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techradar.com - Jessica Reyes - We thought Sony 'nailed virtual reality' with the PSVR 2 - and now this 4.5-star headset has a big price cut for the Days of Play sale
We thought Sony 'nailed virtual reality' with the PSVR 2 - and now this 4.5-star headset has a big price cut for the Days of Play sale
TechRadar

PSVR headsets are a great place to start for PlayStation fans who also want to try virtual reality. And now, PlayStation's Days of Play Sale is the perfect time to buy one. Right now, you can get the PlayStation VR2 headset in the US store for $299…

appleinsider.com - William Gallagher - Future Apple Vision Pro could gain Apple Pencil that can simulate textures
Future Apple Vision Pro could gain Apple Pencil that can simulate textures
AppleInsider

Apple has proposed an Apple Pencil -like stylus that could be used with Apple Vision Pro to convey the texture of virtual objects through haptic feedback. There's an old children's toy where one pencil is connected to another such that drawing with…

forbes.com - Trefis Team - Qualcomm Aims To Power The AI Inference Boom
Qualcomm Aims To Power The AI Inference Boom
Forbes

The official 6G logo is displayed at the Qualcomm booth in Hall 3 of the Fira Gran Via, marking the company's leadership in AI-native wireless research during the Mobile World Congress. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) This article…

nasa.gov - Linda E. Grimm - Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead
Spacewalking With Scott Wray, Artemis EVA Training Lead
NASA

Scott Wray's experience with spacewalks started when he was about 6 years old. A tent resembling a lunar lander provided the perfect imaginary spacecraft. “I would lie on my back with my feet propped up on a pillow as I imagined going…

daringfireball.net - Meta Says Fuck That Metaverse Shit
Meta Says Fuck That Metaverse Shit
Daring Fireball

Mike Isaac, reporting for The New York Times, “ Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit ” (gift link): Meta is considering making cuts to a division in its Reality Labs unit that works on the so-called metaverse, said three employees…

globalnews.ca - Aaron D'Andrea - Calgary company hit with $350K fine after marble slab crushes worker - Calgary
Calgary company hit with $350K fine after marble slab crushes worker - Calgary
Global News

A Calgary building and interior materials supplier has been fined $350,000 for a 2023 workplace fatality that friends and loved ones described at the time as troubling to comprehend. The province announced Tuesday that LX Hausys Canada Inc. pleaded…

itweb.co.za - Nondumiso Ndlebe - True grit: Top Tech Student winner shares her journey
True grit: Top Tech Student winner shares her journey
www.itweb.co.za

Ovayo Ntebe, a fourth-year BSc computer science student at UJ, and Silungile Mlambo, marketing and communications executive at Openserve. Ovayo Ntebe, a fourth-year BSc computer science student at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and winner of…

gamerant.com - Dalton Cooper - Until Dawn 2 is Now Official
Until Dawn 2 is Now Official
GameRant

Until Dawn 2 has been announced with an intense new trailer at the latest PlayStation State of Play. The original Until Dawn went through a messy development cycle. It was originally going to be a PlayStation Move game on PS3 before eventually…

azonano.com - Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing
Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing
AZoNano

A new height-encoded nano-template strategy could help overcome chromatic blur in compact VR optics, pointing toward lighter, thinner, and more scalable full-colour near-eye displays. A recent study published in Nature Communications presents a…

edtechmagazine.com - Cleveland Institute of Art's Interactive Media Lab Redefines What an Art School Can Be
Cleveland Institute of Art's Interactive Media Lab Redefines What an Art School Can Be
EdTech Magazine

The landscape for specialized colleges and universities such as art schools is shifting as higher education continues to evolve to fit emerging job markets and student interest. Founded in 1882, Cleveland Institute of Art continuously challenges…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - PRISM initiative revolutionises public education in Kozhikode
PRISM initiative revolutionises public education in Kozhikode
The Hindu

Two government schools in Kozhikode — Government Vocational Higher Secondary School for Girls (VHSSG), Nadakkavu, and Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Karaparamba — are continuing to revolutionise public education by giving…

forbes.com - Maneet Ahuja - Iconoclast 50 2026
Iconoclast 50 2026
Forbes

F our years ago, Forbes launched its Iconoclast summit to convene a forum for the world's most influential leaders in finance, industry, entertainment and media and technology. The idea was to gather and probe the world's leading minds for…

knowridge.com - Texas AM University - Why lunar regolith could be the key to living on the Moon
Why lunar regolith could be the key to living on the Moon
Knowridge Science Report | Inspiring science news

The moon may look peaceful from Earth, but its surface is one of the harshest environments imaginable. It is covered by a layer of fine dust and crushed rock called lunar regolith. This material is not like the soil we have on Earth. It contains…

newscientist.com - Liz Else - The best new popular science books of June 2026
The best new popular science books of June 2026
New Scientist

This is a month to look out for some powerful new books, with authors taking on challenges of all sorts and imagining whole new worlds. There are fresh ways to think about a cancer diagnosis, a book tackling the real inner world of hormones, in…

geeky-gadgets.com - Julian Horsey - Open Source MiniMax M3 Outperforms Opus 4.7 for a Fraction of the Cost
Open Source MiniMax M3 Outperforms Opus 4.7 for a Fraction of the Cost
Geeky Gadgets

The MiniMax M3 is making waves in the AI community as an open source model that combines advanced capabilities with affordability. Highlighted by World of AI, this model stands out for its ability to handle both text and visual data through…

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