Proposed joint venture may keep TikTok alive
The tech giant Oracle and investment funds Silver Lake and the Abu Dhabi-based MGX plan to form a joint venture company to oversee the video sharing app…
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Critics take a dim view of Meta’s newest smart glasses
After months of teasing, Meta officially unveiled its newest smart glasses, the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display, during a software development conference in…
New AI headset allows talking without speaking
Telepathy — the science fiction skill of silent communication through thought alone — is not real (yet) but a new device come close. A company named…
Apple unveils updated products
Apple held its “awe-dropping” product launch event in September, and this year it introduced several new products to the Apple ecosystem, including new…
Hate Mosquitoes? Book a vacation here
The only country in the world without the pesky mosquito is Iceland, and scientists are not entirely sure why. All the countries surrounding Iceland have…
Robot takeover delayed
The much-heralded robot takeover probably won’t happen soon judging by results of the World Humanoid Robot Games. More than 500 humanoid robots from 16 countries…
A moooo-ving new TikTok trend
Mooo-ve over cat videos, the new trend on TikTok is all about cows — and jazz. In particular playing jazz for cows. Seems they love…
The era of the data center will dwarf the skyscraper era
You might say that data centers are the skyscrapers of our era. Of course, data centers are not tall like skyscrapers, (data centers are no…
A moooo-ving new TikTok trend
Mooo-ve over cat videos, the new trend on TikTok is all about cows — and jazz. In particular playing jazz for cows. Seems they love it and its big in…
Robot takeover delayed
The much-heralded robot takeover probably won’t happen soon judging by results of the World Humanoid Robot Games. More than 500 humanoid robots from 16…