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VR manufacturing giant FuninVR already has VR machines operating in more than 6,000 gaming arcades and public environments worldwide, but that number might take a quantum leap with the release of the company’s 2025 catalogue. The two hero products are…

Pantone announced their Color of the Year 2025, and it is called Mocha Mousse. Motorola, as a partner of the color company, announced two of its phones will get a makeover in the new brown paint job. The devices are…

Researchers from Linköping University together with colleagues from Poland and Chile have confirmed a theory that proposes a connection between the complementarity principle and entropic uncertainty. Their study is published in the journal Science Advances. “Our results have no clear…

Google DeepMind has just revealed Genie 2, a world-modelling AI capable of creating 3D worlds and sustaining those environments for significantly longer. Genie 2 isn’t a game engine. It’s a diffusion model that generates images as the player (either a…

The rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus) Bodleian Library Publishing, University of Oxford, 2024 These remarkable and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, an English naturalist and artist who made numerous visits to North America in the early 18th…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the rearview mirror, but you can still find great deals this holiday season. Case in point: Apple’s have dropped to their lowest price to date. You can pick up a pair for $139,…

While scientists really do seem to love getting rats loaded on cocaine, a new study of rodents getting high on the lab’s supply reveals intriguing new insights into how individuals respond differently when the reward is preceded by an unpleasant…

Smaller flagship smartphones may be few and far between, but it seems like they’re here to stay. We don’t mean small devices, just smaller ones than the mainstream sizes – think iPhone 16 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro, Xiaomi 15, vivo…

PTW, a company that offers support development and support services for game studios, announced today that it’s opening a new office in Charleston, South Carolina. According to PTW, it’s the first office of gaming services in the city, with plans…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Spices bring up feelings of comfort, cultural belonging and holidays. They can make our homes smell amazing and our food taste delicious. They…