Internet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future—what Zuckerberg calls the " metaverse."
Oct 28, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Nidia Silva had never realized her dream of swimming with dolphins until a Miami NGO gave her a pair of virtual reality glasses as part of an experimental treatment for depression and isolation in senior citizens.
Aug 5, 2019
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Business
Recent work by Carnegie Mellon University researchers tackles the thorny issues of copyright and compensation for generative AI models that create new images.
Sep 29, 2023
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Internet
When the company formerly known as Facebook announced plans in October to change its name to Meta, the company said the move would better reflect its intention to "bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Engineering
More than two-thirds of the world's population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations. As urbanization advances around the globe, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
California educators are suing Snap, TikTok and YouTube over allegations they intentionally designed their platforms to be addictive and to deliver harmful content to children.
Mar 16, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.
Sep 30, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Explicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people's exposure to it has been a persistent concern.
Nov 20, 2023
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Business
The Justice Department's top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies Friday that the government could pursue them for anticompetitive behavior related to their troves of user data, including for cutting off data access ...
Nov 9, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
UniSA researchers are undertaking a major study to better understand how and why parents play video games, and they're calling on Australian moms and dads to share their gaming experiences.
Oct 6, 2022
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