The Synthetic Party, a new Danish political party with an artificially intelligent representative and policies derived from AI, is eyeing a seat in parliament as it hopes to run in the country’s November general election. The party was founded in May by the artist collective Computer Lars and the non-profit Read more…
By the time Apple introduces its much-anticipated mixed reality headset — planned for sometime next year — Meta Platforms will have had the advantage of selling products in the category to the public for almost seven years. But Apple’s device will also have a few technological tricks up its sleeve Read more…
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 Read more…
The company formerly known as Facebook earlier this week announced — and demonstrated — that avatars on its metaverse will soon have legs. While the updates bringing full-body avatars aren’t expected until 2023, Zuckerberg was clearly seen jumping around in the video, giving everyone an early look at the tech. Read more…
The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. — as well as some sales of video surveillance equipment from three other Chinese firms — out of national security concerns, Axios reported Thursday, citing sources. The move, which marks the Read more…
Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it’s been teasing for the past year. The Quest Pro is a new branch of the Quest VR headset lineup, featuring a new processor and screen, a dramatically redesigned body and controllers, inward-facing cameras for eye and Read more…
Google said Tuesday that it will rely on Coinbase to start letting some customers pay for cloud services with cryptocurrencies early in 2023, while Coinbase said it would draw on Google’s cloud infrastructure. The deal, announced at Google’s Cloud Next conference, might succeed in luring cutting-edge companies to Google in Read more…