It’s been two years since Facebook — now Meta — first showed off its VR metaverse app, Horizon Worlds. The app, which was in private beta until now, is at last open to the public starting Thursday. The virtual meeting space and gaming hub is a familiar mix of existing VR social apps such as Rec Room, AltSpace …

Paramount Plus is adding a new (but also kind of old) way for people to watch TV and movies on the streaming service.  People will now be able to tune into live channels with all-day programming of its content centered on a theme, ViacomCBS, the service’s parent company, said on Thursday. “Even in the era of on-demand, there is clearly …

Missed your chance to pick up a new iPhone 13 Pro with a dinosaur tooth? For diehard Apple fans who want to stand out, there are new exclusive editions of the iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max that include parts from the original iPhone released in 2007.  Don’t worry, the iPhone 2G Edition will have all of the …

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo plans to launch its first flagship foldable phone, the Oppo Find N, next week. In a press release on Thursday, CEO Pete Lau said the phone is the result of fours years of “intense” research and development.  Oppo showed off a brief look at the phone in a teaser video posted to Twitter, though it didn’t …

Roku is CNET’s favorite streaming platform thanks to its ease of use and compatibility with all of the major streaming service apps, from Netflix to Disney Plus to HBO Max. And now that Google and Roku have (thankfully) managed to strike a deal, both YouTube and YouTube TV will be available as well. Right now, you can get this Roku …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Giving someone a computer gift can be challenging unless you know how they’re most likely to use it. For example, a student who is using their device for word processing or streaming has way different needs and expectations than a PC gamer. Our recommendations take …

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Nearly 40 per cent of human rights violation cases lodged annually by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the past three years till October 2021 were from Uttar Pradesh, the data by the Ministry of Home Affairs said. In response to DMK MP M Shanmugam’s question of whether human rights violation cases were on the rise, Minister of State …

For the people of Kerala, the Indian Air Force helicopter crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, that killed 13 people including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat is also the loss of one of their own, someone who came to their help, when it was much needed. Junior Warrant Officer Pradeep Arakkal, a native …

Sudha Bharadwaj, lawyer and activist, and one of the accused in Bhima-Koregaon violence case walked out of Mumbai’s Byculla jail after three years in detention. She was arrested under the provisions of UAPA. The Supreme Court had rejected a petition by the National Investigation Agency, challenging a Bombay High Court order on her bail. “We see no reason to interfere …

It has been more than 24 hours since the news about the Indian Air Force helicopter crash involving Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat broke. The nation is yet to come to terms with the loss of the top figure of the Indian Army, one of the most high-profile names to be killed in an air accident. Here are …

As tributes pour in from across the world for India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, the top brass of the Pakistan Army has also condoled his death. Pakistan Army’s spokesman in a short statement posted on Twitter said that Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza …

Apple is adding a new “iPhone parts and service history” section to the Settings app to give you more information about your device as the tech giant prepares to launch a new do-it-yourself repair program. In a support document published Tuesday, spotted earlier by MacRumors, Apple said iPhones running iOS 15.2 or later will show whether some parts of the …

Dec 2021 Editor’s note, Dec. 8: This review has been updated to note that the Beats Fit Pro earbuds have been awarded a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. The review is otherwise largely unchanged from the version originally published Nov. 1, 2021. Released just a few days after the debut of the third-gen AirPods, Apple has another new set of earbuds, …