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Last week's Vision Pro release shed some fascinating light on Apple's generally top secret development process. A Vanity Fair interview with Tim Cook detailed — in part — what a long and heavy lift it took to get the company's first headset off the ground. The Apple CEO gave

In 2000, Paradox Press published “Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form.” The book was Scott McCloud's follow-up to his seminal 1993 work, “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art.” Where the earlier title explored the history

The much-hyped Apple Vision Pro headset has begun arriving for those who preordered it, or is available for a test drive for those wanting to give it an in-person demo. Billed as the future of spatial computing, the AR/VR headset might not be for everyone based on its hefty $3,499 price tag and lac

At its WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset. The Vision Pro is one of Apple’s most ambitious products to date — one year in the making and packed with technology, including a new operating system, visionOS, that m

Snap and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are recalling the company’s discontinued Pixy drone and telling owners to stop using it or charging the batteries because of a fire hazard. This comes after the safety agency received “four reports of the battery overheating and bul

Apple’s brand-new Vision Pro headset has lost one of its competitive advantages over rivals, as Meta announced today that it, too, will add support for spatial video playback on its more affordable Meta Quest. Spatial video, also known as stereoscopic videos, are videos Apple customers themse

The pace is picking up for the Apple Vison Pro apps ahead of the spatial computing device’s Friday launch as developers ready their apps for the new platform. While just last week, only 150-plus apps had been specifically designed for the Vision Pro so far, according to a third-party analysis

A small U.K. startup that combined a school bus service with a software platform to safeguard pupils has been acquired by “smart buses” startup Zeelo, which last year raised a $14 million war chest for expansion. Founded in the U.K. in 2010, Kura, which had previously raised £3.8 milli

It's Friday, February 2, 2024. Today is the day. You've been eyeing the Vision Pro since Tim Cook stepped onstage with the product at last year's WWDC. Longer than that, really, if you factor in the years of rumors, leaks and renderings. The price wasn't anywhere near what you had

Mechanical keyboards are everywhere these days, and there’s a larger variety now than ever before. If you’re looking to pick one up but want to look beyond the most common layouts and types, read on. Here are eight mechanical keyboards that stick out from the pack. Feker Alice 80 Image

More than anything, Apple's Vision Pro is a beginning. There are moments while using it that feel like a porthole into a different world and — just maybe — the future. It's imperfect, sure, but it's an undeniable accomplishment after so many decades of extended reality false

A year and a half after announcing its intention to acquire iRobot, Amazon's deal is officially dead. All parties involved anticipated some level of regulatory scrutiny, but after a few decades of tech company consolidation, few expected this much friction. The deal had already passed through s

The robotics industry loves a good, healthy debate. Of late, one of the most intense ones centers around humanoid robots. It's been a big topic for decades, of course, but the recent proliferation of startups like 1X and Figure — along with projects from more established companies like Te

Metal 3D printing is already a multi-billion-dollar global industry. The additive manufacturing approach is poised to disrupt many facets of construction and will only continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The technology isn't homogenous, however. Much like plastic printing, there are se