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'For Better and Worse': Let's Talk About the Future of Marriage
Source: Stephanie Coontz / Viking Publishers, 2026 If you read one book this year about the state of marriage today, make it Stephanie Coontz's new one, For Better and Worse (Viking, 2026). It is an engaging romp through the history of human…
A Veteran Apple Designer Reimagines the Golf Cart
On the dunes of Tróia, a breezy peninsula just south of Lisbon, Julian Hoenig is taking his latest invention for a spin. The veteran Apple Inc. designer, who worked under Steve Jobs and Jony Ive and helped create the Apple Watch and Vision…
Inside AWE 2026: Redefining The Line Between The Digital And The Real
The leading tech conference on AR and VR previews the future of spatial computing and robotics. Last week the Augmented World Expo (AWE) conference took place in Long Beach, California. I had a chance to attend what the promoters bill as the…
Is Meta (META) One of the Top High-Conviction Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds?
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) is one of the top high-conviction stocks to buy according to hedge funds. Reuters reported on June 9 that EU antitrust regulators ordered Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) to give rival AI chatbots, such as…
UCF-Led VERA Project Reaches 2 Major Milestones for VR Research
In 2023, Pegasus Professor Greg Welch was awarded a $5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to create a system, VERA, that enables researchers nationwide to conduct large-scale studies in extended reality environments. UCF…
After Alamo Drafthouse, Sony Pictures Takes $100 Million Stake in Immersive Dome Theaters Cosm
Sony Pictures Entertainment two years ago bought Alamo Drafthouse Theaters in a deal that had been unprecedented for a film studio in decades. Now, Sony is getting in early on another theatrical experience that could quite easily be the future for…
Prose Power: Fox Tucson Theatre offers literacy and poetry events for youth
Throughout the year, Fox Tucson Theatre offers programming for people of different ages, including children and teens. With their Monsoon Literacy Celebration and new Golden Hour: A Showcase of Youth Poetry event, the theater hopes to encourage…
U.S. defence firm Anduril in talks for Nissan plant to build drones in Japan, sources say
TOKYO, June 25 - U.S. defence firm Anduril Industries is in talks to acquire Nissan Motor's Oppama assembly plant near Tokyo as the maker of autonomous weapons looks to build military drones in Japan, three sources familiar with the matter told…
Snap's AI Specs: LOL
I am staring at a painted portrait of King Charles, who is wearing a red suit. The comically oversized and heavy Snap Specs I am wearing have basically created a digital version of the real painting and overlaid it over the real thing. A narrator…
New Platform Accelerates VR Cybersickness Research
Summary: A first-of-its-kind study utilizing a remote research platform has launched to investigate cybersickness, one of virtual reality's most persistent technical and clinical barriers. Cybersickness occurs due to a classic sensory-motor…
The Nether: A whodunnit for the AI age
SINGAPORE – Marketed as a whodunnit crime thriller, American playwright Jennifer Haley's prize-winning The Nether (2013) is less Agatha Christie and more Black Mirror. Set in dystopian 2045 where people indulge their fetishes through avatars…
Virtuix Omni One Review
Virtual reality has always promised the fantasy of stepping inside a game. Headsets have steadily improved, controllers have become more precise, and room-scale tracking has made movement feel increasingly natural. The one thing that's remained…
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Meta Platforms Just Took a 20% Stake in Cred. What That Means for META Stock.
Social media giant Meta Platforms (META) recently acquired a 20% stake in Indian fintech firm Cred, investing $900 million, which now values it at $4.50 billion. Cred, launched in 2018, operates an app that commands 17 million monthly users and…
The 10 Hottest Cloud Computing Startups Of 2026 (So Far)
An artificial intelligence cloud and model life-cycle management platform. Financial operations tools that aim to follow AI waste from cloud to coding agent. And a company taking data centers to space. Fireworks AI, PointFive and Starcloud are…
CM Málaga culture and tech forum introduces attendees to Frida Kahlo and art masterpieces | Sur in English
A visitor ran her fingertips over a reproduction of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece known as the Mona Lisa of the North. The painting featured reliefs and textures that Vermeer did not include in the original. 'Here, the…
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