Hashtag Blessed: Bruno Mars Comes to ‘Synth Riders’ in Groovin’ Essentials Music Pack

Pop pop, it’s showtime! Synth Riders is back again with a big new update, which features some of the most popular songs from Bruno Mars….

A Second-Gen Steam Deck Should Address Some Major Issues

Valve’s handheld is seeing great success, but for the future of the Steam Deck, the design team is looking into the original handheld’s biggest pain points.

The 13 Best Yamaha Motorcycles Ever Made

Yamaha has produced some of the top-selling motorcycles ever made, and this list runs down the leaders of its two-wheeled brigade.

Oppo Refreshes Foldable Find N2 Lineup, Launches A Galaxy Z Flip Rival

One year after Oppo entered the world of foldables with the Oppo Find N, the company has showcased its next-generation foldables at its Inno Day event in China.

31% Of People Said They Wouldn’t Get An Electric Car For This Reason – SlashGear Survey

Electric cars are the natural evolution of automobiles, especially with climate change, but there’s still apprehension among potential EV buyers for now.

A Guide to Virtual Reality Resources and Funding for Professionals

Over the last five to ten years, virtual reality (VR) technologies have experienced rapid transformation via meeting support and funding opportunities. With the ever-increasing presence of consumer-grade and affordable VR headsets, the market is growing at a rapid pace. Accessible VR avenues for consumers and enterprises allow a more comprehensive range of end-clients to access […]

The Role of the Avatar in the Metaverse

The avatar-based Metaverse is adding a new dimension to the world of social media. Following Facebook’s big reveal at its Connect 2021 and 2022 events, the company announced a series of technological updates. Along with its Meta Quest Pro and Project Aria smart glasses, Meta has also recently pledged to advance its avatar development projects. […]

Search Engine Optimization: How to Rank Number One on Google

Want your content to rank higher in search? Looking for a proven strategy to follow? To discover how to improve your Google search rank, I interview Jeff Oxford.

 

 

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Meta Shares a New Overview of its Evolving Efforts to Tackle Mass Manipulation Efforts

Meta continues to evolve its efforts to detect and remove coordinated influence operations.

Instagram Adds New Measures to Help Users Regain Access to Locked Accounts,

The new measures will make it easier to get back into your IG account, while also protecting against impersonation.

TikTok Shares Key Tips for Marketers in its 2023 ‘What’s Next’ Report

TikTok’s latest marketing trends report includes a heap of pointers and notes for brands.

Twitter’s New Rules Around Live Location Sharing Could Open Up New Avenues for Political Censorship

Twitter has implemented new rules to outlaw live location sharing, at the behest of Elon Musk.

Bait! Fishin’ Buddies Update Reels In Multiplayer Support

Bait!, the free-to-play fishing game from Resolution Games, receives multiplayer support today on Meta Quest 2.

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Hands-On: Spatial Ops Delivers Impressive Multiplayer Mixed Reality, Available Now

Spatial Ops is an impressive mixed reality multiplayer FPS, available now on Quest 2 and Quest Pro via SideQuest.

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Demeo Battles: PvP Mode Launches 2023 – Gameplay & Impressions Here

Resolution Games revealed new footage of Demeo PvP today, now titled Demeo Battles.

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Blaston Goes Free To Play Today, Pico Release Arriving Next Year

Blaston, the multiplayer VR shooter from Resolution Games, goes free-to-play with today’s update.

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The Future of Search in 2023: Google Goes Multi-Modal

In recent months, Google has been slowly acclimating the public to a new way of thinking about search that is likely to be a hallmark of our future interactions with the platform.  Searching the internet has been, since its inception, a text-based activity, based on the concept of locating the best match between the intent […]

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Meta Will Pay You up to $45,000 to Hack Its VR Headsets

In an effort to harden the security of its hardware products, Meta today announced new guidelines for its Bug Bounty program, specifying the inclusion of both the Quest Pro headset and Touch Pro controllers, and what the company will pay out for specific bugs uncovered by security researchers. Like some other tech companies, Meta runs […]

VR-optional Dungeon Board Game ‘Demeo’ to Get PVP Mode in 2023

Popular VR-optional tabletop dungeon board game Demeo lets four players dungeon dive together. But, come 2023, players will be able to duke it out amongst one another when the Demeo PVP mode arrives. Demeo developer Resolution Games announced today that the game’s PVP is slated for 2023. The studio is calling it ‘Demeo Battles’. Demeo lets up to […]

One of VR’s Longest-running Fishing Games Finally Gets a Multiplayer Mode Today

Bait! (2016) is a single-player fishing game that, although only having received its last real update in 2016, is still around and kicking on Quest in all its 6DoF glory. Now developers at Resolution Games are releasing a major content drop today in the new Fishin’ Buddies multiplayer update. The update, which is now available on […]

‘Racket Club’ Looks Like a VR Cross Between Pickleball and Squash, Trailer Here

Resolution Games, the studio behind hit VR titles Demeo and Blaston, released a torrent of news at their first-annual Games Showcase today, including the revelation that it’s developing a new VR sports game called Racket Club. Racket Club is still being kept behind closed doors, although Resolution threw out its announce trailer today during its big showcase, showing […]

NASA Provides Update on International Space Station Operations

On Wednesday, Dec. 14, an external leak was detected from the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module on the International Space Station. The external radiator cooling loop of the Soyuz is the suspected leak source. The Roscosmos Mission Control team in Moscow postponed Wednesday evening’s planned spacewalk with two cosmonauts to evaluate …

Mission Controllers Assess Soyuz Coolant Leak

Ground teams at Mission Control in Moscow continue to assess a coolant leak detected from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. As a result, the planned Dec.14 Roscosmos spacewalk was canceled to allow time to evaluate the fluid and potential impacts to the integrity of the Soyuz …

Spacewalk Cancelled, Mission Controllers Evaluate Leak on Soyuz

During preparations for this evening’s planned spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, ground teams noticed significant leaking of an unknown substance from the aft portion of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module on the International Space Station. The spacewalk has been canceled, and ground teams in Moscow are evaluating …

Cosmonauts Preparing for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV

NASA Television coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitriy Petelin. The duo, with assistance from European robotic arm operator cosmonaut Anna Kikina, will relocate a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module on the International Space Station Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television the …