Apple’s first Vision Pro beta lets you bring virtual items closer
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The first visionOS developer beta since the launch of the Apple Vision Pro is here, bringing with it a fix that lets users…
Disney Plus’ restrictions on password sharing are now rolling out to US subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The writing’s been on the wall for months now, but Disney Plus is finally implementing measures to keep US subscribers from sharing their…
Virgin Galactic and the FAA are investigating a dropped pin on last spaceflight
White Knight Two carries the first SpaceShipTwo during a glide test. (credit: Virgin Galactic) Virgin Galactic reported an anomaly on its most recent flight, Galactic 06, which took place 12…
Data broker selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all
Enlarge (credit: Malte Mueller | fStop) The Federal Trade Commission has succeeded in keeping alive its first federal court case against a geolocation data broker that’s allegedly unfairly selling large…
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas tries out inventory work, gets better at lifting
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas research robot. [credit: Boston Dynamics ] The world’s most advanced humanoid robot, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, is back, and it’s moving some medium-weight car parts. While the robot…
Searching in infrared finds a big collection of black hole star destruction
Enlarge (credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF/NASA) Virtually anything in space could be a potential meal for a supermassive black hole, and that includes entire stars. Even stars much bigger than our Sun can…
Elden Ring is Tencent’s next target for mobile loot boxes and microtransactions
Enlarge / Artist’s rendition of two Elden Ring teams, The Medium and The Message, battling it out in a colosseum constructed from micro-transactions and overseen by mystical creatures known as…
New paper explains why females are prone to autoimmune diseases
Enlarge (credit: Rost-9D) Eighty percent of patients with autoimmune diseases are female. These diseases are one of the top 10 leading causes of death for women under 65, and cases…
Meta will label AI-generated content from OpenAI and Google on Facebook, Instagram
Enlarge (credit: Meta / Getty Images) On Tuesday, Meta announced its plan to start labeling AI-generated images from other companies like OpenAI and Google, as reported by Reuters. The move…
This AI Is Learning to Decode the ‘Language’ of Chickens
Have you ever wondered what chickens are talking about? Chickens are quite the communicators—their clucks, squawks, and purrs are not just random sounds but a complex language system. These sounds…