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Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset May Cost Over $2,000
Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset May Cost Over $2,000

The latest report claims that Apple has finalized the launch plans for its headset, and it's going to be expensive even by Apple's standards, with an asking price in excess of $2,000.

New Android Campaign Urges Apple to ‘Fix Texting’
New Android Campaign Urges Apple to ‘Fix Texting’

Android has had enough with Apple’s blue-versus-green bubble dichotomy.

Chip Shortage Takes 180,000 Cars Off the Assembly Line
Chip Shortage Takes 180,000 Cars Off the Assembly Line

Worldwide chip scarcity has taken yet another prisoner—and it could make new vehicle prices even worse.

Nvidia’s Q2 Gaming Revenue Falls 44 Percent, GPU Prices Plunge
Nvidia’s Q2 Gaming Revenue Falls 44 Percent, GPU Prices Plunge

There's never been a better, or worse, time to buy a 30-series GPU.

In Buying Roomba, Amazon Increases Its Presence in Your Home
In Buying Roomba, Amazon Increases Its Presence in Your Home

This deal could give Amazon a huge advantage in its quest to know everything about its customers, but it's going to suck for customers who care about privacy. And not in the way a vacuum is supposed to suck.

NASA’s DART Craft Could Leave Asteroid ‘Unrecognizable’: Study
NASA’s DART Craft Could Leave Asteroid ‘Unrecognizable’: Study

With a diameter of just 560 feet (170 meters), NASA expected DART's 500-kilogram impactor to leave a crater and affect the satellite's orbit around the larger Didymos. Not so, says the new study.

Meta Says its New Chatbot Can Experience ‘Hallucinations’
Meta Says its New Chatbot Can Experience ‘Hallucinations’

Meta is the recently renamed entity behind Facebook, but it's also one of the most active companies in artificial intelligence research. You can sample the fruits of its labors right now by striking up a conversation with Meta's new AI.

Google Sues Sonos, Escalating Ongoing Smart Speaker Dispute
Google Sues Sonos, Escalating Ongoing Smart Speaker Dispute

Google has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Sonos, alleging that the audio firm has copied proprietary voice assistant technology.

Federal Circuit Court Rules AI Can’t Hold Patents
Federal Circuit Court Rules AI Can’t Hold Patents

Can an AI system that’s created something new be considered an inventor? According to the United States federal circuit court, the answer is no.

Disturbing Robotic Slime Can Move Around Inside the Body, Pick Up Objects
Disturbing Robotic Slime Can Move Around Inside the Body, Pick Up Objects

The appropriately named "magnetic slime robot" doesn't need any internal electronics — it's a combination of several different materials, allowing it to be controlled with external magnetic fields. The result is a wriggling, brown blob that could one day scoop harmful objects out of the human digestive tract.

Intel May Drop TSMC’s 3nm tGPU From Meteor Lake
Intel May Drop TSMC’s 3nm tGPU From Meteor Lake

Intel might just scrap its plans to use TSMC's 3nm node for its upcoming Meteor Lake GPU tile, and instead use it on a future architecture instead.

Bartending Robot Makes Drinks, Remembers What You Like
Bartending Robot Makes Drinks, Remembers What You Like

Though the robot might not be as charming as the widely-loved robot bartender from Stray, it is wearing a vest and a bowtie, so there’s that.