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marketwatch.com - Unity, Meta Extend Partnership to Support Virtual Reality Development
Unity, Meta Extend Partnership to Support Virtual Reality Development
MarketWatch

Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Unity Software are expanding their long-running partnership where Unity's game-development tools will continue to support Meta's virtual reality headsets. The two companies said Wednesday that they have renewed…

marketbeat.com - Promising Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - April 8th
Promising Virtual Reality Stocks Worth Watching - April 8th
MarketBeat

OpenAI Shutters Sora: A Win for Meta Platforms Amid a Rocky Stretch Meta Platforms, zSpace, and The Glimpse Group are the three Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Virtual reality stocks are shares…

gizmodo.com - Kyle Barr - Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It's Unexpectedly Glorious
Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It's Unexpectedly Glorious
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The next frontier for Apple Vision Pro is… gaming? I just played a bunch of PC games via Steam Link on Apple's “spatial computer” headset, and it works so well that it may be our first hint at a future for the Vision Pro as…

bbc.co.uk - Simon Thake - Sheffield DocFest announces 2026 line up
Sheffield DocFest announces 2026 line up
BBC

Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold, actors Miriam Margolyes and Maxine Peake and naturalist Chris Packham will appear at Sheffield DocFest, it has been announced. The event will take place between 10 and 15 June with the theme Realities in…

businessinsider.com - BI Staff - Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Oracle - see the list
Companies laying off staff this year include Meta, Amazon, and Oracle - see the list
Business Insider

Amazon said in January that it is eliminating around 16,000 corporate roles globally. This marks its second round of mass layoffs since October, when the tech and retail giant shed 14,000 roles. Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people…

flyingmag.com - Meg Godlewski - FAA Gives Stakeholders More Time to Comment on Flight Training Revamp
FAA Gives Stakeholders More Time to Comment on Flight Training Revamp
FLYING Magazine

The FAA has extended the response window to May 11 for comments on the proposed plan to modernize the regulations for Part 141 flight training. The 471-page proposal, drafted by the National Flight Training Alliance (NFTA), was released April 1…

benzinga.com - Lekha Gupta - Why Is Unity Software Stock Gaining Wednesday? - Unity Software (NYSE:U)
Why Is Unity Software Stock Gaining Wednesday? - Unity Software (NYSE:U)
Benzinga

Under the renewed agreement, Unity will continue to support Meta's virtual reality platform, strengthening its position as a core development engine behind many of Meta's leading VR applications. The companies said the partnership aims to simplify…

nme.com - Ali Shutler - PlayStation wants you to star in its games
PlayStation wants you to star in its games
NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News

PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase which could see you starring in a hit video game. READ MORE: How ‘Life Is Strange's main character became its charming indie rock soundtrack “You've been part of our…

pcmag.com - The $70 Billion Delusion: Why Zuckerberg's Metaverse Was Dead on Arrival
The $70 Billion Delusion: Why Zuckerberg's Metaverse Was Dead on Arrival
PCMag

When Meta unveiled Horizon Worlds in 2021, it billed the platform as the future of the internet—a sprawling virtual playground where work, play, and social life would merge in VR. I saw it differently: a high-tech tool for social domination…

smh.com.au - Nell Geraets - The scariest movie you'll ever hear? How Undertone became an aural nightmare
The scariest movie you'll ever hear? How Undertone became an aural nightmare
The Sydney Morning Herald

Filming a scary movie in his childhood home was unsettling enough for Ian Tuason, especially after having spent the past few years caring for his ailing parents in it. But when things began to genuinely go bump in the night, unease shifted to…

247wallst.com - Gerelyn Terzo - Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Stocks Soar, Oil Falls on Long-Awaited Mideast Ceasefire Deal
Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Stocks Soar, Oil Falls on Long-Awaited Mideast Ceasefire Deal
24/7 Wall St

Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Stocks rallied broadly following a two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement, with oil prices falling to the lower $90s per barrel and tech leaders Nvidia (NVDA), Alphabet (GOOGL), and…

247wallst.com - Joey Frenette - 2 Stocks I'd Add to the Shopping Cart for the Agentic Commerce Revolution
2 Stocks I'd Add to the Shopping Cart for the Agentic Commerce Revolution
24/7 Wall St

Agentic commerce or AI shopping may shift the e-commerce scene in a profound way. Of course, it's hard to tell just how the future of e-tail will be shaped by the rise of AI agents and whether online shoppers will be quick to embrace the…

indianexpress.com - Nitendra Pal Singh - UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on VitalID, Low Earth Orbit, Scramjet engine and more (Week 157)
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on VitalID, Low Earth Orbit, Scramjet engine and more (Week 157)
The Indian Express

3. It has been designed primarily for extended reality environments. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Relevance: Topics like VitalID reflect the growing importance of emerging authentication technologies. The emerging…

mirror.co.uk - Isobel Pankhurst - I read every day - full list of the non-fiction books I would recommend to all
I read every day - full list of the non-fiction books I would recommend to all
The Mirror

Reading forms part of my daily routine, even if some hectic days allow for just a few pages. Regarding genres, I'm the type who moves between different categories, sometimes immersing myself in an entertaining romantasy series, while at other times…

marketbeat.com - Ecommerce Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 8th
Ecommerce Stocks To Keep An Eye On - April 8th
MarketBeat

As Recession Odds Climb, Defensive Sectors Continue to Outperform Walmart, GameStop, and GigaCloud Technology are the three Ecommerce stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Ecommerce stocks are shares of companies…

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