biden's debate with former US president Donald Trump, which was marked by verbal gaffes and confusing statements. Read more âș
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In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser. Read more âș
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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski explained why he chose to give younger employees a shot at management and promote people within the company. Read more âș
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Daniel Pietschnig and Jessica Madalena unknowingly wired their down payment for a house to a fraudster who had hacked into their broker's email. Read more âș
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Biden suggested he would be OK losing to Trump in November as long as he gave it his all â undercutting the heart of his 2024 presidential platform. Read more âș
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Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate action" against anything that would make some players "feel uncomfortable". Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently questioned by a shareholder who said they had "come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately". This "inappropriate" use of Nintendo's characters "poses the risk of damaging" the company's... Read more âș
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As AI companies increase their investments in infrastructure, their revenues are not growing that fast, financial analysts note, implying that AI could become a bubble. Read more âș
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LVMH's $15.8 billion Tiffany takeover was its biggest ever â and met with high expectations. But its signature turnaround ploys seem to be working. Read more âș
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The memification of Mark Zuckerberg continues â but lately, the CEO seems to be just as in on the jokes. Read more âș
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In his first interview since last weekâs disastrous debate, Joe Biden appeared too frail to defeat Donald Trump and too delusional to end his campaign. Far from easing anxieties about his candidacy, the presidentâs sit-down with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News should further alarm Democratic leaders. Bidenâs remarks indicated that his party may be heading [âŠ] Read more âș
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Cats will scratch up your furniture for a number of reasons but one of the most noteworthy is if there's a kid in the home, according to a new study. Read more âș
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Trevon Gripper never thought he'd get rejected from almost 500 job. He's now relocating to Seattle to maximize his chances of securing work. Read more âș
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies for a second term in office. Read more âș
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Leslye Headland has seen your speculation about the unknown world Star Wars' latest villain calls home. Read more âș
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The Galaxy S24 Ultra is one cool phone, but Samsung is asking âč130,000 for it. The Galaxy S23 Ultra from last year is still quite competitive â check out our versus article for details â and is going for âč90,000 on Amazon. Thatâs âč20,000 less than on Samsung.com. The S24 Ultra is scheduled for three more OS updates (Android 15 is next) and will receive security patches until 2028, so... Read more âș
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Business Insider is compiling its fifth annual list of the most influential talent managers and agents that help TikTok creators jump-start their careers. Read more âș
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The Verge
An Uber and Lyft vehicle in New York. | Photo: Lindsey Nicholson / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rideshare drivers in Massachusetts will soon get company-provided benefits, as well as a minimum pay of $32.50 per hour, starting on August 15th. Thatâs thanks to a new settlement between the state and rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, four years after Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, asserting... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge A widespread Xbox outage is preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with many seeing the message âError 0x87DD0033.â In a post at around 3PM ET, Xbox says itâs âaware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Liveâ and that the company is âinvestigating.â Bethesda, which is now owned by Microsoft, published a similar message, saying... Read more âș
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Buzz buzz. | Image: Bananbin I donât think Iâm going out on a limb when I say that not everyone agrees on the best way to handle their computerâs trash directory. Some folks like to let it go until their computer yells at them about storage, while others empty it every single day. Iâm somewhere in the middle, but I do try not to let it go too far. And... Read more âș
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A Redbox machine from 2015. Redboxâs owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection overnight. This comes at the tail end of a month in which the DVD rental company defaulted on loans, saw an order for its cars to be repossessed, and missed payroll for employees. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment informed employees of the filing late Friday, writing in an email seen by The... Read more âș
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Photo by Sheena Vasani / The Verge An ongoing outage is preventing Amazon Kindle users from downloading both new and previously purchased books to their e-readers. According to moderators responding to users reporting the issue on Amazonâs support forums, the company is aware of the issue and is âcurrently working to resolve it.â Attempting other troubleshooting steps, like resetting the device, has not fixed the problems, so users may need... Read more âș
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Photo: Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that presidents are âabsolutelyâ immune from criminal prosecution when their actions involve allegedly official acts while they were in office. Former presidents also have a âpresumption of immunityâ for their official acts while in office â but, the court ruled, there is no immunity for âunofficial acts.â The decision in Trump v. United States means that the special counsel Jack Smithâs prosecution against... Read more âș
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Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In March, Microsoft notified the US Department of Veterans Affairs that it was impacted by the security breach that enabled the Russian hacking group known as âMidnight Blizzardâ to steal some of the companyâs source code, reports Bloomberg. Already assigned blame for the earlier SolarWinds attack, the group has been accused of spying on email accounts of Microsoftâs senior leadership team and... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Until Friday, OpenAIâs recently launched ChatGPT macOS app had a potentially worrying security issue: it wasnât hard to find your chats stored on your computer and read them in plain text. That meant that if a bad actor or malicious app had access to your machine, they could easily read your conversations with ChatGPT and the data contained within them. As demonstrated by Pedro JosĂ© Pereira Vieito... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twilio says someone has obtained phone numbers associated with its two-factor authentication service (2FA), Authy, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In a security alert on Monday, Twilio warns that the âthreat actorsâ may try to use the stolen phone numbers to carry out phishing attacks and other scams. The incident follows a 2022 data breach that occurred after a phishing campaign tricked... Read more âș
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Image: Marvel Studios The premise of Disney Plusâ What IfâŠ? made it seem like the animated Marvel series might run indefinitely as the studio keeps putting out live-action projects, but it looks like this chapter of the big multiverse story is just about over. Though What IfâŠ? season 3 doesnât have a premiere date, Entertainment Weekly reports that it will be the final installment in the series that gave us... Read more âș
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