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Holograms are no longer just a vaguely futuristic term that helps startups secure seed money, or a way to bring deceased performers back to sell more concert tickets. Researchers at the University of Sussex have created animated 3D holograms that can not only…

Horny audiophiles lusty for more sundry alternatives to raw-dog banging, here ya go: today Caroline Spiegel, the 22-year-old sister of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, serves you an audio and text-only platform for erotic storytelling. In Bloomberg and Wired pr…

John Carmack took a step back from his role at Oculus and will now act as a "consulting CTO." Carmack announced the change on Facebook, where he stated that he will "still have a voice in the development work" but that Oculus will only consume a "modest slice…

Oculus Rifts John Carmack is stepping down from his role as CTO of the VR company to try something new: artificial general intelligence, which he says is possible, enormously valuable, and...I have a non-negligible chance of making a difference there.

Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebook’s Oculus after 6 years to focus on a personal project no less than the creation of Artificial General Intelligence, or “Strong AI.” He’ll remain attached to the company in a “Consulting CTO” position, but will …

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It looks like Google is poised to make a move against the Apple Card, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that the tech giant will begin offering checking accounts in 2020. The project, cleverly code-named "Cache", is a partnership between Citigroup and a …

You may have RCS messaging on your phone already, thanks to the efforts of Google and a nifty hidden setting, but U.S. carriers want to be the ones to run the RCS show, instead. That was made clear when Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile all announced a …

Apple is reportedly planning on jumping into the VR and AR headset wars, according to Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with the companys plans. Apple plans to release a standalone VR and AR headset by 2021 or 2022, Bloomberg reports, with the devices a…

Just in time.Engadget's 2019 holiday gift guide is here! After months of thinking, curating, photographing and more thinking, we've come up with a holiday gift guide that covers all the bases (and budgets), from laptops and mobile devices, to toys, to the sm…