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We may earn commission from links on this page. If you’re not lucky enough to be in Paris to watch the Olympics this month, the next best thing is watching the games with a Meta Quest 3 headset. With this headset, you can watch Peacock’s live Olympic games in a virtual theater or on an augmented reality screen. All of Peacock’s content is available to stream through the app on your Quest 3, which means you can watch a ton of live events, archived competitions, recaps, highlight collections, and more. How to watch the Paris Olympics on Meta Quest 3Here’s…

The Director General of the Uganda National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Rosemary Kisembo, said foreigners residing in the country would begin registering for ID cards when the country rolls out its new digital ID system in the coming weeks. Kisembo revealed the information this month while responding to NIRA-related questions in the Auditor-General’s report for the 2022/2023 financial year. He was speaking before the Parliamentary Committee on Committees, Statutory Bodies and State-Owned Enterprises (COSASE) alongside several close allies. Uganda has not registered any foreigners legally residing in the country for the past six years, despite the Foreigners Registration Act…

Sundar Pichai and Tim CookSource: Reuters, AppleApple said on Monday that the artificial intelligence models underlying its AI system, known as Apple Intelligence, are pre-trained on processors designed by Google, a sign that big tech companies are looking for alternatives to Nvidia when it comes to training cutting-edge AI.Apple’s choice of Google’s home-grown Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) for training was detailed in a technical paper the company published earlier this week. Separately, Apple released a preview of Apple Intelligence on select devices on Monday.NVIDIA’s expensive graphics processing units (GPUs) dominate the market for high-end AI training chips and have been…

See PSVR 2 sales skyrocket (Image credit: The Shortcut)📈 According to Sony data, PSVR 2 sales increased 2,350% yesterday.💰 PSVR 2 price reduced from $550 to $350 (down $200)🤷‍♂️ After 24 hours, the PSVR 2 was sold out on Amazon 📆 Originally launched on February 2, 2023. Sample data is from January 1 to present 🥽 Many PS5 gamers previously found it too expensive and had very few VR games available.🔜 August 7: Sony plans to open up PSVR 2 to PC gaming with an adapterSony’s PSVR 2 price has always been too high, but in further proof of that…

The Illinois Governor’s office has revealed plans to convert the former U.S. Steel Works plant on Chicago’s South Side into a quantum computing facility.According to the announcement, the state of Illinois and Cook County have partnered with California-based company PsiQuantum to establish the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on a long-abandoned lakefront site.The state is investing $500 million to develop the Quantum Park, with $200 million of that reportedly earmarked for a cryogenic cooling facility. PsiQuantum will be the plant’s anchor tenant, occupying 300,000 square feet of space.PsiQuantum will reportedly further support the project through research partnerships with the…

Bright light guided through optical fibres manufactured at the University of Bath (Photo: Cameron McGarry, University of Bath) BATH, UK — In the race to a quantum future, researchers at the University of Bath have made a significant development that could revolutionize how data is transmitted in the quantum age: a new generation of specialised optical fibres designed specifically to meet the unique challenges of quantum communications. As we approach the era of quantum computing, which promises unparalleled computing power and unbreakable encryption, our current data transmission infrastructure is facing serious limitations. Traditional optical fiber, which forms the backbone of…

See full image gallery >>If any automaker sees a bright side to the electric car slowdown, outside of the Japanese companies that were skeptical from the start, it might be the Volkswagen Group, whose software division, Cariad, is still fuming over code that doesn’t do what it’s asked to do. German outlet Manager Magazin (thanks Carscoops) has been following VW’s programming woes for five years, as software issues thwarted the launch of the Mk8 Golf and ID.3. The successor to VW’s MEB platform, the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP), was due to hit the roads in 2024, but software delays have…

Lufina, known for revolutionizing real estate investing through tokenization, is proud to announce the launch of ClickCity, an advanced tap-to-earn game, to mark the first exchange listing of the FINA token. Introducing ClickCity ClickCity combines gaming and real estate investing, giving players the chance to win $FINA tokens by completing tasks and stacking digital blocks. The more you play, the more you can win, with a first place prize guaranteed to be over $125,000 USD. This gamified approach not only makes real estate investing fun, but also introduces the benefits of tokenization to a wider audience. Key features of ClickCity:…

Six months after BMW signed a deal with robotics startup Figure AI, the bipedal humanoid robot Figure 01 is being tested at BMW’s Spartanburg, South Carolina production facility. Figure’s latest progress report shows how the robot could help create manufacturing jobs. Figure AI and BMW signed a commercial collaboration agreement in January under which Figure would first identify potential use cases for general-purpose robots in auto manufacturing, followed by a phased rollout of autonomous machines at BMW’s manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. “Single-purpose robots have saturated the commercial market for decades, but the potential of general-purpose robots remains untapped.…

Enlarge / California State Capitol in Sacramento. California’s Safe and Secure Innovation for Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence Models Act (aka SB-1047) has generated a lot of headlines and discussion about the overall “safety” of large-scale artificial intelligence models. However, critics worry that the bill’s excessive focus on existential threats from future AI models could severely limit research and development of today’s more mundane, non-threatening uses of AI. Introduced by state Senator Scott Wiener, SB-1047 passed the California Senate by a vote of 32-1 in May and appears on track for a final vote in the state Assembly in August. Provisions in…