Oculus Quest 2 owners can now activate voice commands by using the wake word "Hey Facebook". It's only available to second-gen headsets from the company currently, soon to be followed by the original Quest as well as its Portal smart displays. At this point, the wake word is an opt-in...
Relativity Space is working on a fully reusable 3D-printed rocket called Terran R that is expected to match the capabilities of SpaceX’s Falcon 9. The rocket is slated to be capable of lifting nearly 20 times as much payload as the company’s Terran 1 rocket, which is priced...
Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX's satellite internet service, Starlink, will nearly double this year reaching 300 Mbps. The tweet was in response to a customer posting an at-home speed test result of their newly installed Starlink connection. Musk also added that the growing network of satellites will offer complete global...
An AI service called Deep Nostalgia developed by MyHeritage brings photos to life by animating faces using deepfake technology. The videos created using the service have gone viral on social media. MyHeritage says that more than 1 million photos have been animated within 48 hours using Deep Nostalgia. The users...
The California-based space company Rocket Lab has announced a new reusable rocket called Neutron that can compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. Standing at double the height (40 meters/131ft) of their Electron rocket, Neutron will be able to carry 8,000 kilograms to orbit. Only the rocket's first stage...
During its Ignite 2021 conference last week, Microsoft unveiled Mesh, its new mixed reality platform powered by Microsoft Azure that allows users to connect and collaborate remotely from multiple devices via “shared holographic experiences". In Mesh, people will initially appear as virtual avatars from the AltspaceVR social VR platform which...
