Will the Oculus Quest still require a Facebook account? It’s complicated
Facebook (which is now called Meta) knows a lot of virtual reality headset owners hate logging in with Facebook. Requiring Facebook logins created bad blood almost immediately…
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot looks like a scary Jim Henson puppet in this Rolling Stones tribute
Old snake hips, Mick Jagger, has met his robotic match. Boston Dynamics has released a tribute to The Rolling Stones’ iconic music video for their 1981 hit…
Mark Zuckerberg on why Facebook is rebranding to Meta
For the first time in 17 years, Mark Zuckerberg has a new job title. On Thursday, he officially became the CEO and chairman of Meta, the new…
A tweaked display cable might give your next laptop slightly better battery life
Don’t you love standards? I do, for the most part, particularly when they’re fixing things, and the new VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.5 (or eDP 1.5 for short)…
Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are bigger, better, and smarter
It’s rare that a new smartphone feels all that new. The common refrain is that smartphones are all a “mature” technology and today’s new phone is only…
iFixit teardown of the 2021 MacBook Pro reveals easier battery swaps
Online tech repair guide and parts retailer iFixit has published its latest teardown for the new 2021 MacBook Pro and reveals at least one small win for…
Roku launches new personal-use developer kit
Roku is launching a new independent developer kit that will allow developers to “experiment with and customize their devices” in personal-use capacities. Roku says it hopes the…
Uncharted creative director Amy Hennig is making a Marvel game
Amy Hennig, a former creative director at Naughty Dog who currently leads Skydance New Media, will be working on a new Marvel video game. Skydance describes the…
Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday at his company’s Connect event that its new name will be Meta. “We are a company that builds technology to connect,”…
VESA’s new eDP 1.5 might give your next laptop slightly better battery life
Don’t you love standards? I do, for the most part, particularly when they’re fixing things, and the new VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.5 (or eDP 1.5 for short)…
Developers can now try on Google’s Jacquard smart fabric tech
Google’s Project Jacquard touch-sensitive fabric technology, first revealed at Google I/O in 2015, now has a way for interested third-party developers to integrate the tech with their…
Mastodon puts Trump’s social network on notice for improperly using its code
Mastodon has sent former President Donald Trump’s company a formal notification that it’s breaking the rules by using Mastodon’s open-source code to build its social network, named…
National Trust staff urged to back bosses in ‘war on woke’
In one internal message, Celia Richardson, the director of communications, said: “A number of you have seen recent news stories about organised campaigners who have their sights…
Cop26 protests ‘may look messy’, warns police chief
Thousands of police on duty for Cop26 Glasgow’s Scottish Events Campus (SEC) was officially handed over to the United Nations for the summit. The venue became the…
Revealed: how the Queen turned to male role model to mentor Prince Charles
In one letter, written on January 2nd, 1956, on Sandringham headed paper, Mr Farebrother tells his own father about a New Year celebration with the Queen, her…
BBC to analyse all of its programmes for signs of potential bias
10-point action plan The BBC unveiled the initiative in a 10-point action plan aimed at maintaining editorial standards, stating: “This strategic programme of reviews will have topics…
Booster vaccine for under-50s might not be needed, say scientists
Yet it may not be needed after all. Current research has suggested that waning immunity is likely to be less of a problem for younger people than…
Prince Harry and Meghan ask G20 leaders: where are vaccine doses you promised world’s poorest?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have written an open letter to G20 leaders claiming promises of vaccine donations from nations are not reaching the globe’s most…
‘How can they give Jimmy Savile a military send-off but not my father?’ asks Dennis Hutchings’s son
They suspect Mr Hutchings is being deprived of a military funeral because the 80-year-old had been charged over a fatal shooting in Northern Ireland almost 50 years…
Extreme weather: the worrying consequences of climate change ahead of Cop26
The season usually runs from June to November, so this year’s isn’t over yet – but it had an earlier start than usual and Hurricane Ida has…
Move over Apple, Microsoft now the world’s most valuable company
Oct 29 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s…
Police raids ‘target’ 12 suspects in ransomware cases – Europol
THE HAGUE, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Twelve suspects believed to have mounted ransomware attacks against companies or infrastructure in 71 countries were “targeted” in raids in Ukraine…
Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says
PARIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Europe is still not investing enough in the supply chain for electric vehicle batteries and this could leave its planned gigafactories short…
FAA has ‘deep concern’ about 5G network plan on aviation safety — letter
A passenger jet lifts off at Reagan National Airport, with the control tower seen at lower right, in Washington February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON, Oct 29…
Amazon discloses 20% stake in EV maker Rivian
Rivian introduces all-electric R1S SUV at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake Oct 29 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O),…