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A French hospital is using VR as a drug-free pain solution
The use of virtual reality (and even video games) as an alternative form of pain management isn’t exactly unheard of. Researchers are well aware of VR’s potential to distract patients a…
GM is supplying next-gen batteries for Honda EVs
GM has expanded its collaboration with Honda to supply the Japanese automaker with next-generation batteries. These will go in EVs built mainly for the North American market, and though neither com…
China Said to Launch DRAM Price Probe Against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron
China has launched a probe into Samsung Electronics Co, SK Hynix and Micron Technology, the three semiconductor makers who control the market for DRAM memory chips.Beijing is investigating price-fi…
AMD details next-generation 7nm Radeon Instinct graphics
Back at CES 2018, AMD only teased the future of Radeon RX Vega graphics but at Computex 2018, the chipmaker further detailed what we can expect from its next generation of GPUs.While you might be h…
SpaceX won’t take tourists around the moon this year
In February of 2017, SpaceX announced that it would send two private citizens around the moon by this year. While the two individuals paid a “significant” deposit, their trip is apparen…
Wi-Fi hotspots in World Cup host cities unsafe
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Withings is back after Nokia Health sale with new products coming too
Withings is now back to being owned by its original owner after a sale to Eric Carreel, who co-founded the company ten years ago in 2008. The news follows confirmation of a sale from Nokia Health.N…
Qualcomm built a chip to power AR and VR headsets
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips have powered devices from smartphones and laptops to VR headsets, but the company is doing away with repurposing mobile processors for mixed reality devices. The c…
Qualcomm’s XR1 platform could usher in a new era of standalone VR and AR headsets
Qualcomm is going all in on what it’s dubbed extended reality (XR), an umbrella term that encompasses augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR).To that end, Qualcomm…