The psychedelic mushroom simulator was one of the strangest experiences at Sundance 2020. If you’ve paid attention to our coverage of Sundance this past weekend, you’re already well aware of the eclectic, insanely bizarre lineup of strange and imaginative immersive projects occupying this year’s New Frontier program. This includes Hypha, a surreal 17-minute journey that
Month: January 2020
What if it was easier to eat salad than junk food? Most diet routines take a ton of time, whether you’re cooking from scratch, making a meal kit or seeking a nutritious restaurant. But on-demand prepared food delivery companies like Sprig that tried to eliminate that work have gone bankrupt from poor unit economics. Thistle
After years of talk, General Motors is finally getting serious about building large numbers of electric cars. The largest United States automaker will spend $2.2 billion to retool its Detroit-Hamtramck factory for electric-car production. This will be the first GM factory dedicated to electric cars, with cars scheduled to start rolling off its assembly line
Are you seeking refuge from your expensive cable or satellite company? There has never been a better time to cut the cord. Streaming video services are giving traditional cable and satellite TV stiff competition by delivering live sports and prime-time TV programming online, often for a sizable drop in price, while premium channels such as
One of the most prominent Tesla hackers has learned that the company is about to update the Model S and the Model X, the two oldest nameplates in its three-car lineup. The firm often makes changes to its vehicles via its over-the-air software updating system, but the next round of upgrades will include hardware modifications
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re taking stock of the latest from Casper, the D2C mattress company that is going public. The unicorn announced its initial IPO price range this morning, targeting a $17 to $19 per-share IPO price
The next version of Google’s Android software, Android 11, will be released in 2020 and even though this year it won’t have a sweet, dessert-related name, we’re still expecting great things. News about it is starting to gather and although Google hasn’t said much about the software officially yet, the company will reveal a lot
Photo: Getty Earlier this month, Amazon told employees to stop talking publicly about its inadequate climate plan or risk losing their jobs. In response, 350 employees took to Amazon Employees for Climate Justice’s (AECJ) Medium page on Sunday evening to lay out why Amazon should beef up its climate plan and what the stakes are
HoloLens technology brings this otherworldly meditative experience to life. Developed by French studio Providences, Solastalgia is a spine-chilling mixed reality piece that takes a handful of users through a mixed reality graveyard filled with the ghostly memories of a human community spanning multiple generations. Sufficeth to say, it was one of the creepiest offerings at
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Using an external hard drive is a great way to back up what’s most important to you, while retaining full access to your data. But you don’t necessarily need to buy a pre-built external drive. If you have an old hard drive lying around, sticking it in an enclosure can give you a new external
Apple disagrees with the European Union’s push for a standardized charging cable, claiming that the move will do more harm than good as the iPhone maker seeks to keep the Lightning port on its devices. The European Parliament recently called for the European Commission to establish regulations that will require all smartphones and tablets sold
Whether you’ve had enough of endless calls from telemarketers and spoofed numbers or you just want to block a certain persistent someone, it’s easy to block unwanted calls on your mobile device. From blocking numbers on your smartphone to actually enlisting the help of your carrier, there are a few different ways to duck unwanted
In a long and drawn-out case over patent infringement, Apple has been ordered to pay $85 million to Canadian company WiLan, as reported by Bloomberg. The court case has been bouncing around for several years, and this latest ruling comes from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (San Diego). A jury
The eighth annual State of the Industry Survey, conducted by the Game Developers Conference, revealed that developers are already looking ahead to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, as they prepare for the arrival of the next-generation consoles later this year. The survey, which compiled the answers of almost 4,000 respondents, revealed that over
The Apple Watch Connected program offers Apple Watch wearers various benefits and rewards for working out at four inaugural partner gyms. The program, according to TechCrunch, is “a four-legged stool” that combines equipment powered by Apple’s GymKit, an Apple Watch and iOS app developed with Apple, Apple Pay, and incentive programs. The partner gyms are
Sprint has launched a repair program for cracked screens of select Samsung Galaxy smartphones, which subscribers of any carrier may take advantage of for just $49. The offer, which will only be available until February 9, does not cover Samsung’s 2019 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, which is probably still under warranty for most owners.
Spaced Out ditches gravity to immerse you in a mind-bending trip through the cosmos. Along with serving as the premier showcase for the biggest independent films of the year, Sundance has quickly become notorious for its selection of wild and experimental immersive projects available for public consumption. Whether it be a VR immersive theater piece
Photo: Kevin Frayer (Getty) All Hong Kong primary and secondary schools are shutting down until February 17 as part of the latest effort to curb the deadly Wuhan coronavirus’ spread, the Associated Press reported Saturday. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam also announced that officials have raised the government’s response level to its highest possible rank, emergency.
K’ART’s one-on-one VR theater experience steals the show at Sundance 2020. I’m standing at the center of a massive gray field surrounded by hundreds of equally-uncolorful scarecrows cursed with an eternity of guardianship. As I scan my surroundings, one of the stoic scarecrows bursts to life with a colorful personality. And although my new straw-filled
In the last few years, everyone has seemingly ditched the typical instant messengers like AIM and ICQ for Facebook Messenger, iMessage, and plain-old text messages. And while person-to-person instant messaging is something we all do on our phones now, desktop clients are far from dead. In fact, they’re currently enjoying something of a renaissance. With
Like a surly teenager, everyone’s favorite Martian explorer, NASA’s Curiosity rover, suffered from an attitude problem last week. “Attitude” is how engineers refer to the rover’s ability to locate itself spatially, and it is essential for the rover to have accurate attitude information to move around and perform operations safely. This information is stored in
Nothing lasts forever — especially not smartphone batteries. Those tiny lithium-ion powerhouses that run your iPhone or Android phone are all consumables, which means they have a limited life span. The longer you hang on to your device, the more your battery will degrade, and eventually it will have to be replaced. Smartphone batteries don’t
NASA has a new tool to help in the hunt for exoplanets. The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument, or NESSI, is an instrument on the Hale Telescope in San Diego which has been in testing since February 2018. Now, it’s ready to start investigating the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system. “NESSI is
Super Bowl 2020 will be broadcast to the nation in 4K Ultra HD with HDR, meaning more detail, better contrast, and more realistic color. There is a catch, though: You will need a 4K TV if you want to feel like you’re in the stands at the Hard Rock Stadium, watching the action unfold with
This week, NASA is saying goodbye to one of its most storied and productive telescopes: The Spitzer Space Telescope, launched in 2003 to investigate our universe in the infrared wavelength. As this remarkable 16-year mission draws to a close, we look back over the achievements of this groundbreaking instrument and how its legacy will continue
The startup community has lost another moral leader today. Leila Janah, a serial entrepreneur who was the CEO and founder of machine learning training data company Samasource, passed away at the age of 37 due to complications from Epithelioid Sarcoma, a form of cancer, according to a statement from the company. She focused her career on
Screenshot: Byte Vine and its sequel, V2, may be dead, but from their ashes arises a new contender to take up the six-second video mantle: Byte. Unveiled in a company Twitter thread Friday, this new app for iOS and Android hopes to be every bit the spiritual successor Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann has been hinting
Breathe offers a fresh take on climate change awareness with a breathing-focused coop experience. Environmentally-conscious XR is all the rage at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival New Frontier showcase. One such project, a mixed reality experience called Breathe, is offering a new angle on public awareness that uses mixed reality technology and biometric trackers to
The TV world has never been short on acronyms or buzzwords, but lately, it’s been feeling like we’re drowning in that alphabet soup. OLED, QLED, HDR, HDTV, HDMI, ARC, eARC … it’s enough to make your head spin. And though we hate to add to that feeling of vertigo, hang on to your hat; there
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