Category: Technology

The era of spatial computing is here, where digital content blends seamlessly with your physical space.  Apple introduces Vision Pro. To enable user navigation and interaction with spatial content, Apple Vision Pro introduces an entirely new input system controlled by a person’s eyes, hands, and voice. visionOS features a brand-new three-dimensional interface that makes digital […]

Retirement can feel like a strange time for many people. Gone is the routine of work, your time is your own – in theory. How to stop chores from taking over can become a tricky balance. Some people retreat and return to work. Often, those that persevere find they are as busy as ever – […]

Meta Quest 3 is a wireless headset totally redesigned, that can do it all. Meta Quest 3 has more than twice the GPU processing power compared to the earlier model thanks to the next-gen Snapdragon chip. Graphics will be smoother and faster on its higher-resolution displays. Visuals and rich audio mean VR will be more […]

Tesla projects that its electric crossover car, the Model Y, will become the best-selling car in the world in 2023 – a first for Tesla and an electric vehicle. That’s what Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a mid-May investor call. The Model Y was already the fourth best-selling car worldwide in 2022, selling 759,000 […]

Solo songs by Paul McCartney and John Lennon have been reimagined as Beatles songs using artificial intelligence, and they’re bringing fans to tears. McCartney’s song “New” from the eponymous 2013 album was run through an AI program to make it sound like it was recorded by The Beatles rather than him solo.  This remastered version […]

Leading AI-powered Language Operations (LangOps) platform Unbabel, has announced its acquisition of Bablic, a Tel Aviv-based cloud-enabled solution for website localization and translation management. This strategic move allows Unbabel to enhance its ability to adapt websites for a global audience, providing quality-checked, localized language while reducing costs, labor and project completion time. The integration of […]

Tens of thousands of asteroids – that we know of – are roaming our solar system. These are building blocks made up of metal, silicates, and ice left over from the beginning of time when the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) and their moons were assembling. For the most part, […]

Car theft is on the rise, according to AA Insurance Services. Worryingly, thieves are increasingly using high-tech tools to target weaknesses in the same sensors and computerised systems that were designed to help make our journeys safer and more comfortable. In fact, as the market research company Technavio, noted in 2017, the significant growth of […]

The Ocean Cleanup is collecting plastic trash from the Cisadane River, Indonesia. Ocean Cleanup Interceptor 020 will contribute to collecting the estimated 1000 tons of plastic emitted via the Cisadane River into the Java Sea each year. It will be the second Interceptor deployed in Indonesia after Interceptor 001, deployed in the Cengkareng Drain, Jakarta, […]

Fruit flies can be truly annoying when they are buzzing around your living room or landing in your wine. But we have much to thank these tiny nuisances for – they revolutionised biological and medical science. Flies and mosquitoes both belong to Diptera, the group of insects that have only two wings (from the Greek […]