Are you locked out of your Oculus Rift? There’s a pretty decent chance you have — Facebook appears to have goofed, and now its Windows-based virtual reality headset is totally unusable. (We confirmed with our own Rifts.) Good news: Your headset isn’t bricked, and there’s now a fix right here. Plus, Oculus tells us you’ll …
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When Creative called me up to ask if I was interested in hearing something incredible, I was skeptical but curious. After all, this was Creative we were talking about, the creator of the SoundBlaster, the default standard for audio in PCs in the ’90s and early ’00s, but the company as a whole hadn’t really had a major hit since. The …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Who doesn’t want a friend like this? Nokia/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET In 1996, I sat in a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, as American ad execs presented what they called the phone of the future. It was a vast, expensive thing called Iridium. We texted …
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By 2026, the world will be generating more than 160 trillion gigabytes of data. We’ll be connecting cars and robot surgeons, sending a million minutes of video across the internet every second and using 25 billion internet-connected devices around the globe. But in 2026, Australia will apparently only need broadband speeds of 49Mbps. That’s the assessment of a new report …
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Facebook wants to help you find a job. Not just by networking, but by actually finding listings and applying right on its website. The social network unveiled its job search hub in the US and Canada in February 2017. On Wednesday, Facebook said it’s rolling out the product more widely, bringing it to 40 new countries. They include the UK, …
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If you’re like me, you’ve been listening to “The Matrix” soundtrack all morning, celebrating the news that Nokia is bringing back its retro 8110 slide phone. The OG handset for trenchcoat-wearing hackers, the 8110 was first launched by Nokia in 1996, gaining serious fame in 1998 as Neo’s phone of choice. No Nokia 8110 reboot for Australia? Keanu grieves. Warner …
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When Google unveiled Google Lens last May, it was billed as the future of search. Typing a search was outdated. Now you could just point your camera at, say, a landmark and instantly learn about it. Take a picture of a book, and there’s all the info you need about where to buy it, who published it and what reviewers …
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The Snapdragon 845 processor that ubiquitous mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm announced back in December 2017 generated a bit of buzz with supervised performance tests on phones earlier this month. Following that path, the chip manufacturer now has a reference design for standalone headsets for VR, AR and MR that are capable of better performance and higher resolutions than before, as well …
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The first round of Windows mixed reality headsets are now all present and accounted for. Made by Microsoft’s PC maker partners, the designs for the new headsets were shown at the end of August at IFA Berlin, one of the world’s biggest consumer technology trade shows. Prices initially started at $299 (roughly £250 or AU$400, converted) for the headsets alone, but …
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Lensbaby Burnside 35 adds a new layer of effect control +10 more See all photos Lensbaby merged its classy all-metal Velvet lens body with a more versatile, 35mm-version of its Twist 60 and the result is the Burnside 35 f2.8. And it’s yummy like chocolate and peanut butter. It’s available now, though kind of on the expensive side since it’s …
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