Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power
Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game. Tweets: @techledes , @jeskillings , @avibarzeev , and @stshank Tweets: Connie Guglielmo / @...
Meta opens its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to all adult users in the US and Canada, after announcing a private beta in September 2019
a new metaverse experience you can explore right now Peter Graham / VRFocus : Adults in US & Canada can Now Step Into Horizon Worlds David Cohen / Adweek : Meta Brings Horizon Worlds VR App Out of Bet...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...
Apple will launch an Android app to detect AirTags that may be in use to track a person and reduces the interval before AirTags sound an alert in such cases
and will offer an Android app later this year cc: @evacide https://www.cnet.com/... @pradeepviswav : @Techmeme @iansherr There should be a single app that can detect and alert users about stalking. In...
Lyft is testing a “priority mode” offering drivers more rides in exchange for a 10% pay cut; some drivers call it “poverty mode”, saying their earnings dropped
and agree to a 10% pay cut — they don't get rides. https://www.cnet.com/... via @CNET O...K / @kateconger : this is so messed up https://twitter.com/...
Kuo: iPhone 13 to come in same four sizes as iPhone 12, Pro Models to feature a major upgrade to ultra wide camera with f/1.8, 6P lens with autofocus
iPhone 13 leak just revealed killer upgrade Scott Stein / CNET : Lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro: What it can do now, and why it matters for the future Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Three reasons 2021 iPhone is ...
Researchers unveil Engage, a proof-of-concept, battery-free handheld gaming device that couples Game Boy emulation with “intermittent computing” techniques
Solar energy and mechanical triggers power the Engage, a console at the cutting edge of computer engineering. Tweets: @gamespot , @cnet , @serrels , and @dctrjack Tweets: @gamespot : This battery-free...
How the Xbox adaptive controller and similar tools are helping the estimated 33M gamers with disabilities play games and become part of the gaming community
one we thought we had lost.” https://www.cnet.com/... via @AlisonDeNisco @CNET @cnet : Hackers and hobbyists are finding ways to adapt gaming controllers, so those with disabilities don't just play - ...
Samsung releases a new care guide instructing Galaxy Fold users to “just use a light touch” and keep the phone free of water and dust
Apple Card: can't touch leather, denim, other credit cards, or be in a pocket/bag with any loose items —Samsung Fold: “just use a light touch,” don't let any water or dust get on it ?!ok!? https://twi...
Profile of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who has donated $100M+ to charities and who champions “vigorous, trustworthy journalism” and women in tech
starting with your daily #news https://cnet.co/2YpB4rO via @CNET Arya Grande Puppuccino / @blkbaer : “I really didn't know what I was creating,” Newmark says. It just kind of happened. Craigslist's ne...