Mark Zuckerberg has detailed some of Meta’s plans to build a wallet that stores digital identities and goods, which it hopes to use in the metaverse. Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that Facebook Pay has officially become Meta Pay, but his post is mainly focused on what the company hopes to build in the future — “a wallet for the metaverse.” While Meta Pay is essentially the same
Tempo Move review: a great idea with terrible connectivity
The Tempo Move is an affordable smart gym that costs $495. While it has a clever design, great classes, and real-time form feedback, it’s plagued by unreliable connectivity. When I first got a sneak peek of the Tempo Move last year, I was stoked. Here was a $495 smart gym that would not only fit into my tiny apartment but also wouldn’t look out of place. It used the iPhone’s TrueDepth camera tech to track your
We’ll go over how to back up your Android device and then run down the different ways you can move your data to your shiny new Android phone. Google officially announced its upcoming Pixel 6A phone on May 11th, 2022, and will be shipping its new line of Pixel 7 phones this coming autumn. You may be planning to upgrade as soon as the new phones are ready, or you may be simply moving from
Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until it proves bot numbers
Elon Musk has said fake and spam accounts could make up over 20 percent of Twitter’s users, and said the $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company "cannot move forward" until Twitter proves its accuracy. Elon Musk has reiterated his claim that fake and spam accounts could make up more than 20 percent of Twitter’s users, saying the deal to acquire the social media company “cannot move forward” until Twitter proves the accuracy of its much lower
Google has a secret iOS app to help you switch to Android
Google has quietly released a free app for iOS to help you easily carry over data from an iPhone to an Android device, called Switch To Android. Google has quietly released a free app for iOS to help you easily carry over data from an iPhone to an Android device, as reported by 9to5Google. The Switch To Android app works wirelessly, meaning you won’t have to worry about connecting the two
Apple Health will soon integrate Oculus Move VR fitness stats
Meta announced that in April, Oculus Move virtual reality fitness metrics will be viewable in the standalone Oculus app for mobile. Apple Health integration is also coming, making it easier for iOS users to track VR workouts. Meta is making another big push for VR fitness. Starting in April, the company will make it possible to see your VR fitness stats from Oculus Move in more places instead of just within a VR app on the Quest and Quest 2 headset. You’ll be able to
Ford’s ‘radical’ move to split the company won’t come easy
Ford’s decision to split its company into two entities — one focused on EVs and the other on gas vehicles — carries a lot of risks. It could make it harder to recruit talent, and dealers could chafe under the new rules. Ford’s decision to divide its business into two separate entities — one focused on electric vehicles and the other on gas-powered ones — may complicate the automaker’s efforts to recruit top-tier talent and could risk upsetting dealers
In controversial move, EU says nuclear power and gas can be green investments
The European Commission stirred up heated debates around what’s considered a clean energy source after it set new rules that say nuclear power and gas can be green investments under the EU taxonomy. The European Commission inflamed tensions over what role nuclear energy and gas should play in the clean energy transition when it proposed new rules today on what can be labeled a “green investment.” After more than a year of heated debate, it
Twitter’s new CEO wants the company to move a lot faster
In his first interview as CEO, Parag Agrawa explains how his top priority for Twitter is "improving our execution" and speed. The new CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, has a clear message: expect the social network to move a lot faster than it has in the past. In his first public appearance since taking the reins of Twitter from co-founder Jack Dorsey, Agrawal says his top
Federal appeals court pauses FDA ban on Juul’s e-cigarettes
A court has ruled that Juul can keep selling its products while the company prepares an emergency motion to stay the FDA’s recent order preventing sales of the Juul device and Juul pods. Juul can continue selling its e-cigarettes despite the Food and Drug Administration ordering a ban Thursday, according to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (via TechCrunch). In its order, the court says it’s issuing the
Snoop Dogg and Eminem’s Bored Ape music video is here to try and sell us on tokens
To close out the ApeFest 2022 event, Snoop Dogg and Eminem present a new song and video, which features animations with their associated Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT characters, called From The D 2 The LBC. The last couple of weeks have had a lot of bad news for some in the “web3” space, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at announcements in and around the recently-ended NFT.NYC and ApeFest 2022 events. The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) annual