When immersive experiences first became accessible to everyday consumers in the form of headsets like the Oculus Rift and Google Glass, it seemed like the industry was ripe for mainstream acceptance. A few years later, the hype around VR and AR seemed to have died down, and it seemed weâd have to wait some time before the hype built up again. Then Facebook (the company) changed its name to Meta... Read more âș
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There are few more compelling story lines at the intersection of Wall Street and Fear Street than Chinaâs rise to global prominence in the field of artificial intelligence. You donât have to look very far to find a military or financial expert who believes Chinaâs AI program will some day surpass the capabilities of its democratic counterparts in Silicon Valley. But, as weâve written before, the idea that China is... Read more âș
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If youâve been on any social media platform in the past two weeks, youâve probably seen a grid of green, yellow and black squares. This is the latest pandemic phenomenon called Wordle â a free online game that gives users a new word puzzle each day. It was created by Josh Wardle for his crossword-loving partner. As of January 10, the game has 2.7 million players. In Wordle, players have... Read more âș
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Last week, the US Department of Transportation Secretary announced the National Roadway Safety Strategy launch. The strategy aims to respond to a national crisis: deaths and serious injuries involving cars and heavy trucks. Itâs a collaborative effort between a range of government departments, such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to centralize many tasks and responsibilities under a central plan. It gets it... Read more âș
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The modern world hurts my brain. Letâs take the news that Apple enables users to store their COVID vaccination certificates in the Wallet and Health apps as an example. When I first heard about it, I was pumped. Flashing my QR code to enter a restaurant or grab a coffee would be far simpler if it sat in my Apple Wallet. Friends, the time Iâd save! But, of course, the... Read more âș
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After its introduction in 2014, Apple Pay has made spending seamless for swathes of people. Now, the company wants to move to the other side of the aisle. This time, to accept payments. Last week, Bloomberg reported that Apple is planning to introduce a new feature in the coming months that will let merchants accept card payments directly through their iPhones. In short, it wants to make its device a... Read more âș
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Earlier this year, a viral article on Fast Company gained attention around the world. In the piece, entitled âHow to spot a toxic culture by reading between the lines of a job adâ, writer Stephanie Vozza discussed how to interpret some of the key phrases companyâs use to get down to what the work culture is really like. For example, if a job advertises free snacks, meals and drinks, could... Read more âș
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To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administrationâs goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage. Wind and solar power vary over the course of a day, so energy storage is essential to provide a continuous flow of electricity. But todayâs batteries are typically quite small and store enough energy for... Read more âș
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Sony has had a rough few days. The Japanese tech giant has lost a whopping US$14 billion (ÂŁ10 billion), or about 9% of its total value, since rival Microsoftâs announcement that it is purchasing popular videogames maker Activision Blizzard for nearly US$70 billion. While some of Sonyâs loss is arguably due to short-term panic selling across the wider market, the company is clearly in a corner. PlayStation is Sonyâs largest,... Read more âș
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Itâs not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but itâs going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it. The rocket launched in 2015, carrying Nasaâs Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) probe into a position 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth, facing the Sun. But the expended upper stage of the rocket... Read more âș
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Can you believe Makayla was dropped from Bama Rush? Do you think Couch Guy was cheating? Did you see Gabby Petitoâs last post before she went missing? If you donât spend much time online, you may not recognize these names. But on TikTok, their stories became sensationalized, memeified, hashtagged and rehashed. The most recent is â#WestElmCaleb.â Women took to TikTok to share their experiences of being peppered with affection, strung... Read more âș
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The runaway anti-work train had a brutal crash on Fox New this week. The driver of the mangled vehicle was Doreen Ford, a moderator of the wildly popular r/rantiwork subreddit. The sub had exploded from 180,000 subscribers in October 2020 to almost 1.7m this month. That growth was dramatically stalled by Fordâs appearance on Fox. The interview was an obvious setup. A right-wing network had found an ideal target to... Read more âș
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The only difference between science fiction and science is patience. Yesterdayâs mainframes are todayâs smartphones and todayâs neural networks will be tomorrowâs androids. But long before any technology becomes reality, someone has to dream it into existence. The worlds of science and technology are constantly in flux. Itâs impossible to tell what the future will bring. However we can make some educated guesses based on recent breakthroughs in the fields... Read more âș
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Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi just announced their common Alliance 2030 roadmap â weâre talking about 35 new EVs, fresh factories, and eye watering investments. But thereâs one bit of news thatâs more important than the rest. And you guessed it: thereâs gonna be an electric Nissan Micra. I can barely compose myself. The 2008 Nissan Micra is the best car ever â and I canât wait for the new one.... Read more âș
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We all cried and whined when we discovered Appleâs Face ID system wasnât compatible with face masks. And while the company introduced a few workarounds, itâs now ready for the real deal: Face ID that works with a mask on*. You might ask why thereâs an asterisk sign? Itâs not a typo. Itâs there because this new system will only work with iPhone 12 and above. BOOOOOOO! Appleâs reasoning behind... Read more âș
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Letâs face it: wrapping your head around EV charging infrastructure can be confusing. And actually waiting while your car gets filled with juice? No thanks. But what if you didnât have to charge your vehicle at all? What if there was another way? And what if that way was battery swap stations? Way back in 2013, Tesla proposed the idea of a 90-second battery swap shop. Two years later, Tesla... Read more âș
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âHoly sharks, Batman, itâs periodic!â I exclaimed on Slack. It was the first lockdown of 2021 in Perth, and we were all working from home. And when astronomers look for something to distract themselves from looming existential dread, thereâs nothing better than a new cosmic mystery. In 2020, I gave an undergraduate student, Tyrone OâDoherty, a fun project: look for radio sources that are changing in a large radio survey... Read more âș
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In recent weeks, a web-based word puzzle called Wordle has become a popular daily distraction. Suddenly, millions of people are focused on their vocabulary of five-letter words, and are newly aware of concepts like letter frequency and letter position as they strategize about the best opening words and faster solutions. For these people, Wordle is captivating. Previous research can help us understand how our brains respond to word games, and... Read more âș
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Let me start by clarifying the headline: I know Windows tablets exist. Iâm one of the rare nerds whoâs been using 2-in-1 PCs as my primary device for over a decade. Iâve been on the tablet train before the Microsoft Surface even existed, back when 2-in-1âs were just called tablet PCs. And yet, after all this time, tablet PCs have been never been great at being, you know, tablets. Usually,... Read more âș
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It seems like just yesterday the dinosaurs were frolicking about the canyons of Pangaea, living their last few oblivious moments before an asteroid changed everything. You donât really notice it while itâs happening, but 65 million years goes by pretty fast. At least it does in the grand scheme of things. The universe has been around some 14 billion-or-so years according to the Big Bang Theory. In that context, 65... Read more âș
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