Meta to Lay Off 11,000 Employees, Reducing Workforce by 13 Percent

Meta is decreasing its workforce by around 12.6 percent in a layoff that will affect 11,000 of its employees, making it the largest tech layoff this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this in an internal memo obtained by Reuters: “Not only has online commerce returned to [pre-covid] prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, […]

Multiplayer VR Drawing App ‘Gesture VR’ Aims to Make You a Better Artist in Real Life

Gesture VR is an upcoming VR drawing program that aims to give you the same experience as taking a Life Drawing course, which its creators say will help artists sharpen their skill and translate what they’ve learned back into physical work. Nick Ladd is an artist with a background in illustration and 3D animation, however recently Ladd […]

Ground Controllers Install Cygnus on Station

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft installation on the International Space Station is now complete. Cygnus, carrying over 8,200 pounds of cargo and science experiments, launched atop an Antares rocket at 5:32 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 7 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At 5:20 a.m., NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, along with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada …

Cygnus Being Installed on Station Live on NASA TV

NASA Television’s live coverage of installation of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft is underway. At 5:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Cygnus is carrying 8,200 pounds of supplies, hardware, and science experiments. This is …

Astronauts Command Robotic Arm to Capture Cygnus

At 5:20 a.m. EST, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, with NASA astronaut Josh Cassada acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Mission control in Houston will actively command the arm to rotate Cygnus to its installation orientation and then to guide it in for installation on the …

Cygnus Approaching Station Live on NASA TV

NASA television is underway for the capture of Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft which launched Monday at 5:32 a.m. EST on an Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. At about 5:05 a.m., NASA astronaut Nicole Mann will capture Cygnus using the Canadarm2 robotic arm, and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada will be acting as a …

BMW Unveils Mixed Reality Driving Experience

German automaker BMW revealed its M Mixed Reality (MR) platform for developing real-time immersive driving experiences. BMW unveiled the new technology at the Web Summit in Lisbon earlier in November, leading to a location-independent driving experience with the company’s M2 coupe. The new technology converts the entire M2 vehicle as a controller for the MR […]

Geenee AR, Stable Diffusion Integrate AI to Generate Web3 Content

Today, Geenee AR (augmented reality), a webAR content creation engine, integrated its web3-based body tracking software development kit (SDK) with Stable Diffusion, a generative AI platform. The alliance enables Geenee AR to leverage auto-generated AR textures to scale its interoperable real-time 3D (RT3D) immersive content offering. Geenee AR designed its product as a browser-based immersive […]

Musk Says Twitter Usage is at All-Time Highs as He Continues to Throw Around New Ideas for the App

A round-up of the latest in Elon’s push to quickly reform the blue bird app.

Jobs Skills Undergo Rapid Transformation for Social Media Marketers [Infographic]

LinkedIn data reveals that 7 out of the top 10 skills listed for a social media director in 2021 were not a priority five years ago.