Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech. This fall, more than 15,000 cameras will monitor soccer fans across eight stadiums and on the streets of Doha during the 2022 World Cup, an event expected to attract more Read more…
Apple has paused hiring for many jobs outside of research and development, an escalation of an existing plan to reduce budgets heading into next year, Bloomberg News reported this week, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company took the step last month, ahead of a quarterly earnings report Read more…
The macro story unfolding today is all the layoffs taking place in the tech industry. “Tech giants including Meta and Amazon have been slowing down their hiring for months, while smaller tech companies such as Robinhood and Coinbase have announced layoffs,” reports the New York Times. “But rarely have so Read more…
PlayStation VR2 will officially be released on February 22, 2023, for $549.99, and pre-orders will begin on November 15. As revealed by the PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation VR2 will include the PS VR2 headset, PS VR2 Sense controllers, and stereo headphones. There will also be a PlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Read more…
Google’s text-to-image AI system, Imagen, is being added to the company’s AI Test Kitchen app as a way to collect early feedback on the technology. AI Test Kitchen was launched earlier this year as a way for Google to beta test various AI systems. Currently, the app offers a few Read more…
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has had record sales of $800 million worldwide in sell-through following the first three days from its release. The full title debuted on October 28 after hitting early-access release for the single-player campaign on October 20, breaking all previous three-day sales records since Read more…
Eric Schmidt wants to reshape Washington’s industrial policy to combat an intensifying US-China tech rivalry. The former Google chief executive officer’s philanthropic arm issued recommendations aimed at encouraging US politicians to counter China’s rising technological ambitions by ramping up regulatory scrutiny, encouraging more private investment and offering tax credits to Read more…