July 23, 2024

Hardware

Google Backtracks On Third-Party Cookie Ban For Billions Of Chrome Users

Google’s effort to end support for the use of cookies for user tracking in its Chrome web browser won’t be moving forward as the company originally planned. This initiative, dubbed Privacy Sandbox, has had several delays since it was announced several years ago. This decision comes after taking feedback from stakeholders including regulators, ad tech companies, web developers and publishers. Antony Chavez, VP of Privacy Sandbox, says that “instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would

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Robotics

Vayu Robotics puts delivery robot using AI foundation models on the road – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Vayu says the automatic cargo-unloading mechanism in its delivery robots is the first of its kind. Source: Vayu Robotics While e-commerce deliveries are growing, the cost per delivery remains stubbornly high, according to Vayu Robotics Inc. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup today released a delivery robot that it claimed combines foundation artificial intelligence models with low-cost sensors. “The unique set of technologies we have developed at Vayu have allowed us to

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AR/VR

SYKY Bridges Digital and Physical Fashion with Apple Vision Pro

SYKY, a luxury fashion platform, will turn into a reality a new vision in visual fashion by launching on Apple Vision Pro. Now live and debuting with an avant-garde Japanese label, Anrealage, the app offers consumers a new way to navigate legendary designers and fashion houses. Blending digital and physical worlds, the SYKY app creates an immersive spatial environment where one can feel first-hand, and in a most inspirational way, the art of luxury crafting

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AR/VR

TON Blockchain and Mocaverse Target 1.6 Billion Users

The TON Blockchain, Mocaverse, and the MOCA Foundation have announced a strategic partnership: to build an interoperable consumer network with a mission to capture a user base of over 1.6 billion people. The move aims to ensure growth and speed up crypto adoption within Animoca Brands‘ Mocaverse and TON Blockchain ecosystems. Uniting for Growth: Partnership Details with TON Foundation The partnership will focus on using MOCA Coin (MOCA) and Toncoin to develop an identity- and

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How Olympics Officials Try to Catch “Motor Doping”

5 min read Peter Fairley is a Contributing Editor for IEEE Spectrum. The Union Cycliste Internationale uses magnetometric scanners to search for illegal motors hidden in cyclists’ bikes. Michal Cerveny/AP A French cycling official confronts a rider suspected of doping and ends up jumping onto the hood of a van making a high-speed getaway. This isn’t a tragicomedy starring Gérard Depardieu, sending up the sport’s well-earned reputation for cheating. This scenario played out in May

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Hardware

HighPoint Updates NVMe RAID Cards for PCIe 5.0: 50 GBps+ Direct-Attached SSD Storage

HighPoint Technologies has updated their NVMe switch and RAID solutions with PCIe 5.0, and supporting up to eight NVMe drives. The new HighPoint Rocket 1600 (switch add-in card) and 7600 series (RAID adapters) are the successors to the SSD SSD7500 series adapter cards introduced in 2020. Similar to its predecessors, the new Rocket series cards are also based on a Broadcom PCIe switch (PEX 89048). The Rocket 7600 series runs the RAID stack on the

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Hardware

Tesla Cybertruck Cruises Into Fortnite And Rocket League As Fans Dunk On Collab

Tesla’s Cybertruck has entered the realm of video games via Fortnite and Rocket League, and it has some fans dunking on its entrance. The debuts will be the first official collaborations with the Cybertruck, as other games have only seen it added as an unofficial mod. Fortnite announced the addition of the Cybertruck via a tweet on X/Twitter, with Fishstick blowing a kiss to viewers from behind the wheel. The shared video also included a

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iRobot’s Autowash Dock Is (Almost) Automated Floor Care

5 min read Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. iRobot’s new Roomba Combo 10 Max vacuums and mops, and then cleans itself. The dream of robotic floor care has always been for it to be hands-off and mind-off. That is, for a robot to live in your house that will keep your floors clean without you having to really do anything or even think about it. When it comes to robot vacuuming, that’s been

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Hardware

Will GTA 6 Disappoint Fans? Former Rockstar Developer Sounds Off

Obbe Vermeij, a former Rockstar developer who previously worked on games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, believes some players might be disappointed by Grand Theft Auto 6 after debuting with an impressive trailer. In an interview with YouTuber SanInPlay, Vermeij shared that there most likely won’t be a big leap in technology that will wow players in the same way previous titles in the franchise did. Vermeij’s

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Hardware

TP-Link Releases The Only Wi-Fi 7 Router You Can Buy For Under $100

In time, Wi-Fi 7 routers will enter the realm of affordable territory, but it’s still early and we’re not there yet. Just the opposite, most of the early models are comparatively expensive to more widely available Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 6 options. There is one exception, though. TP-Link’s new Archer BE3600 is not only cheaper than every other Wi-Fi 7 model on the market (of which there are not that many), it’s the only one

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