“People are still paying between $5,000 and $50,000 to attend the annual flagship TED conference. In 2021,” notes The Drift magazine, noting last year’s event was held in Monterey, California. “Amid wildfires and the Delta surge, its theme was ‘the case for optimism.’” The magazine makes the case that over Read more…
Contrary to what you may have read earlier this week, Microsoft’s HoloLens is not dead. In fact, “HoloLens is doing great,” says Microsoft’s mixed reality head, Alex Kipman. The Verge reports: Business Insider reported on Wednesday that Microsoft has scrapped plans for HoloLens 3 in recent months and that it Read more…
Toshiba will spend roughly 100 billion yen ($873 million) to build a power semiconductor fabrication facility in Japan, with production expected to begin by March 2025, Nikkei has learned. The new plant will be built on the grounds of Kaga Toshiba Electronics, a chipmaking subsidiary in Ishikawa Prefecture. Toshiba aims Read more…
Pop-up notifications are often annoying. For Meta, one in Apple’s iOS operating system, which powers iPhones, is a particular headache. On February 2nd Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, told investors that privacy-focused changes to iOS, including the “ask app not to track” notification, would cost the company around $10 Read more…
One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world. Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3 — what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset — and infighting within the mixed reality Read more…
Quantum computing is still rare enough that merely installing a system in a country is a breakthrough, and IBM is taking advantage of that novelty. The company has forged a partnership with the Canadian province of Quebec to install what it says is Canada’s first universal quantum computer. The five-year Read more…
One day, we will all don AR glasses, capable of serving up information geospatially tied to every house and place in our neighborhoods. But who will own and control these spatial AR layers? It’s the stuff of nightmares: The other day, I found my property occupied by a stranger, who Read more…