The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the adoption of new technologies and cultural shifts that were already well underway. According to a clutch of heavy-hitting investors, this dynamic is particularly strong in gaming and extended reality. Unlike other segments of the startup and tech world, where valuations have been slashed, early-stage companies focused on building new
Month: May 2020
“The Sorcery Update” arrives on PC VR headsets June 4th. Already one of the most popular VR titles available on PC VR headsets at the moment, this week it was revealed that medieval fantasy sword-fighting simulator Blade & Sorcery is receiving a major new update that promises to revamp the early access experience with new
If these are the epic origin stories on offer you know you’re in trouble.Image: HBO Max HBO Max finally launched today. While it’s too early yet for a full review (stay tuned) it’s not hard to get a quick look at what’s on offer and make a decision or two if you have very specific
Austin Soldner and Michael Schaecher, the co-founders of the new sunglasses brand Futuremood, met at the newly formed San Francisco research and development lab created by the high-end audio tech developer Bose. The two were tasked with working on Bose’s sunglasses wearable and bonded over a shared interest in sneakers and fashion. Over many conversations
Two women-founded XR companies have partnered to provide free COVID-19 training. Back in March, Wendy Morgan, CEO and co-founder of Shift got a call from a fellow entrepreneur asking if she had thought of using VR to train people working in the pop-up hospitals being set up to deal with the extra influx of coronavirus
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there’s no shortage of things to do. The mega-popular, quirky Nintendo sim has skyrocketed to the top of the sales charts, bringing together a healthy mix of newcomers and longtime fans of the series. In it, your goal is to populate your island and customize it with homes, shops, decorations,
Ring Alarm Security 5 Piece Kit “The Ring Alarm offers excellent home monitoring with a surprisingly low monthly fee.” Affordable professional monitoring service Quick setup Backwards compatible with 1st gen hardware Solid lineup of accessories Needs better camera integration MSRP $200.00 The new Ring Alarm (second generation) starts at $200 for the five-piece kit, but
Bang & Olufsen has an excellent reputation in home audio, and its original Beoplay E8 fully wireless headphones were a category leader when there was barely a category to lead. The company recently launched the third version of the E8, a new generation of hardware that comes with a number of improvements for better audio
The European Commission is proposing to direct billions of euros of financial relief into high tech and green investments to help the bloc recover from the coronavirus crisis. Technologies such as 5G, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, supercomputing and renewable energy look set to benefit from a €750BN pan-EU support package set out today — aligning with
Extra Crunch Live is on fire, and the hits keep rolling! Next week, we’ll sit down with Initialized’s Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan. You can catch the chat live on Tuesday, June 2 at 2 p.m. EDT/11 a.m. PDT. Alexis Ohanian is the founder and former CEO of Reddit, and his investment portfolio includes Flexport,
Apple is finally giving customers in India the ability to order customized versions of iMac, MacBook Air, Mac Mini and other Mac computers. The Cupertino-giant has started to offer a full-range of the Mac portfolio with configure-to-order (CTO) or build-to-order (BTO) option in India, allowing customers in the country to request specific custom needs such
FP TrendingMay 27, 2020 17:12:11 IST Jio Fiber has introduced additional data benefits for its annual subscription plans. Reliance Jio has updated the website to reflect that all plans from Bronze to Titanium offer additional double data on annual subscription. The Bronze plan that usually offers 350 GB of data for annual plan subscribers at
Delman, a Jakarta-based data management startup, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Intudo Ventures, with participation from Prasetia Dwidharma Ventures and Qlue Performa Indonesia, and will be used to establish a research and development center and hire software engineers and data scientists. Delman was founded in 2018 by chief
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) Twitter, amid a controversy over its inaction on Donald Trump’s baseless tweets asserting that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is a murderer, has for the first time begun attaching fact-checking links to some of the president’s posts. Advertisement It’s… certainly something? Two of Trump’s Tuesday tweets railing about imaginary Democratic voter
XRSpace’s Peter Chou believes 5G will usher in “the social reality of the future”. Peter Chou, ex-CEO and co-founder of Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC, has some bold opinions regarding the future of VR technology. According to Chou, who now serves as the head of Taiwanese VR development company XRSpace, the introduction of 5G connectivity
Scott Orn Contributor Scott runs operations at Kruze Consulting, a fast-growing startup CFO consulting firm. Kruze is based in San Francisco with clients in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and New York. More posts by this contributor How to approach (and work with) the 3 types of corporate VCs Bill Growney Contributor Bill Growney, a
Cyberattacks against health care facilities and public health researchers have nearly doubled amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data. The statistics provided to Digital Trends by cybersecurity firm Infosec and compiled from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show there have been 127 breaches of U.S. hospitals and health care systems from
High-quality animated face filters; no download required. 8th Wall’s unique AR approach has eliminated the need to download an app in order to launch an AR experience from your phone or computer, which makes accessing AR content a lot easier. Now the company is launching Face Effects, the first web development platform to offer the
With the rising popularity of phablet-sized smartphones, protective screens are less of a luxury and more of a first line of defense. Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro Max — with its 6.5-inch, 2688 × 1242-resolution OLED screen — is among the largest of iPhones, so you don’t want to leave it vulnerable to drops, bumps, and damaging
HBO fans have it great these days. Subscribers can watch their favorite shows and movies whether seated in front of their TVs or on a device while riding the bus to work. This freedom comes from the company’s streaming services, HBO Go and HBO Now, which allow subscribers to experience the wonders of Westworld and
Some Apple Stores in the U.S. are slated to open with certain restrictions this week after being closed from the coronavirus pandemic. About 100 more Apple Stores will open, totaling 130 stores in the country, according to CNBC. Locations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio,
Tushar BurmanMay 27, 2020 00:24:36 IST At 12 am midnight on the 27th of May 2020, Aarogya Setu — India’s digital contact tracing app — will go open-source and be uploaded to a public GitHub repository. Initially, the Android client code will be available, which will be followed in two weeks by the iOS client
Sony has taken aim at the suddenly enormous market of people who want to self-produce high-quality video with a minimum of setup. Its ZV-1 mutates the versatile RX100 series into a selfie video machine, and it could be the all-in-one solution many a vlogger has been searching for. The new camera is very much based
Baton, an early-stage startup that wants to help customers organize the post-sales implementation process, emerged from stealth today with a $10 million Series A investment. Activant Capital led the round with help from Global Founders Capital and Hybris founder Carsten Thoma. Like so many startups, the idea for Baton stemmed from a pain point that
Some familiar brands will begin making an appearance during League of Legends matches. Developer Riot Games announced it will add customized arena banners in League of Legends that will allow brands to advertise during professional matches of the popular multiplayer online battle arena game. The banners will mimic the ads seen at traditional sporting events.
HP is refreshing its lineup of commercial devices for spring 2020 with a range of new 5G EliteBooks that feature options for the new Ryzen Pro 4000 processors and thin-bezel designs. HP also debuted new workstations, displays, and other desktops, such as the world’s first VR-ready commercial all-in-one-PC featuring Nvidia’s RTX 2070 super graphics card.
A man walks past a poster depicting President Donald Trump in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington on May 25, 2020. Photo: AP President Donald Trump has threatened to move the upcoming Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the governor doesn’t guarantee its convention space can ignore social distancing guidelines. The convention is scheduled
The first COVID-19 vaccine to reach phase I clinical trial is safe, well-tolerated, and capable of generating an immune response against the novel coronavirus in humans, says new research published in The Lancet journal. According to the study of 108 adults, the vaccine produced neutralising antibodies, and a response mediated by the immune system’s T-cells
Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) It’s a small thing that only people building and upgrading their own PCs will appreciate but to the delight of AMD enthusiasts, the company recently announced that it would make its future Zen 3 architecture compatible with the older X470 and B450 motherboards, and it would be sticking with its AM4
Technology improvements over the past few years mean that most fully wireless earbuds are a lot better than they used to be. That has led to something of a narrowing of the field among competitors in this arena, but some of the players still stand out – and Jabra have definitely delivered a standout performer
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