For the Kindle’s 10th anniversary, Amazon updates its high-end e-reader so you can take it in the bath. It has a bigger 7-inch screen and support for Audible, too.
Source: CNET
Commentary: A PSA to mark National Bullying Prevention Month shows what it would be like if things said online were said offline.
Source: CNET
The newly-announced $199 Oculus Go headset and upcoming high-end “Santa Cruz” standalone will come with something past headsets haven’t: power buttons. By controlling the end-to-end experience, Facebook gets to tackle VR with a Cupertino-like approach to hardware that lets them avoid the headaches of Windows/Android and the OEMs that build for them. While the… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
During the Oculus Connect 4 keynote, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed a stand-alone VR headset called Oculus Go. It won’t require an inserted smartphone, nor will it need to be tethered to a parent PC.
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Source: Digital trends
Star Wars VR is going to Disneyland. Well, sort of. It’s going to the area just outside Disneyland — Downtown Disney (in Anaheim) and Disney Springs (next to Disney World in Orlando). As we noted in August, LucasFilm has been working with VR startup The Void on a huge, room-wide virtual reality experience called “Secrets of the Empire” that would exist only at… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
User feedback about Hulu’s new interface has not been entirely positive. In fact, a complaint about the new user interface is the most upvoted item on Hulu’s customer feedback forums, and is then followed by dozens of similar complaints which all say the same thing: it’s too hard to find shows, the interface is too difficult to navigate, the layout is confusing, and so on.… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
I try not to quote directly from press releases as a rule, but sometimes a line like, “NutriBullet has taken the art of smoothie making to the next level” jumps out and you can’t really avoid it. For those who’ve been waiting for years to figure out precisely what the future of smoothie making looks like, the answer should be pretty clear: the Internet of Smoothies.… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Top notch TVs, game consoles, and laptops are all on sale this week!
Source: Wired
Raytheon’s latest, craziest invention could keep troops safe from drone attacks.
Source: Wired
There’s no foolproof system to keep hackers out. Instead, this increasingly popular security design keeps them in.
Source: Wired