Business

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app

Federal regulators on Wednesday took legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, asserting the deal would hurt ...

Consumer & Gadgets

At CES, beauty products pamper with AI

Salon-worthy manicures at home and expert skin care advice from artificial intelligence: the beauty industry is counting on tech to get consumers pampered like the rich and famous.

Automotive

Taking the fear out of driver education

New drivers between the ages of 15 and 25 account for nearly half of the more than one million road deaths that occur worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Educational programs often use fear-based ...

Business

CES tech gala looks to shake off economic gloom

The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza threw open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovations to help cure the pain from an ailing global economy.

Machine learning & AI

Building computer vision in the kitchen

Imagine watching a pizza chef going about his work in a kitchen. You see him: weigh flour before adding water and yeast to it; knead the mixture into a dough; leave it to rise while he slices pepperoni and other toppings; ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Buffed-up avatars deter us from exercising hard

If you've ever played an immersive game using virtual reality (VR) technology, you'll be familiar with the concept of customising an avatar to represent you. Most people design an aspirational, buffed-up version of themselves, ...

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