June 29, 2020 Facebook reveals holographic optics for thin and light VR headsets The company behind Oculus is moving closer to mixed reality glasses that can be worn all day, though there are still visual challenges yet…
June 29, 2020 Reddit bans r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse as part of a major expansion of its rules Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit will ban r/The_Donald, r/ChapoTrapHouse, and about 2,000 other communities today after updating its content policy to…
June 29, 2020 Super Nintendo World Japan’s opening indefinitely delayed Image: Universal Studios Japan Universal Studios Japan is delaying the opening of Super Nintendo World, the new Mario-themed expansion of its Osaka amusement park,…
June 29, 2020 India has banned TikTok, WeChat and many other Chinese apps India has banned dozens of apps made by Chinese companies, including TikTok, WeChat and several QQ and Baidu apps. The Ministry of Information Technology…
June 29, 2020 Singapore offers Bluetooth COVID-19 trackers to smartphone-less seniors It’s not a given that everyone has a smartphone. That’s usually all fine and good, but countries around the world are hoping to use…
June 29, 2020 Mercedes halts its car subscription service after lackluster demand Mercedes-Benz is learning how difficult car subscription services can be. Automotive News reports (via The Verge) that Mercedes has halted its Collection subscription pilot…
June 29, 2020 Impossible Sausage will be available to any restaurant that wants it Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Impossible Foods has been aggressively rolling out its fake meat products in 2020. Earlier this year, the company announced that…
June 29, 2020 PowerA’s Nano Enhanced is a compact Switch controller with pro features Peripherals maker PowerA does a good job of making third-party gamepads — the MOGA Pro has been a bit hit with Android gamers, for…
June 29, 2020 Chinese Government Using Forced Abortion and Sterilization to Suppress Muslim Population: Report The Chinese government is spending millions of dollars each year implementing population control measures against the Uighurs, the country’s largest Muslim ethnic group, including…
June 29, 2020 16th-Century Child Skeletons With Coins in Their Mouths Found at Construction Site in Poland Road crews in Poland stumbled upon a lost 16th-century cemetery, in which the vast majority of graves belong to children. Incredibly, some of the…