Consumer & Gadgets
A team of computer scientists at the University of Chicago has uncovered a potential vulnerability in virtual reality systems—one that could allow a hacker to insert what the team describes as an "inception layer" between ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Last Sunday, Liverpool faced Manchester United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup—and in the final minute of extra time, with the score tied at three-all, Liverpool had the crucial opportunity of a corner kick. A goal would ...
Mar 20, 2024
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AI researchers at Google's DeepMind, working with colleagues at the University of British Columbia, have announced the development of Genie, an AI-backed application capable of turning a single image into a playable 2D virtual ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Wading through the staggering amount of social media content being produced every second to find the nastiest bits is no task for humans alone.
Feb 28, 2024
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A team of security experts at the University of Florida working with security audit company CertiK has found that a certain class of cyberattacks could cause a smartphone to catch fire via its wireless charger. The team has ...
Consumer & Gadgets
About a quarter of Americans get their news on YouTube. With its billions of users and hours upon hours of content, YouTube is one the largest online media platforms in the world.
Feb 20, 2024
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Among the buzziest consumer technologies right now are "mixed reality" or "spatial computing" headsets that convincingly blend views of the real world with digital content.
Feb 1, 2024
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Virtual hand interactions are one of the most common and useful applications that virtual reality (VR) systems offer users. But, as a new Concordia-led study shows, personal preference remains an important factor in how the ...
Jan 30, 2024
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In George Orwell's novel "1984," Big Brother watches citizens through two-way, TV-like telescreens to surveil citizens without any cameras. In a similar fashion, our current smart devices contain ambient light sensors, which ...
Jan 17, 2024
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An emergency room doctor using augmented reality could save precious seconds by quickly checking a patient's vitals or records. But the doctor could also unintentionally pull information for someone else in the room, breaching ...
Jan 17, 2024
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