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Meta says it’s totally fine for 10 year olds to wear its VR headset, probably
Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a blog post, the tech giant says that there’s “a vast array of engaging and educational apps, games, and more” for the kiddos, even if the […]
Meta says it’s totally fine for 10 year olds to wear its VR headset, probably by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
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US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims
The U.S. government has confirmed that multiple federal agencies have fallen victim to cyberattacks exploiting a security vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool. In a statement shared with TechCrunch, CISA confirmed that “several” U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, an enterprise file transfer tool […]
US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes
In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped that Twitter was “expensive” and […]
Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” Amazon first revealed plans to buy robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion last August, though the megabucks deal was always likely to draw scrutiny from regulators. The […]
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
The new US border wall is an app
The week in AI: Apple makes machine learning moves
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. It could be said that last […]
The week in AI: Apple makes machine learning moves by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch